The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1922-05-03
NATIONAL HOSPITAL DAY.

May 18th has been designated as National
Hospital Day for the purpose of calling attention
of the people of the United States and Canada to
the great work done for the sick and invalided in
these Institutions. It is a movement to bring
about better results in the way of more popular
interest and support for these Institutions.
The first National Hospital Day was observed
a year ago on the same date, and proved a won
derful success. 1t brought to the hospitals of
the country added support and interest upon the
part of the public through an educational demon
stration of what these institutions are doing every
day. The idea is best expressed in an editorial
announcement made in 1921, when the National
Management, a magazine devoted to hospital
work, offered the plan to the hospital field.
Believing that an invaluable service is edu.
eating the public to the real functions of a hos
pital can be rendered by an organized effort tt
focus attention on institutions for the treatment
and care of the sick and unfortunate, Hospital
Management has begun a campaign for the OBJ
servance of National Hospital Day, May IL.
Every hospital and hospital organization il
the United States and Canada is cordially In
vited to cooperate in this movement, which, it is
hoped, soon viii make National Hospital Day an
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other.
MAY II was selected as the most fitting day
for National Hospital Day, as it is the anniver
sary of the birth of Florence Nightingale, pic
neer in modern hospital and nursing methods.
"That the community may know it's hospital
might be the slogan of National Hospital Day
for that, in brief, is the idea behind the move
ment. National Hospital Day, it is hoped, will b
the means of showing the public the human sid
of the hospital, of its varied services, of its plan
for expansion, and, most important, it's needs. !
is not overstating the case, probably, to asser
that fully half of the people of the communit
have. nc. conception of the underlying purpose Q
a hospital which often is regarded as a house G
mystery, even of suspicion"
Bohemian has a hospital of which it can just
| be proud. The Deaconess hospital, built upo
r the most modern plan, with the best arrang
: ment and equipment to be found in any such il
E ~stitution in the United States, and with a ratir
of the highest standard win observe Hospit
: Day. A plan for the program that day is no
n being worked out, when it is the hope and d
: sire of Superintendent Edith Alderman and Il
1 board of directors, that the people of the cor
S munity will avail themselves of the opportuni
: to inspect the institution and see what it is doin
There is need of such an institution as tt
r Deaconess hospital in Bohemian, it is doing a gre
n work here, and the public should be more I
n miliar with the great advantage derived in hs
t ing it in the city. It is to be regretted that t
ethics of the Deaconess hospital will not perm
it to do the advertising or seek the publici
which it deserves. 1t must depend upon the
~sistance received through its friends, and n
he enough knowledge of the hospital exists amo
/ these. For this purpose is Hospital Day to-
observed. Those who do not know what the b.
pital is doing will have an opportunity to lea
while those who are familiar with the vast
bors will have occasion to extend encouragemt
ds to those in charge of the work. May 18th sho,
be a bright and joyful day for the Deaconess h
ipital at Bozeman.