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Show Great Hospital Plan Many persons deny themselves needed hospital treatment because they will not accept charity, although al-though they are unable to pay regular reg-ular fees for proper medical care and nursing. To meet the situation presented in such cases, a great institution to be known as the Go-thm Go-thm Hospital is planned for New York City. It is proposed to raise $6,000,000 for its establishment, one-half of which is to be devoted to the endowment en-dowment fund. The fees charged patients will be as low as $3 a day. Such a hospital will be a great boon to the class of nersons which it is designed to serve, and may lead to the adoption of a similar plan in other cities.. The work of raising the necess-ry necess-ry fund will be begun at once under un-der the direction of Matthew S. Sloan, general chairman. Mr. Sloan is president of the National Electric Light Association and of 'he New York Edison Company. Among the prominent business men and industrial leaders who wil be associated with him in the enterprise are General W. W. At-terbury, At-terbury, president of the Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania Railroad, and M. H. Ayles-worth, Ayles-worth, presideent of the National Broadcasting Company, both of whom have agreed to head special committees. Thus again is illustrated the humanitarian hu-manitarian spirit which animates many of our great captains of industry, indu-stry, who are willing to take time cut from their important duties to ?p?nd their energies and money for the benefit of those less fortunate. |