Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-07-25
HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED
IN CONSTANTINOPLE AS
FUTURE MEDICAL CENTER
President of American
Chamber Of Commerce
Made Head Directors.
Equipment Being Sup
piled by the Red Cross;
DR.. Hoover Manager.

Constantinople, July 24-Americans
N Constantinople have established hos
pital which is designed eventually to be
the nucleus Of an important American
medical center in the near east Ad-
miral Bristol, the American high com
missioner is chairman of the hospital $
board of directors which includes 4. i.
Ravndahl. the American commissioners
and president Of the American chamber
of commerce.; Major G. Claflin Davis,
director of the American Red Cross in
the near east; Colonel James ?. Coowbs,
director Of the American committee for
relief in the near east; DR.. Mary Mills
Patrick, president of Constantinople Col
lege for Women; DR.. W. w. Peet, repre-
senting the various American missionary
boards. and Mrs. Huntingdon, represent
ing Robert college.
Red Cross Furnishes Beds.
Equipment for the hospital, which will
have 100 beds. will be supplied by the
American Red Cross. The personnel will
be supplied by the American Red Cross
and the American committee for relief in
the near east. both of which have many
doctors and nurses working in Turkey
among war refugees Of various nationall-
ties.
DIR. A. r. Hoover. who has lived for
many years in Turkey, will be director Of
Graft. formerly physician to Vassar col
lege and a member of the Wellesly unit
of the American committee for relief in
the near east, will he his assistant. Mrs.
Anna e. Rothrock of Glenside, Pa, will
be superintendent of nurses and her as
sistants will be Miss A. Fstelle Sutton
of Detroit Miss Roberta +. Sharpe Of
New York and Miss Mary #. Coughlin of
Acton Center. Mass.
win Train Nurses,
ConstantinopIe College for Women will
open a school for nurses in connection
with the hospital and within year viii
open a woman's medical college to afford
medical training for women of the Balkan
states. Admission to the school will be
open to women of all nationalities and
religions. The Rockefeller foundation
has promised to send board Of inspec-
ton to Constantinople and the hospital
board hopes to get the assistance Of that
organization in general improvement Of
health and medical conditions in the near
east
The need for hospital for English
speaking patients is very urgent. Amer
lean firms are opening branches in Con-
stantinople every week. This has become
great rendezvous for the American
navy, the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation and Young Womens Christian as
soclatlOn have large organizations, IN ad-
diton to many relief and missionary bod
les which are constantly in need of hos
pital space for their personnel
Aid TubercuIar Children.
Under the direction of the CONSTANT
nople unit of the American committee for
relief in the near east an open air hos
pital for tuberculous children has also
been established on the shore of the
Bosphorus few miles north of Con-
stantinople. This hospital is under the
direction of DR.. Elfie Richards Graft |
1t has 80 beds and is designed as a model
institution which the Americans hope to i
get the Turkish, Greek, Armenian and |
Jewish communities to duplicate.