The story of Pittsburgh: Hospitals

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Identifikator:: 1831622599

Document type:: Multivolume work

Title:: The story of Pittsburgh

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1919-1930

Collection:: Economics Books

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Identifikator:: 1831623870

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-241156

Document type:: Volume

Title:: Hospitals

Volume count:: Vol. 1, nr. 16

Place of publication:: Pittsburgh

Publisher:: First National Bank

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: [ca. 100] Seiten

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Pittsburgh hospital

Collection:: Economics Books

The interior of the institution is light and airy, and modern conveniences of every sort are provided. There are perfectly equipped operating rooms with floors of marble and cemented white tile, lighted by side and skylights. There is a pharmacy provided over by a registered pharmacist, while small emergency drug rooms on each floor are at the the ready service of physicans and nurses. Apart from the main hospital are the pathological and bacteriological re- search laboratories, for the scientific investigation of disease Nrocesses. However, with all these facilities for tending the “broken members of humanity,” it was found necessary to provide space, because the Pittsburgh Hospital admits within its walls, without exception, the sick of all races and creeds. At times the percentage of free or charity patients has reached one-half of its activities. In 1925 ground was again broken for the hospital annex. This building is a handsome yellow brick structure, seven stories high, matching in design the older building to which it adjoins. On the top floor the obstetrical department was in- stalled. On the floors below, seventy-four rooms were pro- vided, being furnished by voluntary contributions, each room has a lavatory. The first floor is used for the nurses’ -afeteria, the enlarged X-ray department, the cystoscopic room, the electro-cardiograph, etc. On the ground floor :here is the large free dispensary and the Out-patient De- nartment. The hospital can now accommodate 200 patients, has a aurses’ training school of 70 and a medical staff of 33. A year ago an apartment house of thirty rooms on Mea- dow and Lincoln streets was bought as an additional home for the increased number of nurses. A new up-to-date home, large enough to adequately house all the nurses, is at present the problem the management is trying to meet. A social service department has been established, study- ing and reporting personality and environmental difficulties that often affect the health of patients. However, only cases where medical needs are evident, are carried by this depart- ment.

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