Smyrna times., 1931-02-25
STATE HOSPITALS CLINIC
At FARNHURST COMPLETED
BUILDING TO BE DEDICATED
IN MAY USED RECENTLY
Psychiatric Observation Clinic and
Continuous Treatment Building
New Units TO Be Completed


New Units to Be Completed
The new observation clinic of the
Delaware State Hospital, in which
the terms of the State law for the
thorough examination and observa-
tion of all persons suffering from
mental disorders before commit
ment to the State Hospital for the
Insane, will be carried out, was
opened recently and the observa-
tion of about 10 patients was start
ed. The building was designed by
Brown and Whiteside, according to
recommendation of DR.. NJ. A. Tar
umianz, superintendent of the hos
pital and authorities on the con-
struction of hospital buildings and
psychiatric buildings. The psy-
chiatric observation clinic building
will be used for the examination
of patients suffering from mental
disorders. 1t is described by Dr.
Tarumianz was a clearing house"
for such persons. In previous
years it has been the custom for
persons suffering from mental dis
tress, on the recommendation of
two doctors, to be committed to the
hospital Under the State law,
passed two years ago, persons can
now be committed to the hospital
only after a period of careful OBJ
servation by recognized experts.
The other method of commitment
is through the courts. "Other
States have observation clinics in
which patients who are suffering
from mental and nervous diseases
are studied and diagnosed before
being committed to a State hospi-
tal," Dr. Tarumianz said, "but Del
which has a period of observation
for all before they are regularly
committed" The rules for admis-
sion of patients state that a pa
tient admitted to the Psychiatric
Observation Clinic, on the recon-
mendation of a physician, shall re-
main in the clinic for period not
to exceed four weeks. If the case
needs no further treatments ac-
cording to the diagnosis made dur
ing the period of observation, the
patient is released. All patients
are now sent to the hospital as
temporary patients.
Two Other New Units
The new Psychiatric Observation
Clinic is one of three new buildings
for the State Hospital. The other
is the Continuous Treatment Build
ing, to be completed soon, and the
third is the recently completed
Nurses Home. The Psychiatric
Observation Clinic will be run as
a unit hospital. There are 40 bed
rooms, 20 for men and 20 for wo-
men. With the exception Of four
rooms, all are single rooms. These
four rooms each have two beds.
The official dedication of the build
ing will be in May when the
grounds have been completed. The
building contains a Office on the
first floor, with a central radio unit
from which loud speakers in all
the wards and the dining rooms op-
crate. The minor surgery has
complete equipment for the per
forming of minor operations. There
is also a dental treatment room,
fully equipped. The doctors Office
is attractively equipped and there
is a dining room for patients able
to appear together. On each floor
there is a nurses station and on
each ward floor a disturbed pa
tents room," in which the furni-
ture is strongly constructed. The
day room or solarium is equipped
with hello glass, giving full benefit
of the suns rays. On the second
floor there is a complete hydro
therapy treatment room, for the
treatment of nervous persons.
There is also a utility room for
sanitary sterilization of various
bed room equipment with the least
trouble. The apartment of the
doctor in charge of the building
contains two bed rooms, living
room, kitchen and bath.