Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-24
DOCTORS GUESTS At
BANQUET SERVED
BY HOSPITAL AIDS
NURSES PROVE THEY KNOW
HOW TO COMPILE MENUS AND
PREPARE FOODS AS WELL AS
CARE FOR PATIENTS.

ldSt evening 10 the members OF me ]
board of trustees, the physicians OF /
the city and immediate vicinity and /
several members of the press il the /
new king-City Annex OF that institu- |
ton. II the menu served is sample |
OF what is to be the output OF The
new model kitchen. as one of the
speakers remarked, term in the
hospital will lose much Of the sting. |
The training Of the nurses covers
the knowing how to serve other
things than medicines.
For the program which followed the
eats President Charles Woodward of
the board of trustees flied most ac-
ceptably the trying position Of toast
master and in his remarks quoted
Dr. st. Clair Drake, head of the
health department of the state and
whom he regards as the best inform
ed man in the state on public health,
as the author OF the statement that
the hospital in this city as it now
stands as "A monument to the iltelli-
gence Of the citizens OF Ottawa
We are now in possession of hos
pital building and equipment which.
except in the matter of size. has 10
superior in the state.
Mr.. Clarence Grggs, on behalf of
the executors of the Solomon T. King
estate, spoke of the benefactions of
the late Mr. King to this communi-
ty and referred to the numerous
public institutions he made possible
by his requests, among them the
present splendid hospital, the new
high school and to come late the
home of the Y NJ C. A.. which will be
erected in due time. While the
money left by Mr. King was not suf-
ficieat to erect all these institutions,
it gave each one an impetus which
has made and will make their com
petion possible.
Mayor Weeks in speaking for the
city said he had up to this time
only such information regarding the
hospital as is possessed by the aver
age citizen, which is very limited.
As a public officer he would deem it
his duty to more fully inform him
self as 10 the work of the hospital,
and proceeded to name a number OF
things in his judgment should be
done for the public, and especially
for the poorer and more unfortunate
of the community, practically all Of
which are being done and have been
done. Commissioner Dana Palmer
of the public health and safety de-
ipartment of the city assured the
trustees of every assistance in the
power of the commissioners
Probably no physician in Ottawa
has given the new annex the atten-
ton and work that has DIR. f. r.
Palmer. He corrected the erroneous
impression held by Mayor Weeks
and MANY citizens that little charity
work is being done by the hospital
for those unable TO pay for the ser
vices rendered Fully one-tAird II
not more OF the patients Of the hos
pital are purely or practically chari-
tv cases. No one is refused adIiilS'
siol or service on account OF n
aDltlIy W pay iAio wv
throughout are lower than those OF
any public or semi-publc institution
of which he was able to get informal
tion. The hospital was not selIsus'
tanning and probably never Woul1
he nor are any of the big city nos
pitfalls, although their number OIL
charity patients is proportionately lar
below those of Ottawa.
DIR. Petit spoke of the grea'
growth in the last decade of the nos
initial idea until it has become a vita
,,ecessity. not so much to the phY
sicians as to the community II 'he
natient is to receive the best care
doctor can give him aad which NJ
has the right to expect. lie men
tioned the desirability of one adoi
tion tn the present institution, whlcf
10 already necessity, that Us de
partment for the aid OF proper mag
nosis. ANALYSIS and research. Ihest
things are demanded by the modern
nractice of medicine and are vltailS
necessary for the good of the patleh
!, he is 70 get the best treatment
rbase facilities must be furnished b!
an institution. as they are out OF th'
reach of the individual physician.
The new superintendent OF the
hospital outlined what her pohcN
would be in the management Oh .h'
bosnital AID if carried out lana
very little acquaintance with Una
little lady will convince anyone ina
If will bel will make the new Ky
burn hospital a model institution
She invited criticism, but asked ina
complaints be made to her IL
difficult to remedy faults OF whlci
we know nothing"
Mr. Lorenzo Leland gave IL 'ei'
humorous way some OF his hosplta
experiences and as usual with INA
gentleman, injected a whole lot o
good common sense with his tun.
DIR. Clune closed that program VIII
a number of strictly impromptu re
marks which demonstrated that VI
tawa hears far less often than
should from that talented gentleman
r. a;,oourooad Mayor Weeks in hl'