Evening star., 1924-11-23
GARFIELD HOSPITAL
BEING REMODELED
Widespread Improvements
Under Way in Carrying Out
Reconstruction Program.

widespread changes and improve
Iaents are we'll under way at Garfield
hospital in the course OF a recon-
struction program.
With the new nurses home nearing
completion. a central heating estab-
lishment already fuActioning and
many Innovations and alterations in
various wings finished. the official
personnel of the hospital will leave
the executive offices in the admins
tration building early during the
coming week, so that this building
also can be remodeled. Work started
yesterday on removing the roof from
the administration building. and tho
old nurses quarters, which were on
the second and third floors. already
have been deserted for the newer
rooms.
The latest report shows that $780,
600 OF the $323.oe0 pledged by Wash
inSfonians In the drive for the build
ins% and construction work at and
ab%4t the hospital. has been expended.
General improvement Plan.
The general plan centered about
tirepNoofing of the entire establish
Tnerf, reangning various departments
which hitherto have been placed in
rather unhandy locations, and IN CO.
ordtnating different sections Of the
institution, SO that access will be IA
cilttated in the interest of the staff of
the hospital.
For instance, directly at the rear
OF tho main building a wing has been
remodeled so that Il now contains a
kitchen on the first floor, a diet
kitchen for the preparation OF food
for patients on the second floor and a
laundry on the third floor.
Tho new nurses home will be in
the rear of the central portion of the
building and will contain well over
100 individual rooms for nurses,
while the old Kendall building. which
is separated from the hospital wings,
has been remodeled so that 1t Will
serve as a recreation center for
nurses, with schoolrooms on the up
per floor.
X-Ray Laboratory Improvement.
The former site of the X-ray laoo-
ratory. which is regarded as among
the best squtpped in the country. will
be remodeled as section OF the
nurses home, while the laboratory IT.
self will occupy a large section OF the
Willard building. now in the course
OF remodeling, with the rooms and
operation Centers specially equipped
for the work. Those IN charge OF the
work expect the new laboratory to be
dS wei equipped as any IN existence.
The nurses home itself is listed
as 81 per cent completed and Is par
TALLY occupied. The building Is con-
structed of brick and matches exactly
the other sections OF the hospital. It
Is entirely fireproof and has the latest
conveniences grouped on each floor.
The new heating plant Of the hos
pital replaces plants which had been
used for heating OF separate build
ihgs. The new plant now heats the
hospital proper, the contagious dis
ease annex and other buildings OF the
hospital group.
Rooms for Patients I'm Prograna.
The latest operation contemplates
the replacing OF the old quarters for
nurses on the second and third~Goors
OF the administration building with
rooms for patients. This. AS has been
said. already Is under way.
In practically every case where the
OLD buildings were remodeied II was
found that the walls, which had been
sturdily constructed. could be utilized
for the new build!n- =. but the inter-
iors were completely renovated with
freproof materials, new flooring, also
fireproof, and with the latest appii-
ances.