Milford chronicle., 1927-10-07
SEVERAL HUNDRED
ATTEND OPENING
OF KENT HOSPITAL
TCOntinued from first Page1


DR. Harold Springer, of Whining
ton. president of the Delaware State
Medical Society, in the course oil MS
address said:
If is indeed pleasant to be here
and add my little part to such an
occasion certainly of great moment
and importance to this community
1t is surely one for which those who
have labored so hard and so long 10
obtain a hospital here can be thank
full and pleased to see the success
full attainment of their goal. Surely
a hOsDital is needed here. They can
be Justly proud and are entitled 10
have said of them, "Well done good
and faithful servants" Unfortun-
ately their real troubles have just
begun. since the management OF
hospital is a difficult and thankless
lob after the novelty wears OIL. 1
am sure. however, such an energetlc
and faithful group as you have aere'
will succeed, but it will necesSltate
: the cooperation of the community
with the Board of Directors ana
staff, since the responsibility rests
with all three. The community
served is not to forget its responsi-
y bility. which is frequently greater
in small town where there can De
one hospital. The people here nave
shown a desire for this hospital by
subscribing so generously and max
ing the building of 1t possible
thereby assuming a responsibility
in its support They can cooperate
in many ways, financially OF course
chiefly. But also by moral support
which means loyalty to the manage
ment and the staff.
The staff has its responsibility
which is very great. They have to
give the highest grade of work, dis
interestedly and constantly, large
part of which they will not be paid
for. After all hospitals real sue
cess depends on itself, and success
: in a hospital means, before any
thing else, a high grade of scientific
work. The other things will follow
and the beds will be filled. The
staff has it in its power to make
YOU a Hospital or a nursing home.
AS to the Board of Directors, their
responsibility is also great. They
have given the community this hos
pital organization and 1t is thelr
duty to keep it up to date and go
ing concern. That means among
other things, proper, equipment
competent nursing staff and the
best medical staff obtainable. They
.may find this latter hard problem
since incompetent doctors or those
doctors who would exploit the hos
initial for their own use, must be
kent out, and the attempt to do this
often means trouble. They, the
directors, must demand nevertheless
The highest degree of faithful ser
vice from their medical staff, free
from any effort to use the hospital
for their personal advantage.
It is necessary to develop nos
pitaI conscience and this can be
done by the cooperation of these
three groups, namely, the public, the
Board of Directors and the STAFF.
fortunately it is not so hard now
days to do this The hospltal
Standardization Committee of the
American College of Surgeons mas
done a great deal to help. They
have produced a new renaissance
in medicine, surgery and pathology:
TShey demand that the surgeon, ana
this applies to others in the practice
of medicine, shall know his work
bafore starting and continuing TO
practice.
The same standard is insisted up
on bv other medical organizations
in the various branches of medicine,
of their members. This program is
making outlaws of the quacks and
cbarlatan. Certainly no one has
4 right to experiment on the human
body unless the factors of safety
are at hand. Poor medical schools
3 have been put out of eXistance and
n old equipment ruled out of the sur
8 eical game, thus developing a new
j technic in the practical branches OF
4 medicine in their relations to the
diagnosis of disease.
The day has gone by when look
at the tongue and feel of the skin
q are sufficient to make diagnosis.
The modern physician is interested
in research and one cannot help no
tice the intense interest that even
medical students and interns show
in this kind of work.
One of the greatest results has
been to produce a new educational
standard in the nursing and inferno
service of hospitals and one can
easily see what great Importance
this is. A much higher type OF wo-
man is taking up nursing which
automatically results in a higher
type of instruction, thereby adding
To abe final success of hospital work
and this to the care of patients.
This Standardization has been the
means of establishing a healthy con-
science among hospital admln1stra-
tors, thereby increasing the conf |
dence of the public in their hospl- |
tails and their management. 1t is
easier for them to go out on a drive |
for money, which seems to be ne
cessary for all hospitals at certain |
intervals, because the having OF a
definite program makes all tne |
groups move forward to accompl-
ish. the same purpose. When the
public knows that the management
means business it will give its sup |
port
Fhe people of this community will |
realize more and more as the time |
goes by, the value of a hospital here,
and l urge them never to grow
weary in doing their part to help
maintain it. 1t is a great thing for
YOU to have it and you should be
proud of it.
In closing, I must congratulate
he Board of Directors and all OF
hose who have had a part in put
ing the proposition over. They have
lone we'll The building is not only
\ fine one, but it is conveniently
arranged and up to date in every