Show i Hospital Shows Substantial Loss After Six Months of Operation A report on the examination of accounts for the first six months ending June 30 1957 of the I. I W. W Allen hospital was presented to the Board of County Commissioners this week by the auditing firm of Nelson Watts Murray Utah The report showed that exclusive exclusive exclusive sive of depreciation and bad debts the operated county-operated hospital hospital hos hos- pital itai show showed d a net loss of 10 10 for the first six rix months I of the year Including depreciation t tion and bad debts the total loss was brought to the figure of the report showed i I Costs for the reporting period were broken down into six cat cat- Expenses were listed as ai follows Administrative and general general general gen gen- eral Professional care and other departmental department 1 expenses dietary CX expenses 10 10 housekeeping expenses bringing the total for general expenses expenses to Total depreciation f fig figures i g u r res e s amounting to and provisIon provision provision pro pro- vision for bad debts amounting to the total expenses to toa toa toa a figure of Total revenue for the new mo- mo modem modern mo mo- dent dern hospital for the six month period was Big item in the administrative and general expense were a 6 6 figure for salaries and for utilities Other expenses expenses expenses ex ex- ex- ex in that category were for Insurance stationery stationery station station- ery cry and printing telephone and telegraph postage and membership membership member member- ship dues Nurses salaries made up the part of the professional I care and other departmental expenses ex ex- ex- ex with a total of being paid for nurses during the I period period- Other Other- expenses in that category included medical supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies ray X-ray laboratory supplies and miscellaneous surgical supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies pharmacy supplies nursIng nursing nursing nurs nurs- ing supplies and miscellaneous A total food bill of mode up the bulk of dietary expense expense expense ex ex- pense along with salaries for dietary staff Salaries for housekeeping accounted accounted accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for and supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies and repairs took up the balance The Dr I. I W. W Allen hospital which has a capacity of 36 beds was constructed to fulfill the need of If a growing community Construction Construction Construction Con Con- began in 1955 and was sufficiently complete by January 16 1957 to allow operation to begin The necessary money to finance the project came from private contributions participation tion by the Federal Government Continued on Page 8 I Hospital Shows Continued from Irom Page 1 and the sale of of bonds by Grand county which will be redeemed over a ten year period out of taxes collected A summary of contributing financial factors follows U. U S. S Government Charles Steen H H. I D. D Ruddock Ruddock Rud Rud- dock Cecil S. S Thomson Daniel Hecla Mining company 2500 Little Deaver Beaver Mining company 2500 Moab Lions club Dr H. H V. V Temple fund La Sal Mining company Continental Uranium company and miscellaneous contributions contributions contri contri- The total participation by the U. U S. S Government is not finalized as yet according to the report and will not be known until the final audit Is made at that time the final payment will be received by Grand county Mr H. H B. B Ruddock donated property to the county which the commissioners estimated to have havea a value of and Cecil S. S Thompson received a token payment pay payment pay pay- ment of 1 for tor the land which the commission estimated to be worth Depreciation and bad debts expenses expenses ex ex- of did not constitute constitute constitute con con- the expenditure of cash the report brought out and before before belore be be- fore lore deducting these Items the loss from Irom operations for lor the hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital was |