The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-28
PRESENT CAMPAIGN TO
MAKE IT PEER OF ANY
Hospital for Treatment Of Contagious
and Infectious Diseases VIII Prove
Boon TO Public.
Is A PART OF MEDICAL COLLEGE
Affords Great Training School for Stu
j dents OF South's Greatest Medical
Collegc--Work In Progress Making
q Dream Come True
Making a dream come true.

Making dream come true.
This is what Memorial Hospital is
doing these -days-ft IL a dream Of
service and efficiency. of attaining the
proud place Of the ieader among all
the hospitals OF the South, peer OF
Johns Hopkins In Baltimore, a center
OF clinical research. the pride of Rich
mond.
In IT'S campaign. which ends June
-, and which IL now under way for
y the sum OF $4,000 to erect new
buildings Memorial Hospital is taking
the frst step in the realization of its
dream. It may require a decade or
S possibly more to realize the whole of
the vision. but before the end OF the
present year rolls around, the actual
verities in brick and stone and marble
and concrete will arise which will in
dictate the first group OF new buildings
in this larger and greater Memorial
Hospital-the new building for negro
patients the contagious hospital and
the home for the nurses
Three New Buildings Desired
These three buildings are those
most urgently needed. Memorial Hos
pital as II stands today is splendidly
qualified TO care for the general sur
gical and medical cases which is
brought TO its doors But q has had
= no proper place for the treatment Of
self-respecting negroes. no department
which In open TO the reception of pa
tients afflicted with conta gious dis
eases.
In face. in all Richmond at the
present time, there Is not place save
tho few charity beds in the rear OF
the City Home, where a person with a
contagious or infectious disease may
be sent The only course to ne fol-
Z lowed in the past has been to treat
the patient at home and for all the
household 10 suffer the en1t,a IRA asrn ent
OF quarantine and the danger of pos
sihle infection. or else TO be barred
GU. of the home. while It Is turned
into a temporary hospital Memorial
plans to change all this
The conditions surrounding the
2na9ro patients has been almost as Ia
inevitable. The facilities Of Memorial
are at the present the best in ths
city for the care of the negroes yet
even in Memorial. rhe negroes must
lie In dark, poorly ventilated base
rnent where the best sanitar ~ condi-
tons can not be practiced The new
hospital will be equal to the best in
the country.
Aims For Greater Service,
The aim OF Memorial Hospital Us to
make the best interests of the patients
paramount. No other policy is AL
lowed to interfere with the operation
OF the institution. Greater service is
always the ideal
The hospital receives an income
from the State OF o.00a a year, in
lieu of which II must care for, with
z out charge. any person from outside
the city who applies for admission.
The other income ts from the board
Of patients
Memorial Hospital In entirely non
sectarian. The title TO the property
Is vested in the Medtcal College OF
Virginia, which conducts the institu-
ton. The hospital. therefore In not
stock company. nor is II operated
with a view Of profit to any individual
or corporation. All proceeds from
the operation are Immediately re-
invested In added equipment and in
improving the service and efficiency.
Provisions for Negroes.
The present accommodations for
negroes are in the basement where
forty seven beds are provided The
place is dark and of necessity !mprop-
erly ventilated. and while all preca IL
tons arc taken 10 avoid unEanitary
conditions, II Ia impossible to main.