Tombstone epitaph., 1921-03-13
COUNTY HOSPITAL CUTS EXPENSES
 BY MAKING INSTITUTION SELF SUSTAINING

eIIy Geo. W Lynn in Douglas Daily lnternational.
 Naca one speaks of county hos p.tal most people immediately picture d dark and gloomy building. surround cd by bitter memories and containing only the meanings of the miserable place where thS destitute are upon the mercy of charity and where in diy.dual pride is swallowed with the bitter pills of the sick room.
 Cochise county has d hospital west of Douglas. but il is far from being within the scope of ones imagint- tion or al the places I have visited recently it is the most cheerful. and the patients lot Is one of content ment and happiness. lt is home-like. everybody is friendly. no one appears to have anything to worry about and the day passes as systematically as ciockwork
 Wherever such d condition exists there is psychological reason for it.
 Sick people can be left in their dcspondency and misfortune or they can be made happy by those who at trnd them Alore than aI any other time in their lives sick people reflect the atmosphere in which they are sur rounded And from the moment one enters the door of the county hospital an air of cheerfulness peryades throughout the building.
 Walls. ceilings and floors of sick rooms which one time were of drab colors. have been retinted d snowy white Draperies have been placed over windows: the floors are shiny and immaculate Nurses and the various supervising attendants stop to have q friendly word with this and that patient They live in little world of their own out there and il is more Oi q community within itself than anything else They take prid 2 in their lawns their courts their chickens. their COWS and in plantins more flowers or cutting their honey, suckle vines
 |; is d place to rest the mind ami soul as well as the body. It is won deriul place to forget how sick ono really is and to give nature q chance 10 put in it's healing work
 Inside the building. near the en- trance. is the general office. Across hall and back is the char, room. which has been rcarrangcd and put upon an efficient basis. providing data al all times upon the progress each particular patient is making ~'Adioia. ing is a scrub room. with peddIe yalr. cd basins with special medicines and memorandum board containing the route bulletins Connecting with it ! is the operating room. which physi- cians say is one Of the best in this part of the country A white color scheme, has been followed out. which reflects without undue brilliance na- tural light from the skylisht above
 Opening on one side of the operat- ing room is an amphitheatre with sui ficient seats for a clinic
 : The sterilizing room is modernly equipped throughout and opens into the operating room oh one side and q large and complete supply room on the other h this supply room is kept extra stores Of medicines. Mar cotics are kept there under lock Con meeting with this and the operating room has been added q cleanup room for surgeons. The space was formal f ly waste passageway, now converted into A useful room where uhVsicians 1 can dress for street attire. It is -quip- ped with a shower bath. basins and other facilities
 An important part Of thei institution | is the X-ray and dark room. both of which are of sufficient size to handle important emergency csses Another WORK RESUMED AT
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