Milford chronicle., 1931-05-15
TELLS OF THE
GOOD GENIE
OF MILFORD
Hospitals Protect Health
Of Town. Milford Has
Two Of Them.

Once upon time a bad little girl
named Pandora let a multitude of
aches, pains, and diseases out of a
big chest. When she and all her
friends were horribly tortured and
bitten by these insects they heard a
voice from the chest asking to be
let out. In their despair they open
ed the chest again and out came the
good genie Hope" who helped to
cure all their ills. Today the good
genie is still helping in the form of
hospitals. Milford has two of them,
the Marshall and the Emergency.
Scores of people go by these
places every day. They never know
what goes on inside. They do not
realize that they are passing with
unseeing eyes the greatest struggle
of all, the struggle between life and
death. There are the greatest trials,
the greatest sorrows, the greatest
triumphs, the greatest sacrifices
that can be found anywhere in the
world. Hospitals were started to
render services that might not be
given at home. In the first place
there are not the proper facilities in
the home and secondly the right
kind of nursing cannot be procured.
Soon these institutions became SINH
lar to hotels. In every one there are
nurses, students, doctors, Orderlies,
cleaners, chefs, and secretaries be-
sides the patients. All these people
must be fed and the place must be
so nil n a41Tr nnT1ifnnh hiffprlnf
patients different foods must be pre-
pared, for not all may eat the same
things. In every hospital, then,
there is one person for every pa
tient and sometimes more. OF
course a large amount of money is
necessary to carry on such an Or
gaHizatioH. Yet many times when
people are asked for contributions
they say, What do they want it
for?" If only they realized that it
took about four dollars and eleven
cents per day for each patient to
run the place they might not be so
doubtful. Women, more than men,
know how important the hospital is.
The Ladies Auxiliary has done
great deal this last year for the
Emergency Hospital. From Febru-
airy II, 1880 to February IL, 1881
their total deposits were $71l.12 and
their cash in bank was $943.12. The
total expenditures were $1305.l5.
This may seem like large amount,
but it covers the purchase of pa
tients' gowns, a wheel chair, gas
machine, gas supply, linens, dish
es, wagon for trays, an electric wa
ter cooler, X-ray equipment, flow
ers, fruit, and work on the nurses
home.
There is another side to running
hospital, too. For the year 1880 the
number of patients admitted was
536. Flfty-one births are listed,
while the number of days of hospi-
tai service was 6,7S4 Gnstead of
1861. There were 289 operations,
209 X-rays, 80 ambulance calls, 1873
dispensary cases, and $50 laboratory |
examinations. Since the hospital |
has opened there have been 81 |
births in all. For such a young or
ganization that is quite a record, and |
it shows all signs of continued i'm
provement
While considering the subject, the
nurses must not be forgotten. Prob
ably in all the world there is no
more noble a class of women, than
the kind who are living and work
ing for the sick. They deserve the
highest regard of all. They must be
cheerful, honest, and industrious,
and they are. Let us close then,
with best wishes for the hospital,
and a toast to all the nurses.
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