Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-24
Drive Starts Soon
For Sisters Hospital
Addition Funds


general hospital committee, which
has under its supervision the pro iect
OF the construction of half million
dollar addition to the Sisters hospi-
tai, met Tuesday evening in DIR. t.
I. Hills office. AS a result, in the
words of DR.. L. L. Hardy: plans
are under way for the prompt
launching of the drive for funds"
The proposed addition to the hos
pltal is building more than twice
the size of the present hospital, in
all dimensions. 1t will make the
hospital hundred bed institution.
with the added factor that each pa
tient will have a separate room.
! There is no hospital in Maine now.
according to those in charge of the
project which will be able to com
pare with the contemplated struc-
ture' when it is completed. All 9TH
er hospitals OF the size of tflis pro
; posed new one are ward HOSPITALS
so-called, where many patients are
under treatment in the same room.
By the plan now under way. the
| sisters OF Charity, who have so sue
, cesslu lly maintained the present
hospital, will finance the building of
TINS new addition, if the people of
the city OF Waterville will raise a
lund of 100000 in three wears
! which fund will be used entireIv for
the maintenance of the hospital. The
investment which the Sisters will
nave to make to build such a hos
pitai as is proposed will be at. least
according to all available informa-
Iloh' $4oo,oOO, and will be. in the es-
, 'ihidtloh OF those in charge much
nearer half million than the low
CT HSure Waterville is asked to
raise sum only one-fifth as great as
mat which the Sisters are ready TO
eNpend. and this sum will not he
used TO help build the hospital. The
WaterFille fund is to go entirely for
.he maintenance of the hospital as a
heailh dispensing center for the
people OF the State of Maine.
hy the estimates of the Rockefel
i'' rouhdatIon. which builds and
MAINTAINS hospitals all over the
world 1t costs approximately $1,000
year 10 maintain a bed in a bosni-
tai The capacity OF the new hos
pital VIII be 100. making the total
opkeep cost 100000 pc ryear. of
"hlch large part must necessarily
| go to Waterville. This cost is for
| 700 ana other essentials. Dr.
rederick T. Hill said last night to
the reporter,
me hospital as contaminated
means about 100000 worth of tusi-
J Ness Tor Waterville every year"
AS proposed, the new addition will
De connected to the present hosnit,-
by d covered walk, The nra,so,,
VIII De renovated and re.
modelled and will be used as a chill.
dreh's hospital. The basement ~
the new addition, as it is proposed
is understood to contain the heat
ing and motive plants. with store
ana supply rooms. The first floor
VIII be taken up by chapel, recen-
'lon rooms, the Kitchens and util5t,
iooiis' me second and third floors
WIZ DE used entirely for patients
me second floor of the present
building will be used as maternit,
hospital. with full equipment in
every respect The fourth floor OF
the addition will contain sIeepine
rooms for the Sisters two. general
operating rooms an eye and ear
operating room. n nose and throat
operating room, an eitherizing room
Accommodations for the doctors. such
as scrnbbing and dressing rooms a
s'erlilzihg room, and fully eauip-
pea Array room, with dark room
and record room.
The building as proposed is said
70 DC most attractive built freproof
, throughout. with brick and granite
! as the chief materials