Milford chronicle., 1935-02-01
DR. HANEY ADDRESSES
MILFORD CENTURY CLUB

u IS expected TO serve.
"But what Of the future? II the
hospital Is how crowded what may
We expect In few years % come?
eWe can DO at once with a hos
pital OF not fewer than eighty beds
and a room for babies containing
twelve bassinets. And even that will
be too small in ten years, when
estimate that thirty additional beds
will be needed
"This is the task before US and
we must secure this new hospital
not only for ourselves and our own
families, but for all the people in
this great territory who depend on
this hospital when they are III or
injured.
III we are not sick, others in the
hospital area are AFFLICTED and. ILL
ness anywhere IN our neighbOrhoOd
may AFFECT the general health OF the
community.
"The money which we are about
to raise seems like a large sum, but
iif we have the full co-Opeartion Of
O majority OF the people in the hos
pital territory, the task will be easy
-and It is everyb0dy's business TO
put his. shoulder to the wheel. Il
IDS not as IL we were asking for the
whole sum at once, but the c0ntri-
button Of each giver may be made by
pledge over three years and il we
have 4500 contributors, giving as
! little as one dollar a monitor
three dollars every three months
for three years, we shall 30 over the
top easily. II is as simple as chat.
"0ur plan is three-fold. First, we
are informing the public of the needs
and assets of the hospital through
! the newspapers in the community
and they have been most generous
In giving as space, both in the news
columns and in the editorial col
umns.
Second, we are compiling into
lists the names Of all potential CIV
ers in the hospital teTritory--an the
hospital serves some twenty towns
besides Milford.
Third, we shall have an organ
ization of about 800 community
workers who will visit and, we hope,
secure pledges from most of these
potential contributors.
I'VE shall have five report din
ners in February. the first on Fri
day evening. We shall post ON an
enormous blackboard the money
pledged in each town or community |
and these totals will grow in a sur
prising way. Our second report will /
be the following Monday evening, |
then meetings Wednesday and Fri /
day evenings and on the second !
Monday evening the Victory dinner, /
when we hope to announce the full I
$15O,000 in pledges"
Using lantern slides, DR.. Haney /
showed the deficiencies in the pres
ent hospital, where the babies are
hung in bassinets in a closet; where
the delivery room houses an incu-
bat0r for premature babies; where
the laundry in the basement is used
also for the storage of records. as
well as the storage of vegetables
and other supplies; where the So
called five-bed ward for children can
accommodate only three beds and
even then the quarters are cramped;
where the wooden stairways and
general interior construction make
the hospital a fire hazard; where the
room is used as a ward;
where the operating room is over
worked much OF the time.
But In spite of these discourage
continued DIR. Haney, lin
spite of conditions which cause de- I
lay and impair efficiency, the doc
tors and nurses make the best of il. q
They are always cheerful and CO. (
operating. There is a feeling OF I
harmony which is so essential to &
persons. who III or injured. need all {
he comfort and cheer they can get. I
Il have spoken of the additional e
beds in the new hospital and above I
Ill, we shall need two operating t
'Ooms and an emergency treatment I
'Oom strictly. kept apart for that I
purpose. O
I'm this new hospital there will 5
'e every modern facility and the a
llans allow for expansion when the @
ime shall demand it. @
AT meeting of the trustees last .
week, it was voted unanimously that n
change of name for the hospital h
5 necessary-First, because it is no h
Onger strictly an emergency hos n
'ital. but a general hospital; sec "
nd, because the territory which it h
erves Is much more extensive than ;;
iilfOrt. alone. 81
1T is felt also that the new name :,
hOUld contain the word Memorial" +
mot necessarily in memory of per- =,
ons who have passed on, but also ~
4 honor OF persons still living. so -.
nat people of lower Delaware may =,
ave the opportunity of contributing ~
} the hospital in whole or In part - ~
} some object, some room or some u u
apartment which shall keep green !. y,
le memory OF some departed mem u
er or members Of their family or 10
nall honor some person or persons -
hile they are still alive. In this al
ay all OF YOU may have an interest al
the hospital, as you should, for VG
Is your hospital. And the'greater ca
1ur interest, the better hospital it az
IN be. tn
DIR. Haney then showed on the an
.Feeh tentative door plans and an h'
ovation OF new hospital, which as
the accommodations, the th
yout and the general appearance te
the new hospital at Milford en-
In conclusion. he said: Il am tn
lpealing 10 you women to help in In
Is work to the extent Of your ag
cans aud ability. I have found in
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