The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-23
HOSPITAL IS
NOW COMPLETED
WILL BE DEDICATED SOON
Institution for AiIing Little Ones
Is Very Bright and
Cheerful.

Inc keaOlanl NniIuTen S hospital has
been completed, except for the furnish
ing of the rooms, wards and offices,
and will probably be dedicated and
opened up about the first of December,
though the exact date has not yet been
fixed. 1t viii, however, take at least
all the time between now and Deem
Der / to install the furniture and ap-
planes and get the new institution IN
readiness to receive patients.
The new children s hospital is one
of the finest institutions of the kind
in the country. The building is partieu-
larly remarkable for the brightness of
everything. All the rooms are unusual
~ we'll lighted and airy; there are no
gloomy places in the building. Every
apartment, whether ward or private
room, is lighted by several windows,
all of which open upon magnificent
views that Of themselves ought to go
far toward curing the ills of the little
ones who are to be housed in the hos
pital.
Pleasure to Be Sick.
No cleaner, brighter or more sanitary
place could well be imagined than the
hospital as it now is, even though all
the rooms are bare of furniture. 1t
would, one might almost say, be a pleas
ure to be sick in the hospital
But it is rather pathetic to walk
about the bare rooms and see the little
beds stacked up in corners, some Of
them not over two and a half feet
wide and the wee little bath tubs, only
large enough for babies, and then to
realize that these are intended for help
less little ones who will be brought to
the hospital suffering from injuries or
burning with fever. But, it is good,
too, to know that those same little
ones will have such place to go to-,
instead of having to be left to the
tender but unskilled mercies of mothers
who. in many eases, are not at all fitted
or able to care for their sick children.
Building Well Arranged.
The hospital is remarkably well ar
ranged for the purposes for which it is
intended. On the ground floor are three
free wards, all light and airy, though
not as comfortable by any means as
the pay wards and private rooms up
stairs. The hospital office is also on the
ground floor, and receiving room, be-
sides bathrooms, linen closets and a
kitchen in which can be made soups
and light lunches such as may be need
ed at night. 4 broad lanai runs along
both the mauka and makai sides of the
lower floor.
On the second floor are the pay wards
and private rooms for patients whose
parents or friends can afford to pay
for special comforts and attention.
These rooms are all very comfortable
and, of course, have better views than
those on the ground floor.
The Operating Room.
The operating room is also on the
second foor--a room with white tile
floor and ground glass skylight. The
room is extraordinarily well lighted
which is necessary iii an operating room
where delicate operations are to be
performed. The water fixtures are OF
the newest pattern, worked by the foot
instead of the hand, so that both hands
can be used for other work. Next to
the operating room is a surgical dress
ing room, and another room adjoining
is to be used for the administration OF
anesthetics. An instrument room also
opens on the operating room, and in
it will be installed sterilizing apparatus
The basement contains the laundries
and is floored with cement, making II
clean and sanitary. A large kitchen
and a general dining room for the
nurses and those of the patients who
are able to be up is on the first floor.
Contagious Ward.
Adjoining the main building is q
wooden structure which viii be the
home of the nurses. At the rear enc
Of the grounds is the contagious ward
which is just being completed. 1t il
not very large, as it is not expected
that there will at any one time b.
very many little patients afflicted Will
T! contagious diseases. The servants
quarters have not yet been constructed
force of county prisoners is a
work on the grounds clearing them ant
| getting them IN shape to be sodded. /
viii be at least year yet, however
I>before they will have the beauty it i
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