The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-02-07
BR0OK|NGS HOSPITAL
NEARS COMPLETION.
And Will Be Ready to Receive and Care for Patients in
the Spring.
WILL BE MODERN IN EVERY DETAIL
Promoters Deserve Thanks of Community for Providing
This Necessary Institution.

dummy elevator runs from the kitchen
to the different floors to carry the food
to the patients. At the northeast
corner, opening on two halls, is a
six-bed ward, finely lighted with four
big windows. Along the hall leading
to the operating room are arranged
closets for clothes and other supplies.
Toilet and bath rooms are located on
both floors. A pathology room is
located off this hall, which will be
equipped with all the necessary ap-
paratus for the studying of diseases.
The operating room, which is located
in the ell at the back, is half Circu-
lar room, 18x20, and is without doubt
one of the finest in the northwest.
The floor is OF white tile, and the walls
and ceiling are enameled in white.
1t is lighted by four bay windows on
the north, window on each side, and
a skylight. Here as elsewhere in the
building, ever, thing is OF the most
sanitary order. There is no mop
boards or square corners to catch
germs or dirt, everything rounding off
in symmetrical fashion. This room is
the especial pride of the hospital
management and could hardly be
improved on. 1t will be fitted out
with the best equipment that it is
possible to get. One OF the fixtures
already in place, is hot and cold
water sink. This works altogether
with foot levers, SO that it will not be
necessary to touch a much used lever
with the hands when performing an
operation. Opening off the operating
room is a sterilizing room, where
everything in usein the operating room
will be sterilized.
A stairway leads from the main hall
down stairs to the main hall on the
second floor. Along the south side
on the second floor five single-bed
rooms, which are we'll finished off and
| lighted, and fitted with closets. These
are large, sunny rooms, overlooking
| the city, and will be equipped with the
| best fixtures Obtainable. At the north
east corner is a six-bed ward, similar
| to the ward downstairs, and these
with the five individual rooms and the
large lying-in room at the northwest
corner, give the hospital a capacity OF
,twenty-one beds.
! In the north side of the basement is
| located the heating plant. This is a
combination steam and vacuum heat
ing plant, and is of the latest pattern.
Attached to it is a large hot water
heater which will furnish hot water
for the operating room and other
purposes. A 600-barrel cistern will
furnish the hospital with a sufficient
supply of soft water. The laundry is
located in the basement, and will be
equipped with the latest and best
machinery for doing the work. A
clothes shaft leads from every floor in
the building to the laundry. On the
south side of the basement are rooms
which will be finished for hospital
help. An elevator for carrying the
patients from one floor to another runs
from the basement to the top OF the
building. 1t is run by hand al
present, but will be equipped foI
electric or water power.
The hospital is we'll equipped and
up to date in every respect, and is q
source of pride to the citizens Of
Brookings, as we'll as the hospital
company. 1t is an enterprise that is
bound to prosper, and is worthy OF the
good word and help of every citizen.