The Pulaskian., 1921-03-17
The County Hospital.

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 Monday rambled out to the County Hospital. just wanted to see Dr. C. K. Mason, the superin- tendent, personally, but he took 1t for granted that l had come to spend the night. The Doctor and are friends. l got acquainted with him while he was superintendent of the Confederate Veterans Home, where he was almost worshipped by the old soldiers. He made a wonderful inn provement ouf there and the old fel- lows certainly did hate to see him leave. have lots of friends, but of all those in official positions, I believe he heads the list for his many sterling qualities. Like myself, he Is a lover of nature and collector of Indian relics and such things, so there is naturally for that reason a bond of sympathy between us.
 I took a Fifteenth street car and asked the conductor at the end of the line where the hospital was, and he told me to take the street to my right and that 1 would find it on top of that hill. | took the street indicated and followed it to the end, and then took path, which led into another street and across the Iron Mountain railway and in to the DOT tals of a gate into a large and ca pacious yard. The Doctor had only been out there since January first and has not yet had opportunity to make any improvements in the grounds, but he will. A gentleman and lady arrived in an auto just ahead of me, but the Doctor left them long enough to howdy with me and excuse himself The gentleman was a physician and the lady was a stu dent of pharmacy, who had come out to look the hospital over, for the improvements out there are attract ing considerable attention.
 Mir. | D. Reed, the county pur- chasing agent, was the next person to arrive on the scene, and 1 learned from him that he was taking quite an interest in the old hospital and was giving much of his time to look ing after and assisting in the i'm provements going on. He informed me that they were using union car penters, but where they could they were using convicts of the county. Fortunately for the hospital, but un- fortunately for the man, one is a good painter and is doing the paint ing and decorating and doing it we'll. Two more men rated as plasterers are being tried out. If they prove capable much more plastering will be done than otherwise could be, for the county is very short of funds.
 After awhile the Doctor returned to me, but just then Judge C. E. Mover, with Dr. Bradley, lady physician of the Child Welfare De partment, Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Foster, of the Red Cross service, euihS tO 1iSpCCt ltC WOlh Ol ttlS uoS- pital. Dr. Bradley was we'll pleased with the work, especially with the women's and ehildren's departments and will make a good report of it. Dr. Mason is intending to make this a Glass A hospital, the only one in the state, though there are other hos pitals rating themselves that high, but the government does not accept their ratings. Other hospitals reject tubercular and contagious cases and fail to receive sufficient variety of cases to ever obtain this class. while here all classes of diseases are treated.
 It is the oldest training school for nurses in the state. The minimum number of nurses for a class A hos pital is ten. while here the maximum number Is twelve. The nurses are pupils taking a course of training. Dr. Hing was in charge when the charter of the school of nursing was granted and the old charter Is framed