Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
DR.. SUMMERALL
GIVES FIGURES
ON HOSPITAL
Grady Head Declares Pay Feature
Would Support Entire New
Institution.
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oienuy large for the needs Of At
lanta were presented by Or william
=. SummeFan. superintendent Of the
grady Hospital His estimate Is
s750odo
Details OF Plan.
II calls FOR an outdoor clinic build
ng with complete laboratories for
research work, laboratory for the city
Z bacteriologist and chemist. a division
Cor clinics for both whites and blacks,
emergency operating room ana Of
fees for the County Coroner. which
would cost 500 900; a nurses dormi-
tory to cost $4,000 contagious
disease hospital. costing S508O0, two
buildings for the ordinary charity
work. one for white persons and the
other for colored TO cost s250,O00;
children's wards. $4,000; boiler
room, laundry rooms, kitchen and
orderly's quarters $4,000; private
pay hospital $l50,0o0 extra land and
Enclosure. $4,000
A hospital built upon that plan. Dr.
Summerall said. would be adequate
for all purposes and credit 10 the
city instead Of the disgrace which
the Grady Hospital is now The pri-
vate pay hospital. he said, would
more than pay for the maintenance
Of the entire hospital and would IN
80 years nsS off the interest and
sinking fund on the bond issue.
Grady Called Fire Trap"
The recently added private hospital
has given great returns in the short
time Il has been in operation, said
Dr Summerall, which leads him TO
believe the larger institution would
net stiil larger profits ~ the pres
ent time they are unable 10 care for
more than one ease in ten AT the lay
hospital
Dean w S. Elkin. Of the Atlanta
N edcal College, outlined the imme-
date necessity of new hospital
THE Grady Hospital ~ inadequate,
fire trap, unsanitary and men
ace TO all patients and the general
public" he said They can't attend
TO even small part OF the cases,
There are about twenty ambulance
calls every day and with the present
facilities il is impossible to answer
only two OF three of such hurry up
calls. AT present there Is no ma
ternity hospital IN Atlanta for colored
women It is a deplorabie fact, yet
negro women have been picked up on
the street in serious condition. be-
cause Of their inability To get medi-
cal attention anywhere In the city"
Mayor Promises Help.
a modern hospital would he one
Of the biggest assets Of the city and
would do much TO advertise Atlanta
other cities not much larger are now
erecting hospitals costing as high as
six million dollars Why can not AT
lanta spend al least a million dollars
to hold her own? a munich
pal hospital would benefit all and the
taxpayers should be willing to stand
the small additional expense"
Mayor Woodward promised his aid
in securing the bond issue and said
he would fight for the passage OF the
proposition should il be placed before
he voters
Colonel Robert j Lowry who has
been a trustee of the Grady Hospital
Since its erection IS years ago. told
% the necessity for new quarters.
Colonel Lowry told OF the beginning
uf the Grady Hospital Only $4,000
was donated by the city and the bal
ance Was raised hy private subscrip
ton, be said
Question Of Bond Issue.
The question OF whether the bond
issue should be submitted 10 the iot-
ers together with the numerous other