Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-03
PUTNAM

W. Irving Bullard of Danielson and Boston, announced Monday plans al- ready well advanced, for the creation of an extension fund of $25, 900 for the Day Kimhall hospital of this city, This splendid project has been so well received that sS,0o0 has already been contributed, all of this coming from manufacturing concerns ln the towns of Putnam. Thompson, Ilillingly and at Wauregan. The amount so far con- trtbuted represents eight subscrip- tions of $1.000 each. and all of it has been obtained in a little more than two weeks. Mir. Bullard is hopeful that the contributions that seem to be | available for the great work of benev- olence that he has outlined will rapidly increase the fund to S25,000, and if this is accomplished, it has been sug- gested from other sources. there will be good ground for asking the state of Connecticut for additional aid in the work of enlarging the local hospi- tai in such degree as will enable it's staff to meet the constantly growing demands being made upon the insti- tuition by not only the people of Put
 nam but by all Windham county towns in this section as we'll
 It is proposed to use the extension | fund, as it is to be called, to meet the | cost of erecting a new wing, or pos sibly new building, at the hospital l site and to equip as may be required | to meet the needs it is to fill During | the past year there have been va rious occasions when the hospital has 1 been crowded far beyond its normal l capacity. MT. Bullard said Monday l that he understands there have been l times when it has been necessary to 1 place beds in the corridors, in the K
 ray room and in other sections of the 1 hospital nf/ ordinarily used for pa- | tients to accommodate all of those who came to the institution for treat | ment.
 The erection of new wing to the present building or a new separate
 building it has been demonstrated time
 and again, is urgently needed if the hospital is to adequately meet the | demands that are being made upon 1t l It is to overcome the conditions that ! the hospital staff has had to en- counter in the past twelve months 1 that Mir Builard has inaugurated the i creation of what is to -sbe officially known as the Day Timball hospital oi 1 Putnam Extension fund
 l MT. Bullard, fully cognizant of the l interest that manufacturers in these uttYS di . ldhtil5 Ol SCE'di anu CIVIC
 conditions, has addressed himself SC far in this work chiefly to this class
 of men. and he has met with encour-
 aging success. Their response ha: l been liberal. as his list of s8,000 1T
 contributions indicates. He has found that in the towns of Thompson, Put.
 nam, Killingiy and Plain1eld the man, l ufacturers are deeply interested in placing the Day Kimball hospital, tn,
 only institution of its kind in thi. part of Winaham county. on a bash I that will permit it to adequately mee the growing industrial needs of wha
 might be described as an active in
 dustria1 zone.
 There is no bar, however, to an,
 person Or corporation joining in tn
 great work that has been started witt
 such encoura ging impetus to join
 ing in hurrying 1t to success. It i possible that the towns from whicl
 the majority of the hospitals patient
 come to Putram may be asked to giv
 assistance in building np the fund
 This, it is believed. most of them vii 1 ba willing to 6o. if a way can be foun