New Britain herald., 1925-02-21
Modern Institution Ready for Inspection Between 2 and 5 O'Clock Tomor- row Afternoon.

Tho new Now Britain General hos pital pavilion, which with the other buildings makes a total in estimat- ed value of almost million dollars. will be formally opened to the pub lie tomorrow, although the building has been completed and occupied for several months. It will be open for inspection between ? and 5 O'clock.
 The building which is construct cd of fireproof material and which has been described in detail in tho Herald in a previous issue, is said to be among the best in the country, :. and has been so acknowledged by the American Medical association which recently voted it class-A after a rigid inspection.
 Construction was started in 1922 and it was completed in 1924. The first patients were taken into the new, section on June l, 1924. when the maternity ward was opened. July II all the other patients were re- moved to the new hospital
 The new pavilion is equipped with all thej modern oonveniences such as dressing rooms, diet kitchens, electric signal systems and tele- phones. Access to each floor is gained by means of steel and con- crete stairway or an automatic ele- vator.
 A patient brought to the hospital in the new $6,0OO ambulance pur- chased about year ago, is taken into a receiving room, given pre- liminary examination and taken to a dressing room for further examl- ination. This consists of thor ough inspection. even to chemical analysis of the blood in recently opened and enlarged modern labor atory. , a
 The patient is taken on a wheeled stretcher if necessary, or a wheel chair. or. walks if he is able, through the passageway to the new bulld- ing where he is put to bed.
 Here he may find himself in any one of q number of places, accord. ing to circumstances. At the end of the corridor he finds he has em- erged onto the second floor of the new building. He may remain on this floor if he so desires. going into the new type ward at the end of the north wing. This ward, made to hold 16 beds, is sub divided by par iiaI partitions or "cubicals.' into four divisions, each containing four beds and each four bed section in charge of one nurse. Here he may lie in bed and gaze through the glass doors or windows over a large ob- scrvation{ porch across the sur- rounding country. Or he may stop before he reaches the ward and en- ter one of the semi private rooms of two. three or four beds, of which there are4several. '@ -.' ..a.
 He may take the elevator >down one flislItsdo the first floor where he finds number of two and three bed rooms. On the second floor if the patient happens to be woman, she EOtS IlllO tIlS NtSI Nllt3' DIi 'i'S first floor only the cast wing is used for patients, the west wing contain ing kitchen and dining rooms.
 The patient who goes into priv ate room gets off the elevator on the third floor, where, in front Of the doorway he finds q large sun parlor, filled with cozy furniture, which overlooks the south and east side of the city. Tn the room to which he is assigned here he finds all the equipment he would expect in a modern hotel room, in addition to bedside folding tables and cleo tric call bells for nurses.
 The fourth floor is the place for mothers and their new babies, and one can see through a large plate glass window anywhere from 20 to 30 babies. at one time. each in its separate crib and the cribs m turn in long carriages holding six or eight each. This department also has q comfortable sun parlor, sim liar to the one below
 A patient if he is strong enough could be taken on the elevator to the roof. where he would find a comfortable rest room, with run ming water, bed, and other con- veniences. He also would find him. self on one Of the highest observa- ton spots in thf city, and could look down upon Rackliffe Heights and Walnut Hill park. Here he is treat ed to a vast panorama of rolling hills and valleys stretching in all direc- tions for miles. Hartford, 10 miles in the distance, on clear day. seems almost like Q continuation of New Britain. Not only can the Travellers tower and the dome on the capitol be seen, but many of the , smaller buildings.