The Wrangell sentinel., 1928-06-28
Hospital Board
 Asks For Support
 From Community

The second annual drive for the Wrangell General Hospital will be held on July 4th. and everyone is earnestly asked to assist with their contributions.
 The Board consisting of seven members, are gladly giving their time and consideration to the opera lion and welfare Of tBe hospital as they feel that il is a community in- that means a very great deal to the people of Wrange1ls
 Naturally, the operating of a hos7 pital for the purpose of making mon ey is something that is very seldom realized and it depends upon the 1o- cal support, to a large extent to make up any deficit that occurs dur ing the fiscal year.
 The Board of Control is doing everything in their power 10 handle the operation of the hospital on the most economical basis that is possi- ble but there is a certain amount of overhead that goes on day and night, regardless of whether or not there are any patients in t e hospital
 The monthly overh sad of the hos pital in providing nurses and main tenanee amounts to approximately five hundred dollars a month and at present it is impossible to collect all of the outstanding accounts which in the opinion of the Board members have practically a per value but due 10 the slack conditions during the past year some patients who have had the privileges of the hospital have found it impossible to meet their obligations
 The books show that during 1927 one hundred forty-six patients were received at the hospital and that they paid approxima tely $3.765.5O. So faf this year, forty-nine patients have entered the hospital with re- ceipts of $2.028.85.
 The first five months of Last year show that firty-five patients were received and treated during that time with a cash receipt to tie hos pital of $1,091.00. This means that the receipts so far this year are ap- proximately a thousand dollars in excess of last year and that the hos pitaI is growing in popularity and in the consideration ot.bhe public. This is encouraging to the Board mhers and also to those interested in the work that the hospital is doh g.
 However. in spite of this ancour- aging condition, there has been a balance owed by the hospit; since its incorporation in 1926 al since then the Board has added K ay ma chine equipment that cost the hospi- tai something in the neighborhood of $2,00000 They also inst ed an oil burner that cost approx mately $800.00 which saves conside ble on the fuel bill. They have had tae hos pital painted at cost of 360.00 and numerous other items have been added and improvements made re- quiring additional expenditu es.
 This money has all been spent with the idea in mind of keeping the hos pital up to a high standard so that patients could realize that every thing was being done to afford the very best facilities for handling their individual cases. If the above inn provements had not been made and the equipment added, the financial condition of the hospital would be in a very fair condition but as it is. we are in need of additional funds to liqufdate a number of accounts that we have locally.
 The merchants have been more than lenient with the hospital ac- counts and have never refuse to ex- tend credit to the hospital though they knew from past experience that it would be some time before they received their money.
 This hospital is yours individually. We are all yitally concerned with it's success. You. may not realize it to- day though more people are realizing the wonderful asset that the hospital means to them than ever bef gre, but if you are sick or injured. .anl can be taken to high class hospital, like we have here, for treatment, you will immediately realize what f means to you personally.
 We are gladly giving our time and attention and will continue to do so but WE ASK YOU TO HELP US THE WORK so that should any of our citizens, or the peo- pie of the surrounding country be-