Evening star., 1938-06-09
QUICK START SURE
ON NEW DOCTORS
HOSPITAL IN D. c.
20-Year Loan of $780, 900
Is Promised by Life
Insurance Company.
10-ST0RY STRUCTURE
WILL BE ON | STREET
Interior Will Be Designed to Make
Homelike Atmosphere, Yet
Totally Modern.


Totally Modern.
Early start on construction of the
projected new Doctors Hospital here
was assured today by the promise of
a 20-year loan of $750,0o0 from the
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of Hartford Conn, the Board of
Directors Of the hospital announced.
The 10-story hospital will be built
on the north side of street NV in
the 1900 block. occupying all of the
area between the two medical build
ings now on the corners of Eighteenth
and Ninteenth streets and I street.
The announcement today said the
loan was acquired after the hospital
project was thoroughly investigated
not only from financial standpoint
but from that Of its possible service
to the community at large; the pres
ent and future hospital demands Of
Washington, and its comparison to
hospitals IN other cities OF comparable
size.
Height Is Increased.
Originally the plans were to build
q hospital of eight stories, but after
more detailed study it became evident
an eight-story building would be too
small. The Beard of Directors then
applied to the zoning Commission
for an increase in height to 10 stories.
r;iy hi
granted, and the Board of Directors
also secured permission to erect a
roof solarium.
= The Board of Directors has au-
thorized Gardner Boothe, attorney for
the corporation, to obtain permission
from the proper authorities of the
State of Virginia to issue the remain
ing 1000 shares of stock, amounting
to 100000, which represent the COM
plete capitalization of the hospital
corporation. The Board Of Directors
also will seek the sanction of the Sc
curity and Exchange Commission to
proceed with such other Junior finan-
cling as may be necessary to meet the
, cost of the hospital project.
nounced acquisition of property on the |
south side Of street, directly across
from the site Of the hospital, for park |
ing purposes.
Doctors Hospital will have nu- |
merous features, among them:
l. The interior Of the hospital win |
be designed to produce a homelike |
ofy,r0 for |
sible any institutional character. A
suitable waiting room is provided on |
each floor in addition to the main |
entrance lobby.
2. Adequate passenger and hospital |
elevator service, with the service ele- |
vator opening directly into the floor |
serving pantries. The hospital car will |
open directly into the operating and |
obstetrical corridors.
8. AS a means of producing quiet |
corridors, the ceilings are to be given |
acoustical treatment, and corridor |
floors are to be covered with resilient !
rubber.
Nurses Call System.
4. All private rooms will be equipped |
with vocal nurses call system, whereby |
each patient may make known his In |
dividual desires to the charge nurse |
Immediately. An emergency call will
operate in connection with the vocal
call system in case the patient should
be unable to speak.
5. Provision will be made to permit |
the installation of portable air-condi- |
tioning units and radio sets in each !
private room and windows will have |
q ventilation control system.
6. The beds in two-bed and four-bed |
wards are to be separated by metal |
stationary partitions into individual |
cubicles. These cubicles are to be fur
ther inclosed by means of venetian |
blinds or curtains to provide . max
imum Of privacy.
Glass Block Panels.
7. Windows have been omitted from
the. entire operating and obstetrical |
suites and nursery. Glass block panels |
are to be substituted, providing ade>
quate sunlight and preventing dust |
and germ-laden outside air from en-
tering the conditioned operating
sections. Fresh air will be drawn
from the outside by mechanical means,
forced through electro-static filters,
where the germs and dust particles
receive electric charges are -precipi-
tated and removed The clean air is
then to be distributed throughout the
operation suites by means of diffusing
draft preventive anamostat outlets.
8. The doors in operating suites
through which the surgeons or nurses
must pass after completing their asep-
tic technique have been equipped with
pneumatic door operators, electrically
controlled by foot switch. Such an
arrangement eliminates the necessity
of the individual touching the doors
and maintains his or her sterility.
o. Communication between impor-
tant points, such as the floor service
pantry and the kitchen in the base
ment, and between the nurses work.
rooms and central sterilizing room
and pharmacy, is to be done with
pneumatic tubes. A communication
| system Of this type avoids misunder-
standings and provides written rec
ORD Of each message or order trans