New Britain herald., 1923-01-29
New Britain General Hospital
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 ENeeutive Committee Report
 The report Of the executive commit
 tee 10 the eorPoraiors and board eI
 directors follows!
 'The executive committee herewith
 presents its reports for the two years
 ending September so, 1899, together
 with iFeasuFeF's report and reports el the various hospital departments
 nPrese ing the reports Of two years operation at one time is unusual and
 is a matter of necessity rather than ei choice, Owing to the almost complete reorganization of the personnel of the hospital and ils methods of accounting il was impossible 10 collect data for the previous year in accurate form until too late to be of service, it was therefore deemed advisable to wait and present the two reports al one time, With the present organization and system of keeping records there should in the future be no delay in presenting the annual report at the proper time,
 '"The most notable achievement dur ing the fiscal year, ending September 80, lasi, was the successful campaign to raise s60n,60 for Q new hospital. new nurses home and to free the hospital from debt, The campaign was held during the week Of November gath to December 6th, 1920. At the conclusion Of the campaign there were approximately ?0.0Oo subscribers. and the amount aimed at was fully sub. scribed.
 "The first step in the building pro- gran was the construction and Of a nurses home, which was completed and occupied early in group, a dormitory. with single sleep Ing rooms to accommodate so nurses: attractive social rooms, library and kitchenctte. classrooms. instruction and equipment for the adequate accommodation and thor ough instruction Of our nurses. These with the land on which they stand. cost approximately $14o,- O0O.
 Much time and thought has been spent on the location and general plan of the proposed main hospital and its best location as re- lated to the present hospital build ings and the future development of the property. Many of the subscrib- FITS have perhaps failed to appreciate fhe importance of this matter, and l Af etn kaf necessary in the development of plans, not only desirable for the inn mediate present, but looking toward the necessities of more remote fu- .ure.
 The building program has been in he hands of Stevens X Lee, hospital architects of Boston. and Dr. $. s. ioldwater of New York as general It is gratifying to note hat the contract for the main hos oal building has been let and that he construction of the building is we'll under way.
 None have been more anxious to see the building started than the members of the executive committee and the hospital board. who are fa- niliar with the urgent need of addi- .ional hospital space, but it is be- ieved that the deiberation and dis ,ussion of various plans. which has ,ccasioned the delay in starting work, will be amply justified in the final 'csult.
 "One of the chief aims of your committee and the hospital staff has ,een to advance the professional | tanding of the hospital to make it diagnostic institutions; a hospital so quipped with personnel and para 'hernalia as 10 insure scientific diag- losis and treatments. To this end | our committee has instituted highly rained personnel for X-ray, labora- ory and medical directing work, which has been freely used by the -ttending physcians and surgeons to he great advantage of the patients.
 Tt is a source of qualification to our committee that this develop nent of your institution along pro- essional and scientific lines has 'rought recognition of the hospital y the American College of Surgeons y giving it an unconditional first 'rade rating, which places it in the lass of hospitals which are equipped 0 render scientific care. There are oday but thirteen hospitals in Con- ecticut so rated and it is a matter