Milford chronicle., 1961-05-12
Some Plans Outlined
For Hospital Week

May 7 to Is is National Hospital
Week, time set aside each year
for the nations hospitals and the
communities they serve to become
better acquainted. The theme of
this years observance is Your
Hospital & Community Partnership
1t was chosen to emphasize the
reciprocal relationship that exists
between the community and the
hospital.
The most important service the
hospital provides for its commun-
ity is, of course, patient care. The
magnitude of this service is en-
phasized by the knowledge that one
out of every eight people will re-
ceive hospital care this year. Hos
pital admissions have continued to
increase over the years because
hospitals can do more for people
than ever before.
This has been a century of sci
entific miracles. 1t has brough the
most amazing strides in health
care ever concentrated into such a
brief period. Two decades have
been added to the life span. More
babies are living to grow up, and
more mothers and fathers live to
nurture their children to maturity.
Almost daily, new weapons give
new hope in the continuing at
tack on disease. One reads of medi-
cal miracles today knowing that
within a few years-perhapS even
less-today's miracle will to to-
morrow's routine procedure.
The enumeration of new services
provided by hospitals does not tell
the complete story of the progress
of hospital care, for il is continu-
Gus and dynamic. Hospitals are
constantly challenged to narrow
the gap between what is learned
through medical research and what
they presently provide. Research
develops miracles and, without
pausing, pushes off in new direct
ions leaving hospitals to bring
these benefits to the population at
large.
No one likes to think of his heal
tn taking even temporary leave of
him and so it is not pleasant to
contemplate entering a hospital.
But it is comforting to know that
the hospitals doors are always
open in case OF illness, injury, or
the birth of q new baby-and to
know that through those doors are
dedicated people ready to apply
their knowledge and skills to re-
store health.
During National Hospital Week,
the nations communities will sal
ute their hospitals for providing
the vital health care services which
answer the community need. A
mong the activities scheduled in
Delaware to honor our hospitals is
the meeting of the Wilmington
Rotary Club in the Hotel DUPONT
on Thursday, May IL: the lunch
eion meeting the Womens' Auxi-
liary of Nanticoke Memorial Hos
pital in Seaford on Wednesday, May
10.
With the cooperation of various
business firms, theaters, and mer-
chants in Wilmington, the follow
ing hospital displays will be fea-
tured in display windows or lobb-
les during National Hospital Week
in Wilmington; a Wilmington GEN
eral Hospital laboratory display in
Sears Roebuck & Company; a st.
Francis Hospital display in Kenn-
ards, a Memorial Hospital display
in the 10th Street window of J. A.
& Co., Inc, a Della
ware Hospital Display in the lobby
Of the Delaware Trust Company,
the award winning display of Mil
ford Memorial Hospital Nurses in
the Delaware Trust Company's 9Th
Street window-this was installed
by Mrs. Eleanore Jester, Execu-
tive Secretary of the Delaware
State Nurses Association. The
State Medical Society has installed
a display on Anesthesiology in the
of Strawbridge & Clothiers
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Med
ical Society of Delaware has arran-
ged for mannequins to be dressed
in nurses uniforms and placed in
the Hobbies OF two Wilmington |
Warner and Loew's |
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