Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
HOSPITAL BOARD IN
APPEAL FOR FUNDS
FOR NURSES SCHOOL
ONLY MEANS OF EoUIPPING AND
MAINTAINING SCHOOL FOR AP-
PRENTiCES is BY PUBLIC SUB
SCRiPTiONS, SAYS APPEAL TO
RESIDENTS OF CITY.


for nurses, the public will have +
loose its purse strings and, in plat
English. chip in, according to a
appeal made today in communica
ton to the Free Trader-Journa. Tn
appeal is signed by all members o
the hospital board and urges ever
man, woman and child in the city Z
do his or her bit toward raising
$4,000 fund with which to keep aliy
this worthy institution.
The letter follows:
ITO the Citizens of Ottawa and tn
Friends OF the Ryburn MemOria
Hospital:
The new King and city annex &
the hospital is nearing completion.
viii be turned over to the trustees o
Ryburn Memorial Hospital for admin
istratiOn.
The present hospital long since be
came inadequate to the needs of tn,
city. 1t was constructed at tim
when hospital facilities were not
well recognized and appreciated as a
present. Since its construction III.
progress of medical science has mad,
imperative many changes and add
tions. To procure nurses for the hoe
pital and to supply the needs Of tn,
community training school 70
nurses was started in 1896 Thi
school is an accredited school. Ten
porary quarters have been provided
for the students, The growing in
portance OF the training school f.
nurses. as We'll as the rules pre-
Scribed for continuing the school
an accredited school, demand NOR
room and additional equipment
Experience Cash Shortage.
Neither the hospital trustees ne
the City of ottawa had adequat
funds with which to enlarge or i'm
prove hospital facilities.
BY the munificence Of the lat
Solomon +. King an oppor. unity wa
afforded To construct an annex to on
present hospital and to plan it aloa
modern lines to meet the needs
the city. The trustees under the Kin
will and the officials of the City c
Ottawa planned constructed and pa
tally equipped the new building. Th
King trustees have exhausted tn,
funds at their disposal. The City
Ottawa has contributed all it can t.
ward the new building and it's equi.
ment. The cost of construction Of tn
new building, together with IT,
source from which the funds arose, l.
set forth in the statement inclose
herewith.
The structure now nearing compile
ton is designed to conform to presen
day ideas of hospital construction an,
equipment 1t is intended to NEE
the needs not only OF the present bu
OF the future. 1t is designed to b
equipped with scientific apparatu
whereby the medical profession an
the public health officials can bette
protect the health Of the communit,
Among other things a complete X-ra
room and equipment has been assure,
by special donations OF $1,000.
Helped by Private Contributions.
Provision has been made by pr
yate donation for the partial furnish
ing and eQuipping of the new hospital
The old building will require Sigh
remodeling to accommodate the train
ings school for nurses. IN order tina
the training school may remain an ac
credited school, and in order that i
may do its work efficiently, additional
school equipment must be procured
The additional equipment for the hOe
pital and for the training school, to
gether with the expense of remodel
ing the Old building, will cost, W,
are advised by the architect, JOIN
Hanifen, in the neighborhood of $40.
COZ.
Neither the King trustees nor the
City of Ottawa has the money Will
which 70 procure this necessary equip
ment. Should the new building be
turned over to the hospital trustee
only partially equipped it would be in
cumbent upon the hospital trustees t
complete its equipment. The hospita
trustees are without resources To dc
this. Their income, as shown by the
accompanying statement, is derived
wholly from hospital fees, the income
from trust funds and the tax levie(
by the City of Ottawa. The income
from these sources is sufficient only
for ordinary maintenance and opera
ton. Only by the most careful econ
omy can deficit be avoided. The |
hospital trustees have no surplus &c |
invest either in equipment or in re |
modelling the old building for the |
training school.
People Must Help.
'The new hospital should be fully |
equipped and furnished al this time |
so that its value and usefulness tC |
the city and the community may be |
all that was planned for by its foun
der and by the many public spirited |
citizens who have from time to time
contributed thereto.
There is only one source from