The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-09
Emergency Headquarters
WEI Be Kept Open
For Some Time.
29HB CASES YESTERDAY
Nurses VIII Get Back
Their Home in Good
Condition.

There were 90 rev cases OF pneu-
raoniG this morning. and one death.
DR.. Criss states that conditions are
growing better ard that The GU2rG--
| tine will be lifted Sunday night. There
was some Goubt OF this yesterday. Tho
Emergency InfluenZa hospital expects
! 10 close tonight though this IS not GER
| tain yet as there are still four pa
| tents in the hospital who have no
| place 20 60 An attempt IS berg
made today to find proper care Tor
Their: 81 either another hospital o" ~
! der IL. caro- of . nurse at some home.
! Tire PoteSta baby is sitting up al the
| hospital. This child has been saved
r-on a death which vas almost certa n
| a few days ago. The nurses At the
| hospital have. through the greatest a
care. saved his life. It is question
with them now whethe: he is able 10
go 10 the Day Nursery or not.
One boy at the Emergency hosDit2i
! is suffering @vith tonsilitis ard rot the
.sSlU'' bur there seemed no other Piacc
/ co. him so he WIS Brought there. An
other patient is an invalid who We
! brought there as last resort 2GG
care must be found for this patient
who has no hone. It WaS stated tbs
morning that it would be much less
expense for these patients to be cared
for out OF the hospital as just as long
as it is necessary to keep the hospita.
going. Just so much longer would con-
time the expense OF feeding and car
! ing for rot only patients but nurses in
charge Everything possible is being
done to find places fer these remain
| ing four patients 50 that the En'er-
| gercy hospital may close. II this hos
pital does rot close tonight. il VII
close i1st as soon as patients haze
been disposed of.
1t will be impossible to fumiga:e
the Emergency hospital until ali pa
tents leave. Plans are being made
now 20 net only leave the hospital in
. thoroughly clean condition. but to
paint every room so that the nurses
who return to their home may find II
in better condition than before. en-
abling them 70 feel that they have
gained b ysacr;ficinE their rooms. 1t
waS stated today that very' probably
hut few people would ever realize Just
the handicaps. hardships and trials
which came 10 the loyal staG OF nurS-
es who remained faithful TO the duty
which care to them IS helpers in the
struggle to save lives. About 80 pa
ticats have been cared for at the
Emergency hospital and only few
cut Of this number have died and sew
eraI Of these patients we're hopeless
when they came. Nurses worked both
day and night. some 0: them contract
ing the disease. through all manner OF
conflict and through lack OF much that
might have aided. A regular hospital
fully equipped could not have cared
better for its sick than did this has
s;ly arranged nurses home which was
made into . hospital almost over
u:Ert for the benefit OF Fa.rmonts
helpless and suffering.
Several nurses this morning who
have remained constantly at the hos
pital, said: 1--WE have done this pure
" because we wanted to aid suf-
for;ug humanity an dhave given our
time and our means for that purpose
aione. It is great satisfaction to
know that one has really been OF SER
vice. People don't Inow!" Just here
voices broke and words would not
come further
The Emergency headquarters in the
Jacobs building will rot be closed to-
night and probably VIII remain open
for another week to wind up matters
OF all kinds. There still may be cases
to be looked after through these head
ouartere so that It is not known Just
when the headquarters will close.