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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cienty large for the needs Of At
Ianta we're presented by Or William
3 summeralI. superintendent Of the
Grady Hospital His estimate is
s15oo0N
Details OF Plan.
Il calls for an outdoor clinic build
ing with complete laboratories for
cesearcs ~orl., laborat tory for the city
bacteriolosist and chemist = division
FOR clinics for both whites ard blacks,
emergency operating room and Of
fees FOR the County Coroner which
would cost 100000; nurses dormi-
tory, 10 cost S75,000, contagious
disease hospital, costing 100000 two
buildings FOR the ordinary charity
work one for white persons ana tine
other for coiored, 10 cost $250,0O0;
ehildren's wards, 100000 boiler
room laundry rooms. kitchen ana
orderlys quarters. $4,000 a private
pay hospital, $500 extra land and
Enclosure $4,000
A hospital buill upon tbat plan Dr.
Summerall said, would be adequate
fot all purposes and credit 10 the
city instead Of tho disgrace which
the Grady Hospital is now The pri-
pate pay hospital he said. would
more than pay for the maintenance
~ the entire hospital and would in
80 years pay 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
j1r Summerall, which leads him TO
believe the larger Institution would
net still larger profits Al the pres
ent time they are unable to care for
more than one case IN ten at the Jay
hospital
Dean w. S Elkin. Of the Atlanta
Medical College, outlined the imme-
date necessity OF new hospital
The Grady Hospital is inadequate,
fire trap, unsanltary 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 or three Of such hurry up
calls, Al present there is no ma
ternity hospital IN Atlanta for colored
women. 1t is a deplorable fact yet
negro women have been picked up on
the street in serious condition, be-
~ tn9lf1fyK ft, MT
cal attention anywhere in the city"
Mayor Promises Help.
"A modern hospital would be 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 a. high as
SIX million dollars Why can not At
lanta spend at least a million dollars
10 hold her own A munich
pal hospital would beneht all and the
taxpayers should be willing 10 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 it be placed before
the voters.
Colonel Robert J. Lowry, who has
been a trustee Of the Grady Hospital
since its erection Is years ago. told
of the necessity for new quarters.
Colonel Lowry told Of the beginning
of the Grady Hospital Only $4,000
vas donated by the city and the bal
ance was raised by private subsCrip-
tion, he said
Question of Bond Issue.
The question of whether the bond
issue should be submitted to the vot-
erS together with the numerous other