Show HOSPIT AL TO BE REMODELED NW NEW 1 IN BUILDING PLANS Institution to Be Brought Up to Date and Equal to Any Place of Its Kind in inthe inthe the Country Says Doctor FIVE thousand dollars dol dol- S SEVENTY FIVE lars lar is to be spent toward remodeling the county hospital and building I a new infirmary i J. J S. S Lindsay county health commissioner was authorized today by bythe bythe the county commissioners to consult with an architect at once regarding the plans for the new building and improvements im- im Dr T. T J. J Howells county physician I has just returned from two months I spent pent in the East for the purpose ot of otI studying modern hospitals there lie He HeIs lieis I Is determined that the county hospital will be made the tte most modErn hospital of Its kind In the United States DurIng the influenza epidemic It was demonstrated how ully inadequate the facilities of the county hospital I were At present only about ninety patients can be accommodated In the hospital proper when the improve improve- I been made patients will find ample accommodation The infirmary In- In now occupies the first second and part of the third floor of the build build- Ing When hen the infirmary is removed to the new building this space will be beI I utilized for regular hospital purposes I OPER OPERATING TING ROOMS I The hospital will have three modern operating rooms modern laboratories ray X-ray rooms equipped with every every device known to medical science a special ward for children a maternity mater mater- ward and other improvements The first floor will be devoted to private patients where people of moderate means can obtain proper medical treat treat- ment This part of the building will bt a source of revenue to the county The new infirmary is to be built on In Inthe the county property between Twentieth and Twenty first South streets It is planned to make it a modern and comfortable comfortable com com- building with large windows admitting plenty of sunlight and broad verandas The plans for the infirmary have not been definitely outlined as yet The bungalow on the roof of the county hospital where Tony the leper fought his famous battle with a consumptive con con- patient has been transformed into a a chartroom for the nurses This bungalow was the only leper colony Utah ever had There ar now nosy eighteen eight eight- een tubercular patients In the solarium of the county hospital receiving treatment treat treat- ment MODERN IDEAS The county hospital is to be made modern in every respect said Dr Howells Medical science f is s making rapid strides and in order to keep up to progressive conditions It is necessary necessary sary that modern equipment and facilities fa- fa duties be used Dr Howells returned from New York several days ago bu but t has been so busy perfecting his plus for the net ne hospital hospi- hospi ULI tal accommodations that his return was not discovered and made public Dr Howells had ample opportunity to study every modern device and method used In New York hospitals and he brought back a wealth of material to bo used in the county hospital |