The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-25

The above Is the board Of trustees
OF the Thomas D. Dec Memorial
Hospital Association. 10 whom. upon
June l OF this year. will be turned
over the Thomas D Dee Memorial
hospital. which will then be thrown
open for the receiving Of patients.
Nowhere between the Missouri river
and the Pacific ocean is there a Ike
institution which will be better
equipped or more up to date than this
monument erected to the memory of
one OF Ogden's most loyablc citizens.
The hospital building. which stands
upon a small Hill in the eastern part
of the city. and which Is rapidly near
pletion. has been conveyed by the
Thomas d. Dee company. by its presi~
dent, Mrs. Annie T. Dee. to the Hos
pital association, which Will be vest
ed with the management of the same.
The Institution, the establishment
of which has been referred to In the
columns of this paper, is fitting
tribute by the Thomas ID, Dee com
pany to the memory Of the late Judge
Thomas D. Dee,
No Money to Be Made.
The board OF trustees. when the in
stitutlon Is turned over TO them. VIII
elect the hospital stan. whose duties
Will be to care for the cases In the
hospital In order to avoid all feel
ings OF jealousy in the handling oil
cases by the hospital staff. all
sources of revenue Will go to a com
mon fund, and this will be used in
maintaining and eQuipping of the in
stitution The deed of conveyance
and articles of incorporation OF the
hospital association will not let the
hospital be used for money-mahng
purpose. All revenue of the hospital
must be expended upon the hospital
for It's maintenance ard equipment
Training for Nurses.
The hospital staff will have charge
of the training school Tor nurses
which will be the big feature OF the
hospital AS the strength ol all nos
pitals depends much on the nurses
who look after the patients. the tram
ing that the young women Will re-
ceiye will be thorough in every de-
tail. and when their course Is com
pleted they will be most competent
Later It Is the intention OF the nos
pital association 10 erect cottage
home for the nurses
When the hospital Is opened 1t VIII
receive about nifty patients from the
ogden general hospital, which VIII
then be closed All railroad cases VIII
be handled at the,snew hospital un-
der the same terms aS they are at
the Ogden general hospital. The
cases OF the city and county VIII also
bo cared for as at the other hospital
Nearly all secret societies and ira
ternal orders IN the city, as well as
many individuals, have advised the
board of trustees that they wish 10
Furnish wards In the hospital Every
ward thus furnished will become the
property of the hospital, but the door
TO the ward will bear plate with the
name of the order or individual who
equipped the ward There seems TO
be no doubt but that every ward In
the building will be furnished or ap-
plicatIons to furnish Will be made
when 1t Is opened.
Doctors Contribute.
The equipment for the Thomas D,
Dec Memorial hospital will be pur-
chased by the doctors Of Ogden. who
have contributed fund OF $4,000 Tor
such purpose All the equipment,
which will be the latest and the best
obtalnable, will become the property
NJ the hospital. A well-known doctor
says that the equipment will be bet
ter than In any hospital west OF the
Missouri river. The laboratories Will
be in charge OF one efficient In such
work,