Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-29
EMERGENCY TO GET
NEW 9-STORY WING
Additions viii Double Present
Facilities of the
Hospital.

Work Is to be started in the near
future on extensive additions to Emer-
gency Hospital which will virtually dou-
pie the facilities of the hospital plant
and nurses home on New York avenue
west of Seventeenth street it was an
nounced yesterday by Appleton T.
Clark, ir.. architect of the project.
Plans have been filed with the Dis
trict building inspector calling for the
addition of nine STORY cast wing to
the present building on the site of the
Cox Building which was acquired for
the hospital about a year ago, and the
addition of four stories to the Einer-
gency Hospital Home for Nurses, to the
west of the main hospital building.
Plans announced by Mr.. Clark also
call for remodeling and undermining
Of the entire present building with q
view to making the plant more efficient
md to provide needed new facilities,
The entire cost of the new work has
been estimated to be approximately
S455000. The new east wing as well as
the addition to the nurses home will
conform to the architectural design Of
the present main building and will be
tied in with the main building to pro-
vide for easy communication between
the three units.
Cox Building TO Go.
The Cox Building. a five-story office
structure, formerly rented by a Gov
eminent department, is to be torn down
shortly to make way for the new east
wing. The new wing will occupy most
of the lot, which is as feet wide and
l25 feet deep. and will be carried ver-
/ tically 10 the ninth story level where
the building will be set back to conform
to the latest architectural mode here
A new power and heating plan now
badly needed by the present buildings.
is to be located in the basement of
the new wing, and on the first floor of
this building will be Offices for the hos
pital superintendent and physicians and
The bookkeeping and other record rooms.
/ The second and third floors will be
devoted to wards divided into cubicles.
each of which will be partitioned off
with metal and glass walls. for patients
who cannot afford strictly private
rooms
The fourth, fifth. sixth and seventh
floors of the cast wing will be devoted
10 private rooms about SO in number
! They will vary in size, the largest hav-
ing private bathrooms. On the eighth
floor will be provision for a completely
equipped x-ray department. and rooms
for various electrical treatment. Care
is 10 be taken here to assure safety fot
doctors and nurses as well as patients
from the dangerous electrical! rays. The
floor is to be covered with a LAYER of
sheet lead and the walls are to be
covered with barium plaster, which is
lmpervious to the rays
New Operating Rooms.
Two additional operating rooms also
will be located on the eighth floor oil
the new wing and will be connected
with the operating rooms on the same
floor cf the main building.
On the top floor OF the cast wing vii
| be a cafeteria for nurses. which vii
have a seating capacity of lbs persons
kitchen and other provisions. The total
cost OF the new wing is estimated &c
be about S275,000.
OF the four stories to be added &c
the present three STORY nurses home
two are To be devoted To quarters fol
student nurses These floors will pro.
vide for about 40 additional rooms. The
upper two stories, containing 40 rooms,
are To be devoted TO private rooms for
hospital patients. The upper two stories
will connect with the main building
On the top of the nurses home will
ne a SoIafium, ABOUT which VIII be a
deck roof or promenade for GONZALES
cent patients The new additions 10 the
hospital will be fitted with the latest
type provisions, including rubber tile
floors. which will minimize noise. and
metal trim in the place of woodwork
This is being selected because it is
easier to keep clean, MIR Clark said.
The cost of the additional stories To
the nurses hospital is estimated to be
$3.50 600
The main building Of the hospital Is
10 be remodeled throughout to suit new
conditions which have arisen, A new
entrance rotunda is TO be constructed
in front Of the present small lobby of
the building An additional emergency
operating room also is To be located on
the first floor OF the main building.
The facades of the additions 10 the
hospital will be Of brick, with limestone
bases. similar TO the style of the main
building.