Evening star., 1944-02-10
Arlington Hospital
To Open Sunday for
Inspection
OfficioI Visitors
To Inspect $530.000
Structure Saturday

The Arlington Hospital, a $530,000
brick structure at North Sixteenth
and Edison streets, will open for
official visitors Saturday afternoon
and to the public Saturday night,
Gilbert L. Hall. president of the
Hospital Association, announced to-
day.
Visiting hours will be from 8 to
10 pm. Saturday, and 10 am. to
noon, 2 to 8 and 8 to 10 pm. Sum-
day.
Mr.. Hall said he expected the
institution would open for service
the following week if full equip
ment was installed. A staff Of 135
persons, which includes administra-
tive, nursing and maintenance per-
sonnet already is on hand.
The building was erected with
Lanham funds on land purchased
and given to the Federal Govern
ment by the Hospital Association,
The Government at present leases
the hospital to the association, a
private corporation, but it is antici-
pated the association will obtain full
title to it after the war.
Six wings extend from the CEN
trail corridor Of the stone trimmed
building. The medical, maternity
and surgical wings are parallel and
have almost identical layouts, with
the exception of the areas devoted
to the main, premature and isola-
ton nurseries of the maternity Sec
ton.
Solariums End Wings.
Each wing includes two isolation
rooms, with separate utility and
sterilizing rooms to prevent spread
of contagion. Glass-inclosed sola-
RUINS are at the end of each wing
and ramps lead into adjoining gar
dens.
A chiIdren's ward with nine cribs
and an isolation children's ward Of
four cribs are located between the
wings where the laboratory, X-ray
and emergency receiving rooms are
situated.
Opposite the patients areas are
three wings which house the ad-
ministrative offices, colored ward.
out patient Offices, delivery and
operating rooms, internes' quarters,
dining rooms and kitchens.
A second floor directly over the
central corridor is devoted to
nurses quarters. These can be con-
verted into additional patients
rooms If the need arises, hospital
officials said
c. H. Dabbs Is Administrator.
Charles H. Dabbs, appointed ad.
ministrator by the Hospital AS
sociation, came from Tuomey Hos
pital, Sumpter, S. c., where he was
administrator for IL years. He is
graduate of La Sale Extension Uni
versity, Chicago, and was an officer
in the Army Medical Administrative
Corps from 1917 until 1929 when he
retired as captain.
i Resident doctor is DR.. Cecil G..
Hupps Woodstock, VAttR1 Hnpp is
a graduate Of the Medical College Of
Richmond. =
Heads Of departments include:
Charles T. LOTUS. controller, Mrs.
Olive r. c. Baldwin, directress Of
nurses; Mrs. Ethel Mercer, assistant
directress; Mrs. Virginia Ekstrand.
admitting officer; Miss Dorothy Cox,
secretary Of administrator; Miss
Loventrice Turner, dietician: Mrs.
Muriel Vaughn. phramacy; Mrs.
Dorothy Pillsbury, laboratory; Miss
Bearice Churner, X-ray; Miss
Pauline Barnes. anesthesia; Miss
Jean o Neil. medical library; Miss
Edna Conrad, educational director;
Mrs. Virginia Scantlebury, obste-
trical supervisor; Miss Dean De
Wilde, night supervisor: Miss
Marion Black, surgical supervisor;
Miss Marion D. Bemis, supervisor
central supplies, and Samuel Settle,
chief engineer.
Recently elected to full institu-
tional membership in the American
Hospital Association the hospital
also is represented in the Maryland
District of Columbia Hospital AS
sociation, the Virginia Hospital AS
sociation and the Carolinas-Vir-
pinia HOSPITAL Conference