Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-05-16

1 especially the arrangement of depart
ments. This committee consists of:
Mr.. A. f. Duncan Mrs John w Mar
shall DR.. Dewitt b. easier, DIR. Walter A.
Baetjer, DR. r. H. Follis, Mrs j. Marshall
| Fl. Bruce, Mrs. j. Crossan Cooper, Mrs. A.
E. Duncan, Mrs. Henry l.. Duer, Miss
Amelia dePau Fowler, Mrs. +. Everett
Gibbs, DR.. Edward II. Richardson CHAIR
mani.
Every facility necessary for the eff
cient operation of the medical, surgi-
cal and obstetrieal departments will
| be provided, according to DR.. Richard
son. Every unit of each department
will be arranged for the utmost con-
venience to patients and for the great
est economy of operation. In fact, the
committee hopes that the new plant
will mark new era in hospital con-
struction. Of course, it will be abso-
lutely fireproof.
According to present plans the new
hospital will include six stories and
basement. 1t will he stately in APP
pearance, built of ornamental brick
in the style of the Italian Renaissance,
but not a dollar will be needlessly
spent, according to DR.. Richardson.
Three wings will surround an open
court, the two side wings being joined
by two-story entrance.
Capacity so Per Cent. Greater
The capacity of the hospital will be
increased about fifty percent, as the
present plant has been inadequate for
several years. But the Board is anxi-
Gus to retain the home-like atmosphere
which has been one of the chief char
acteristics of the hospital from the
beginning. There also will be several
new departments in the new. hospital
and the old departments will be en-
larged.
These new departments will enable
the hospital to organize a complete
resident medical staff, parallel to the
present surgical staff.
The general and administrative de-
partments will all be on the first floor,
together with the nurses cafeteria,
the dining rooms for doctors and hos
pital officials, and living quarters for
internes and white hospital employees.
The maternity department will oc-
cupy the second floor. In addition to
the birth-room units it will contain
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perature nursery, an isolation nur-
sery, a sun parlor and all the regular
utility rooms.
The third floor will be entirely for
free and part-free patients, with two
large ward units, several smaller
wards and many private rooms, with
two sun porches.
The fourth and fifth floors will be
for private patients.
The sixth floor will contain two
large operating rooms and a smaller
operating room, surgical supply de-
partment and the Special Treatment
Department, which includes three lab
oratories and the Alpine Lamp, Cys-
toscopic, Electro Cardiograph Fluoro-
seopic and photographic rooms.
The basement will contain a COM
plete dispensary unit with an operat-
ing room, apothecary room, drug
stores room and vault, waiting room,
sterilizing room, supply room, recov-
cry room, history room and six exam
ing rooms. 1t also includes kitchen
department with butcher shop, refrig-
Grating rooms, bakery, special diet
kitchen and dining rooms for en-
ployees, storage rooms, locker rooms,
special offices.
Many Memorial Opportunities
An exceptionally large number of
memorials will, it is expected, be es-
tabished in the new hospital, accord
ing to Clarence K. Bowie, Chairman
of the Special Gifts Committee. These
memorials will range in price from
81 800 and lower for individual rooms
to 100000 for entire floors. In fact,
it is hoped that the money raised for
at least one memorial will be sufficient
to build an entire wing Of the hos
pital.
Among the many departments and
special units are the operating de-
partment, which can be established
as memorial for $4,000; the special
treatment department, which can be
established for $4,000; the dispen-
sary memorial which is practically
complete emergency hospital in itself
and the twenty-four-bed ward,
which can be established for $4,000
each; and the babies memorial, in
Guiding two general nurseries and two
special nurseries, which can be es-
tablished for $4,000.
There are also a large number of
bedrooms, diet kitchen, sun porches.
laboratories and special units of the
different departments which may be
established as memorials for sums
ranging from $4,000 to $1,000 and
lower.