Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-30
"A Larger And Better Hospital
For Winchester"


AT meeting of the Board o
Directors of the Hospital las
December, the principal topic o
discussion was ways and mean
leading to hospital improvement
At this meeting the president
DR.. H H. Mcclure, was re
quested to appoint a Campaign
COMMITTEE from the hospita
territory giving each of thu
iseven counties Representations OF
this committee, as well as, tn,
city of Winchester. This ap
pointment was promptly mad,
aud the irst meeting of this com
mittee was held i'll Winchestel
lon January %, 1925; with few
Exceptions all the members Of
this committee were present,
| The Executive Committee OF the
Hos pltal met with this committee
aud Joined in the discussion to-
wards formulating plans for an
intensive campaign to raise
sufficient funds with which to
| make certain necessary enlarge.
ments and additions to : the
present hospital that would
broader the scope of usefulness
of the institution to the COM
munity.
The management Of the Hos
pital secured the service of DIR.
Jno. A.. Hornsby, now superin-
tendent of the University Hos
pital, at Charlottesville, Va, to
appear before this. committee. in
an advisory capacity. DIR. Horns
bv is recognized authority on
hospital management and COIL
stiuctiou by reason OF the Eactl
that lhis has Leen his life's|
work exclusively. DIR. Horusby
has been connected with some OF
+. he largest and most progressivel
hospitals in The United States.
ID. iiornsby came to the Hos
pital on Wednesday afternoonl
III made a survey of the, Hos
plia aud its apparent needs. HeI
made CAREFUL inquiry into the
territory now being served by the
Hospital, as well and was: of the,
opinion that the present hospital
was. giving very good service to
THE community as far as it was
able to, but that city of this
size located in community of
this kind demanded better hos
pital facilities from several
standpoints.
This Hospital is now serving a
population OF eight thousand
ueoole located in the Hospital
territory adjacent to Winchester.
According to statistics compiled
Iby the American Hospital
Association, territory contain
ing even forty thousand in
| habitants (not sO1 demands a
| hospital of 200 beds. To-day We
have here only 50 beds for the
| sick. This increased bed ca
pacitv is needed not from a
standpoint of selfshness on the
part of your profession, but from
the standpoint Of better health to
your community. 1t will mean a
lower death rate and less suffer
ing to the afflicted. as well as,
less distress aiFiiiardsliips which
come as a consequence of pro-
longed sickness in community.
Your Hospital should be
recognized as a health Center in
your city. belonging to the
entire populace OF this com
munity and should be further
recognized with even more
Importance than your Public
| School in as much as it deal.
with life and death.
/ After making an ANALYSIS o
1.-THE character of service tina
| this hospital was now giving
IDr. Hornsby stated that it wal
| now functioning only as al
emergency mskesliift OF wha
| the community needed and sloul,
have. He pointed TO the fac
THAT ia 1924, 100 patients onl'
were treated in the hospital ant
| this was not over forty per cen
lof the sick in the territory tina
should have had llospita
Treatment, even at a rate ?
expense not exceeding tina
incurred by giving home treat
ment.
/ He further stated that he wa
well pleased with that part 9
1.-THE hospital service that pertain
lea to surgery, but the medics
service was lacking in man
| respects and far below the stand