Arizona republican., 1920-12-20
THE PASSING OF THE WARD

and now they are expecting q baby.
 The hard struggle of their early mar ried years seemed to be splendidly worth while several weeks ago-when the Wall street explosion occurred. The young husband was standing too near the scene of the disaster, talking to business acquaintance and was horribly injured. He has been in a hospital ever since, at the expense of S200 a week. This has swept the couples small hoard of savings away. and the wife is now having to sell her household effects to pay the bills.
 As for me, I can go into a ward, g she told a friend recently, but the l boy must have the best treatment available if he is to get we'll Even now we fear that he will lose the use of his right leg"
 Needless to say, private hospital | room, such as the Fifth Avenue hos pital inteds to provide, would be a tre- l mendous boon to this married pair, the innocent victims of a cruel misfortune. The mere thought of putting two or more sick people together in the same room should be argument enough | against it." declares T. Frank Man vile, president of the board of trustees of the new hospital. The ward sys- tenn, though universally practiced for l economy's sake, is a relic of the dark ages of hospital practice Every sick person, with or without means, should have a room to himself, or herself and not be thrust into the nondescript as- | semblage and confusing hustle of a general public sick ward.
 Economy of Private Rooms
 But the wardless hospital is justified from an economic as well as a senti- mental point of view. Under the strictly private room system, for in- stance. there is absolutely no waste of heat or light, since it is possible to shut off completely those rooms or wings which are not in use, whereas a ward must be kept well heated and lighted even though it is only half oc- cupied. Furthermore, the elimination of and disease classification permits a maximum use of the entire hospital at all times. It frequently occurs in ward hospitals that male ward is half emp ty while corresponding female ward IS so crowded that it is forced to re- Iject patients. In a single room hos pital rooms may be renovated or re- decorated one at a time; the same lprocess under the ward system requires entire wards to be put out of commits sion.
 There are these additional advan-
 
 hospital: Each room, having it's owr equipment, lavatory and toilet, is ar lisolated unit. Danger of infection anC Iccntagion is absolutely eliminated. Pa tients newly admitted are not greeted by the sight of the suffering of a dozer or more other persons. Nor are thes, dozen or more occupants disturbed by tbe admittance of new patients, per haps in the middle of the night Wis itors may come all day if the physician is willing, while in wards certain linn itations are necessary
 One of the newest features of tho the Fifth Avenue hospital is it's shape It is being built in the form of a hug, K" so that a large space intervene: between the wings, and each room i: an outside room. Every bed may b, placed within three feet of an outside window, and the temperature of tho room regulated to meet the require ments of the indicidual case.
 4 Floor for Children
 An entire floor will be devoted to tn,