The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-06-29
NEW HOSPITAL DEDICATED

joins the present hospital. 1t is three
stories and basement, and with the
old building enables the Sisters to
take care of ninety patients. The
building is modern in every detail and
it's equipment is not surpassed any
where in the Northwest.
The main entrance leads to the
main floor on which are located the
Offices, reception room and chapel.
Every room is deliberately furnished
and spotlessly clean and presents
cheerful appearance. Mass will be
celebrated every morning in the
chapel as has been the custom since
the Sisters assumed management of
the hospital. i1
The building is fitted with an ele-
vator on which patients can be moved
from one floor to another. The stairs
and corridors are wide and we'll To-
Gated. On the second floor there are
| twenty-seven private rooms and two
wards of six beds each. On this floor
also is to be found the special bath
room containing Sitz bath. Since it is
the plan to use this section of the
hospital mostly for surgical cases. the
third floor is given over entirely to
surgical equipment, including two
Murphy operating tables, sterilizing
room, and a laying-in room, with the
very latest equipment for caring for
confinement cases, also a consulting
room for doctors. The focus lights
| used on the operating tables are
recognized and used by all the larger
| hospitals in the country. With the
| completion of this floor st. Joseph's
| Hospital is provided with three oper-
| ating tables.
The basement consists of dining
| room for the Sisters, one for the
| nurses and one for the maids, a
nurses class room, refrigerator, bak-
cry and X-ray room, and sub-base-
ment for the heating plant.
Commemorative of the occasion,
| and to add elegance and beauty to
the usefulness of the private rooms,
! some of the representative citizens of
| MinOt and the lodges donated and fur
nished their entire equipment The
donors were: J. H. Weinrebe, w. S.
Kingsley, P. w. Meyers, DR.. G. Roy
Ringo, the Daughters of Isabella, the
| Knights of Columbus, the Elks Lodge,
| Foster & Connolly, J. A. Van Vleet,
| the graduate nurses of the city, Mr..
L. C. Ely and two rooms by the
! priests of the Diocese of Bismarck.
Mrs. Mary Latin, of Detroit, Michi-
gan, who sees in the completion of the
| new hospital dream of seven years
come true, presented magnificent
piano for the parlor.
There are now nine Sisters and
eighteen nurses connected with the
| hospital. A waiting class of twenty
| five pupil nurses will take up their
work in the near future. Others who
are planning to take up the nursing
profession should not delay in plac-
ing their applications, since the num-
Der from now on is to be limited.
The opening of the new hospital
means great deal to Minot, where
there has never been adequate hos
pital facilities. The Sisters, the citi.
zens of Minot and the public at large
may well be congratulated on this his
tory-making epoch of the city.
Mother Mary Lucy, Superioress of
the Order at the motherhouse, Stella
Niagara, New York, was in attendance,
representing Mother Mary Leonardo,
General Superioress of the Order in
America.
The local Sisters, as we'll as the
representative Sisters from New York,
wish to express their sincere thanks
and appreciation to all those who
aided them in any way toward the
completion of this splendid "Home for
the Sick