The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-07
MAKING CHANGES
At THE HOSPITAL
Institution in Splendid Shape,
but Crowded-lS Still in
Need Of Help.
(From wednesday Advetl ser.l


Several changes are soon to be made
in the arrangement of utilities at the
Queens Hospital, one of which, will be
a new location for the elevator. The
latter at present aseends in the center
Of the new wing going to the third
floor on which the operating room is
located The present location is not
The best owing to the fact of its con
slant use which does not give occu.
pants of nearby rooms that peace and
quiet which are necessary
The plans are to erect tower in the
old building about opposite the Wal
kih entrances to THE second and third
| floors of the new wing, the ascent be-
ing made from the vicinity of the su.
perintendent s office on the ground
! floor of the old building. Platforms
will he extended from the elevator en-
frances TO the floors of the new wing
This new arrangement will give better
service to all parts of the building
There are other plans which the trus-
tees propose adopting, all looking to
the betterment of the service through
out the hospital The cost of these
changes will be debited to the reserve
fund of the hospital.
The Queen s Hospital at the present
time is we'll equipped for nearly all
cases, although there is no contagious
ward, a feature which the hospital trus-
tees are DESTROYS of adding. Thus, at
the present time, contagious cases can
not be taken into the building from
the standpoint of the safety of the
other patients. AT no time in the his
tory of the hospital has it been so
crowded with patients. Every room
has been occupied during the past two
months and at times several additional
rooms could have been utilized Oper-
stions have been on the increase and
| the nurse corps has been put to a
test in keeping pace with the require
ments of the patrons. At no other
time has the hospital been SO well
equipped with competent nurses as now,
but there is need for additions to this
corps.
There is another movement on foot
to reopen the Palama hospital which
was closed on September 1, and circu-
lars have been issued to persons whose
sympathies have been guided toward
assisting the sick and ailing. While
! this plan is proposed in the idea that
a large number of persons will be bene
fitted. there is growing belief that
We're all this energy and proposed sub
scription funds devoted to endowing g
room at the hospital sand paying the
salaries of two or three additional
nurses at the Queen IS Hospital much
more benefit would be derived. First
of all the Queen IS Hospital has all the
machinery of administration under way
its equipment is large and there would
be little additional expense for maehin
cry, and the funds could be used foi
payment of nurses salaries.
If the Palama hospital is reOpened il
means that an entire set of machinery
has to be put in operation and main
tanned, leaving only a balance for tht
paw of nurses.
The opinion is expressed by business
men that if the hospital work here
were more centralized under the
Queens Hospital. auspices the money
raised would go farther and greater
benefits would accrue to the sick and
ailing.
During the days of the monarchy the
legislature aided the Queen Is Hospital
in addition to the endowment made by
Queen Emma. Now the legislature hai
ceased TO aid the hospital on the GROUND
of class distinction, leaving the matte
of assistance to the city, and the hos
pital has had to sail close to the wine
financially to make both ends meet.