Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-03-14
s2t0,o99 NEGRO HOSPITAL
| TO Open DOORS ON june |.
by Governor and Executive
Committee.
building Seven Stories High Erected
:, by People of Richmond-Namc
~ Will BE Selected From Suggcs-
lions Sent In 10y Public.

n, Formal opening OF the new ;2lc,ooo
m nai Tor nesrocs-and yet UNI
cordinG to an announcement last night
py superintendent Fred Il. Morlok. of
Memorial Hospital Signing oc the
budget bill by Governor Wcstmore,and
Davis has expedited the work. the APP
propriations from the State making Il
possible TO get the building In readi-
fness for patients within a few weeks.
and Mrs Davis Will inspect
"ith members OF the executive COM
= mittce. Colonel Charles f.. Hasbrook,
Eev. Charles f. Hanngan and others.
building with the chief executive by
Mr.. Morlok.
{. The new hospital faces Marshall
structure Of red brick. seven stories
high. built and equipped at total
cost OF S2lO.00o Experts state that if
the building was TO be erected at the
present time, with the Increased cost
OF labor and materials. the total cost
would easily reach sS5G000.
-e- ENciusively for Negroes.
+ :, The hospital is exclusively for negro
: patients being the only hospital Of its
Kind in the South. When the equip
ment is in place there will BE accom-
mediation for i4G patients in the wards.
III addition 10 forty private rooms.
The plan OF the negro pavilion has
pcen pronounced by experts TO be as
nearly perfec; as Il hoSpita, could he.
u Is as absolutely freproof as human
ingenuity can devise. The floors are
covered throughout the tremendous
niant With green linoieun ccmented to
ihc concrete flooring. The floor cover
inE alone cost $4,000. it being the
Ia:EeSt single contract ever given in
Virginia for floor covering alone.
While the pavilion will be operated
under the supervision OF the personnel
OF the superintendent and visiting stan
of physicians of Memorial Hospital /:
ias its own Kitchen and dining-rooms.
Rs rs %wn pharm m hcs naidho;ogicai and
kitchen and sterillizing plant. so that
ii the need arose, the hospital could be
operated entirely independent Of Me
The N-ray equipment was ordered
yesterday. 1t will be the most com
ploic IN the state. and means an cx-
pcndituTo OF $4,000.
VIII Train Negro Girls.
Grading and tcrracins of the grounds
viii begin this week Tho contract
calls for an asphalt court between the
negro pavilion and the new Dooiey
Hospital, III addition to the grading
and terracins and laying OF walks and.
later, flower beds and green sod
That there may be nursing staff
for the new hospital. a training school
for young colored women will be
started immediately in the negro ward
at Memorial Hospital These young
women Will be given intensive train
ing in the period Immediately proceed
ing the opening OF the neg.o hospital.
and viii then 20 on dutv there under
the direction of n white directrcss OF
nurses ana white head nurses The
necessity for n trimming school for col
owed nurS.cS has also made it ncccs-
s.ry 10 secure Il colored nurses home
near the hospital. which viii! BE- ready
for occupancy within the next few
wechy.
Since this is the first large hospital
fpr The bcncflt OF the. colored race ever
established In tho South, and because
il is peculiarly a Richmond institution.
the naming Of the hospital has been
left 10 Richmond.
I; s in Il sense. now waiting to be
christencd. and superintendent Nor
lok will receive all suggestions along
this inc and submit them to the en-
ecutivc committee. What the new ne
rests with Richmond people. and lie
hopes that they will not he backward
with suggesting what seems TO them
appropriate names for the institution.