Putnam patriot., 1930-10-16
DAY KIMBALL HOSPITAL
 MEETS REQUIREMENTS
Is on Approved List Announced By American College of
 Surgeons
Modern Hospital Has Become Place
 to Get We'll In

The DaN hjmDal nOepital oi Fut- nam is among the list of hospitals in Connecticut which the investigators of the American College of Surgeons have found to be meeting the require ments that insure safe and efficient service to the patient. The approved list was announced Monday morning at the opening session of the Thir- teenth Annual Hospital Standardiza- tion Conference of the American Col lege of Surgeons, at Philadelphia.
 Place to Get We'll In
 The oId-fashioned hospital was frankly place 10 die in. The mod crn hospital is the best possible place to get well in. This metamorphosis from an institution which was merely refuge for derelicts to one which medical authorities state to be the best equipped single agency for care of the sick was emphasized in the opening session. In conjunction with the report of hospital progress Dr. Franklin H. Martin. director general of the national surgeons organization, announced list of 2.063 hospitals in the United States and Canada which have been inspected and approved by the college as being properly equip ped and conducted to care for the sick.
 From a situation in which only eighty-nine hospitals of these two na- tions were able Co attain the stand ards established by the American College of Surgeons to the present status in which nearly three-fourths of the institutions now meet with ap- proval is the impressive record of hospital advancement during the last thirteen years, the report shows.
 Mortality Rate Cut in Half
 Dr. Malcolm T. MacEachern, di- rector of hospital activities for the college, in pointing out the direct value to the public of hospital stand ardization, said. "The approved hos pital has been d vital factor in elim- mating unnecessary surgical opera tions, in stamping out irregular med. ical practice, in helping to eradicate fee-splitting, and in assuring care ful laboratory and physical examina- tions before proceeding with treat ment."
 In spite of the ever-increasing number of surgical operations and the greater proportion of persons hospitalized each year the average ratio of total deaths among hospi- tals surveyed is but four per 100 pa- tients. less than half that of thir- teen years ago when the first survey of hospitals was made. Dr. MacEach- ern said.
 On an average, the patient in the standardized hospital now gets well in ten to twelve days as entrusted with twenty-five a decade ago. This means not only a saving in hospital expenses to the average patient but also permits him to return to his reg ular occupation much sooner.
 Fewer post-operative deaths, im- proved treatment of fractures, cancer, goitre, metabolism disorders, and other diseases are indications of the advance of scientific medicine through better hospitals, better doctors, bet ter nurses, and other groups of per- sonnel engaged in the work, it was shown.
 Over i3 Years
 The work of making hospitals safe for the public has been carried on for thirteen years by the American College of Surgeons through contin- uous inspection and survey of all hos pitals of twenty-five beds or more in which acutely ill or injured patients are treated. This is done at no ex- pense to the hospital. To obtain ap- proval by the American College of Surgeons hospitals must comply with requirements relating to virtually every phase of hospital work. The physicians, for instance, must not only be licensed but must also be reput- able graduates of recognized medical schools. Records of all that trans pires to the patient during his hos pital stay must be kept The results of treatment must be discussed in group meeting of the medical staff. The hospital is required to have faeil- ities for A-ray work and laboratory examinations. All these and numer- oas other standards have been estab- lished for the protection of the public.
 4 unique feature of the hospital standardization movement is that en- forcement of the requirements is voluntary. Yet in spite of this fact 9S per cent of all hospitals of 100 beds or more have met the standards and 79.3 per cent of all hospitals of fifty beds or more have won approval
 The approved hospitals in this county are the following: Day Kim bali Hospital, Putnam, fifty-six beds; St. Josephs Hospital Willimantic.