Show SALT S L T LAKE DEMANDS J LESS HOSPITAL CARE Admissions to Institutions Here Are Than Thanin in Other Cities Salt Lakers were slightly less prone to r require hospital ca care e in 1933 than was the average American T Total tal admissions to the four local I hospitals indicate approximately one in every 12 residents was confined to a hospital bed last year Dr L. L E. E Viko city health commissioner said Thursday One of every ten persons in the United States and Canada requires hospital care ea each h year according to Dr Malcolm T. T MacEachern of Chicago associate fe director of f the American College of Surgeons and director of ot hospital activities who recently recently re rc- re- re completed a survey of f hos hos- Will vIll Attend Meeting He Inspected the local institutions several weeks ago and will return in ina ina a few days das to attend the Utah Utah-Colo- Idaho sectional meetIng meetIng meet- meet Ing tag of the college to be held here February 28 and March 1 More than surgeons and hospital oW- oW dals are expected to attend A feature of the gathering will be bea a community health meeting at the L. L D. D S S. S tabernacle February 28 at t which visiting leaders in their fields will give talks on health and hospital hospital hos has pital matters The addresses will be supplemented by sound motion pictures pictures pic pie tures Lures illustrating advances in medicine medicine medi medi- cine and prevention of disease Arrangements for the conference are arc in charge of Dr Francis A. A Goeltz president of the Utah Medical society society so so- ciet and a committee including Drs A. A C C. Callister H. H P. P Kirtley John J f Galligan S. S C. C Baldwin L. L R. R Cowan E. E L. L Skidmore R. R A. A Allison and andR R Ralph T. T Richards Big Dig Ho Hospital Investment Dr MacEachern pointed out that demand for proper proper hospital care has resulted in the development of such large institutions that more than 3 is invested in real estate buildings and equipment for hospitals in the the- United States It takes approximately i S 'S I i. i L Dr L E. E Viko a year to keep the thC h hospitals of this country open so i if a a hospital could be spoken of as an industry it would rank fifth firth among the leading American industries the physician said He pointed out that in the past two de decades ades the average stay of a patient in iri h hospitals has been cut from froim 20 to 30 days to a period of 10 10 to 12 days In addition death r rates tes of 8 or 9 per cent have been cut to an average of 3 or 4 per cent showing chances of oC recovery in hospitals having good medical and nursing care have more than doubled he said |