The Winslow mail., 1925-10-16
The Santa Fe
Hospital
By CHARLES ERICKSON

III by CI1AtLLE0 1Ch0ON
Assuming that many local Santa
Fe folks are interested in the fine
remodeling of our Los Angeles hos
pital, l will endeavor to give you
the 'low-down" on just the kind
of a place it is. l might as well
start by saying that if any employe
has to be given either medical or
surgical attention, he could not
possibly go to a cleaner or nicer
place or receive any better treat
ment than is accorded him by the
Santa Fe Hospital association and
it's staff
AS most all know our human
repair shop" has one of the very
best, if not the best, location in
the city of Los Angeles, for an
institution of it's kind, four blocks
away from the closest street car
line, thus avoiding noises that are
distasteful to the sick, and affront-
ing the beautiful Hollenbeck park,
where patients who are able to go
out of doors are privileged to stroll
about the many pretty drives and
pathways, edged with colorful and
sweet scented flowers, take it easy
on bench in the shade of gigantic
palm trees and listen to the soft
notes of happy birds, or watch
healthy young folks enjoying a
game of tennis. Then there. is the
lake, where you can go canoeing,
and feed popcorn to graceful, pure
white swans, ducks and thousands
of fish.
Hollenbeck is also one of the
most popular parks for moving pic
ture companies to "shoot" comedies
and many a laugh can be had. /
remember once Of seeing two dark
les ''spoonin" on the banister of a
bridge, when all of sudden they
spied Ku Kluxer standing by
them and both fell over backwards,
about thirty feet into the lake.
So much for those up and around.
Now for the real sick patients, the
quiet and pleasant atmosphere is
likewise quite helpful, while the
dreariness is broken by the sun
shiny dispositions of the nurses,
who always go on duty with cher
ry "good-morning" and off duty
with as there anything else I can
do for your" Believe me a hos
pital is where a fellow can notice
the tender care and sympathy Of
real womanhood, as is exemplified
by the untiring efforts of the nurses
! to comfort and relieve the sick.
1t might be well to say that many
employees go into the hospital and
/ do not appreciate what 1 have said
: above, for they think they should
be waited on hand and foot and
want to DO as they please, just be-
/ cause small fee has been taken
out of their paycheck each month.
! These fellows, who 'iraise the roof
have seldom much the matter with
them except their mean disposition
and do not want to obey the doc
tors orders. Just as an illustra-
ton, l recall an instance where a
man "came in" from San Bernar-
dino, complaining of stomach trou-
BILE. Carrying out orders from Dr.
Sugarman, the nurse requested this
fellow to stay in bed and when
noon time came, brought him a
bowl of muSh and milk. When she
told the man, replying to his ques-
ton, that that was all he was al
lowed to have, oh boy! how he did
roar, and proceeded to tell the
nurse that he wanted a steak and
something to eat, that he didn't
come to the hospital to be starved
to death and also that he had paid
a dollar and quarter a month tC
the hospital fund for several years
and he didn't see why Il can't have
what I want to eat" Remember
this patient entered the hospital fol
treatment on account of stomach
trouble too Pretty good to enlist
a physicians advice and then tel
him what to prescribe eh? Ye'
there are many who do just that
: I will say that if patients "do as
they're told" while in the hospital
they profit. Having occupied :
bunk there myself for eight whole
months in 1922, during which time
1 saw hundreds come and go,
claim to know just little bit about
it. In fact when I left was con
tempt ting "hangin' out my
shingle."
Well, here I've raved lot anC
could keep on but guess better
It's a good thing 7 Snent nv snare