Evening star., 1941-04-26
Stanley Willis Takes
Emergency Hospital
Presidency
Annual Reports Show
About S90. 900 Worth
Of Charity Work

Stanley D. Willis, trust officer O.!
the National Metropolitan Bank,
elected president of Emergency Hos
pital Yesterday afternoon, has as
sumed his new duties as head OF
the institution. Annual reports for
the hospital yesterday showed it is
doing q large amount of charitable
work for the sick in the District.
During 194O," said Mr.. Willis,
"the hospital rendered approximate
ly 100000 worth of purely charitable
services for which the patients paid
nothing.
While the hospital receives money
from various sources to defray the
cost of certain disqualification, in
MANY instances the sums so received
fall far short of the actual cost of
the services rendered.
"In view of present conditions,
therefore, the affairs of the hospital
will require careful management to
keep within its budget"
Superintendent Reports.
Scope of the hospital activities was
disclosed in the report of B. B. San
Cidge, superintendent. submitted to
the annual meeting of the board OF
directors. Treatments in the out
patient department, where much
free service is rendered, it was
shown. totaled 46979 for 1910, while
in-patients days service amounted to
e5,758. The Emergency Hospital
ambulance answered 3,848 calls.
Clinical laboratory examinations
amounted to 80,278.
Ward patient days in 1910, which
included substantial charitable serv-
ice. numbered 32,855, while the pr1-
vate and semi-private patient days
totaled 52,903.
The hospital has lost number OF
Its personnel to the Government
service, both civilian and military,
during the defense emergency, but
new personnel has been added, and
those remaining, it was reported,
have increased their devotion to the
institution. Among those who have
left the hospital for public service
of various kinds are nurses, doctors,
medical stenographers, telephone
operators, elevator boys and order
lies.
Four new members were added to
the board at yesterdays meeting:
Frederick Bradley, H. L. Rust, jr.;
E. Russell True and Thomas H.
Reynolds.
Willis Former Treasurer.
By electing Mr.. Willis president,
the Board of Directors raised him
from the post of hospital treasurer,
which he had held for two years.
Officers reelected were Samuel H.
Kaufman, first vice president;
George A. Garrett, second vice
president; DR.. A. B. Moore, secre-
tary.
Thomas H. Reynolds, assistant
trust officer of the National Metro
politant Bank, was named treasurer,
succeeding Mr.. Willis.
Members of the board include the
Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, Frederick
Bradley, waiter r. Cnappeu, VI.
Rowland Chase, Harry Freeman
Clark, DR.. William Earl Clark, Mrs.
George Calvert Bowie, DR.. H. L.
Darner, David E. Finley, William
D. Flather, jr; George E. Fleming,
Mrs. Sherman Flint, DR.. H. A.
Fowler, Mrs. James Carroll Frazer
George A. Garrett, G. G. Glover, jr.;
DR.. James N. Greear, jr; Mrs. John
Gross. J. Thilman Hendrick, Will
liam F. Hit, Myron A. Hofer, j. Ed
gar Hoover, Mrs. j. Reginald Huide-
koper, Mrs. Simon Kann, DR.. H. M.
Kaufman, Samuel H Kaufman,
Harry King, DR.. Joseph Kreiselman,
John o. La Gorce, DR.. G. W..Lead-
better, Charles Colfax Long, DR..