The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-05-19
QUEENS HOSPITAL
BEGINS IMPROVING
ENT|REEQU|PMENT
Receipt of Splendid X-Ray APP
paratus Signals Installation
Of Fine Department
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DOCTOR SINCLAIR WILL
BE IN CHARGE OF WORK
Other innovations Include Screen
ed Wards and Big Annex;
Charges win Be Higher

In an endeavor to make he Queen Is
Hospital as complete an institution as
amy in the United States, the directors
are figuring on ways and means to in
crease the income Of the corporation
20 keep pace with the growing needs,
and are in fair way to do it.
At the regular monthly meeting OF
the directors, held yesterday, announce
ment was made of the receipt Of the
new x.ray machine, which has been
purchased for $500 and is now ready
10 be installed l. Till be ready for
operation by the end of June and the
builder, william Meyer, will come here
TO install it. When set up, with its
equipment, The Queen Hospital will
have as fine a photograph department
as is connected with any hospital IN
the world. 1t will be NEST modern in
every way. The machine will be Of
three hundred thousand volts capacity
and very wonderful pictures may be
made with it. When ready for use a
demonstration will be made for the
Oenefit of the medical profession here.
Doctor Sinclair In Charge
Or. A. NJ Sinclair, now in the East
for o special course in photography,
will be put in charge of the new de-
partment of the hospital on his return
to this city and in connection will be
tatholopist. There will be a fine lab.
Oratory installed for the work now be-
ing done in private Offices and at Fort
Shafter This new laboratory for test
work viii be Of great benefit to the
physicians using The Queen and has
been in demand for long time. An
other addition to the effectiveness of
the, hospital is the installation of an
hydraulic operating table, which has
the advantage over the old style table
in that It may be placed in almost any
desired position, and raised or lowered
ut will almost instantly.
An enlarged department for the
treatment Of the eye, ear, nose and
Tthroat1 is being arranged for and at
the meeting yesterday authority was
given for the purchase of an entirely
- new and complete set of Instruments
for this work. This will add greatly
10 the lusefulness of the institution.
Wards VIII Be Screened
II has been decided that the isolation
ward and part of the marine hospital
witrd should be screened. For long
time this WIS objected to on account
of the idea that screens shut off GER.
tain supply Of air. This objection has
been overcome recently and the screen
ing soon will be in place, earring out
the practise of the best authorities in
the matter of handling contagious
disease. g..
The success of the nurses training
school has been very gratifying to the
directors and new supplies have been
ordered for the work, which will be
enlarged upon beginning with next
month. At that time eight new pupils
will be admitted, which will make q
class of twenty-five. Fifty anatomical
charts have been ordered for the
nurses school, as well as Chase hos
pitak doll, which is a mannikin more
than five feet in length and 80. artiGu
lated that its different parts may bt
moved Lessons in anatomy and the
care Of patients will be given with it'
mid, TO the snoVitiates of the school.
Hospital Changes Increased 81,
j. On account of tie. higher prices OF
drugs and, accessories the charges tt
patients in The wards have been raised
I'd fit the times and now a charge will
be made of twelve dollars and fifty
cents a week against the former prie,
of ten dollars and fifty cents. Thu
charge to the city patients and thos,
of the marine hospital have not beer
changed, as they are matters of con
tract with the municipal and fedora
governments, dix a.r ~
New and modern furniture has beer
added to twelve rooms and the apart
ments entirely renovated in the pas
two or three months, 1t is the inten
tion in the future to build an annel
TO the, hospital for the accommodation
of patients who can afford to pay from
ten TO twenty dollars a day. The new
structure will be so arranged that patti
cuts viii have complete privacy, will
NIL the commandments