The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-04-16
JUDGE MERCY HOSPITAL.

In union with many Of our represen-
| tative citizens, we tender TO blsnop
Seaman our warmest congratulations
on the admirable judgment he exer-
cised when he invited the Sisters OF
Mercy to take charge OF the Judge
Mercy hospital The reputation OF this
most excellent religious community fs
so prominently associated with success
in controlling and efficiently managing
charitable endowments end civic hospi-
tails in the United States that its mem
bers call for no Introduction to our cfti-
zens. The Mother Superior. NJ. Nd. Vim
cent, and her sisters in religion who are
now here come from Los Angeles 10
superintend and manage a great hospi-
tai by invitation of Right Reverend
Laurence Scanlan. D. D., to whom they
bear letters of Introduction from BlSnop
>Conaty of Los Angeles and Monterey
These letters are also Endorsements
from the scholarly prelate of southern
California, accrediting them as ladies
efficiently trained for the work they
are now about to enter upon. They
assume charge of the Judge Mercy hos
pital under the special patronage or
Bishop Seaman, and with the assurance.
on the part of his clergy, Of generous
cooperation and encouragement.
In opening this great institution to
the public, it is the intention OF Blshop
Seaman, DR.. Pinkerton and the Sisters
of Mercy, to establish a first-class hos
pital in our city. Already many of our
prominent men have promised liberal
and generous contributions to help for
ward this meritorious enterprise. In
return our citizens will get one of the
finest equipped hospitals west of the
Missouri river. There will be ample
accommodation for three hundred pa
tients. including q number of beds in
perpetuity for aged and disabled miners,
who will receive the same care and at
tention as those in more affluent cir
cumstances. This provision for free
beds was, it appears, the wish of the
late Mrs. Judge, who erected the build
ing and donated the land surrounding
it. Bishop Seaman, when inviting the
sisters to superintend the hospital, re-
ceived the assurance that his own wish
and that of Mrs. Judge would, for all
time, be respected.
II is the intention of the Sisters of
Mercy to establish in the future an out
patients annex, fully equipped, and able
to deal with emergency cases daily;
also an electric ambulance service 10
complete that in the event of a big ac-
cideut occurring, nurses and doctors
will be rushed to the scene to render
liSl elN, 50 lllClJ MANY dEludDIt lives
may be saved. A modern laboratory in
connection with the hospital will be
fitted up and maintained, and all the
patients will receive the benefits of
the labors and research work in connec-
ton Herewith. Symme's autiseptic 2v-
ems for sterilizing mattresses and bed
linen will be unique and valuable fea-
ture of the institution. Solar parlors, a
library and reading room for GONZALES
cents will form pleasant and accepta-
BILE accessories to the hospital.
The plans for terracing the grounds,
including a large basin fountain, as
phalt walks, trees and shrubbery have
been submitted and accepted.
In time a nurses home and training
school for nurses will be opened, where
lectures will be given weekly by the
hospital physicians. DR.. Pinkerton,
chief of the medical and surgical staff,
returned last week from Chicago and
New York, where he selected the most
modern instruments and furniture for
the operating and surgical rooms. We
understand the Judge Mercy hospital
will be open to receive patients the last
week of June or early in July. The IL
termouutain Catholic wishes the Sisters
of Mercy and their hospital God speed.