Show Group Hospitalization For Salt Lake City in Fund Is Urged to Care for Public in Event of Illness or Injury loomed as the New Deal for the I Group hospitalization plans in 1 salt for tor Ke Lake the City Utah for state 1935 Hospital association call can for r URh investigation of the group program and Its thoroUgh oroUgh in Salt Lake City as fast tast as the general public can Some on i educated to It said H. H S. S Barnes superintendent of offu fu i i. r 1 v D fl n. n S S. S hospital and president of the association J oDe r h Is 15 nothing GroUP a sort rt of ot health to Insurance than Zore for large numbers of Inch Inch- I n set t aside certain amounts 1 for medical care then in inthe is re of illness or accident hos hos- eDt the e medical expenses are arc borne bornet d t pitI JJr bY th tb 1 general fund Mr Barnes ex ex- Program Not New have long been in Such programs In la lar large c industrial concerns I Sere monthly cash amounts are de de- i fueled from workers' workers salaries to be bet Soiled plied to a medical relief relic fund The coup hospitalization plan however t I- I gets tJ away gway from the company vI view view- w- w individual indi Mint Dt and be becomes mes a purely I. I vidual set up Patients have their 1 en choice of physician and hospitals i. i u Such h a plan takes the burden of medical expense from the individual Ii 9 p and nd places paceS it o on the f fund nd preventing j hardship sacrifice and often suffering suffer suffer- in lag ing on the part of ot families said Mr Barnes Barnes- The Th Th group plan compensates the hospital hopital for its services relieves the individual l at the time of illness and solves s the entire health problem so far fan hospitalization is concerned L uld pid id Dr Barnes Need In Utah The plan he said has been adopted f. f in 40 or 50 communities In the United States and the Utah State Hospital is recommending it to p hospitals and communities h he said While hospitals in the city looked forward to greater achievements in 1935 they closed their books books' on 1934 wIth advancement in surgery medi keine cine and general building programS programs i A general survey of l local al hospitals for the past year ear discloses extensive 2 construction remodeling and renovating reno reno- improvements in surgical technIque technique installation of new labora- labora i li tory and medical and rei re- re i search earch into such diseases as tuberculosis iI losis and cancer 2 The Salt Lake General hospital has probably done more actual new construction construction con eon than the others with wilh the Veterans Veteran's hospital spending large amounts of money on completion of their new structure and landscaping of ot grounds At a cost of and with FERA labor the old girls' girls detention home on the north side of ot the General hospital hospital hos hos- pital grounds was transformed in 1034 to an extensive patient out department de de- de housing the following departments departments de de- pharmaceutical obstetrical obstetrical rica baby clinic cUnic both sick and well eye ear nose and throat orthopedic dental nervous disorders lung clinic venereal and diabetic The These se second ond floor noor i la is devoted entirely to toa tal a contagion ward and the third floor to living quarters for the personnel A new operating table and a maternity maternity maternity mater mater- I IA table making possible two deliveries deliveries de de- de- de liveries at the same time and a gas machine for lor were In In- stalled Remodeling in the hospital itself cost approximately X-ray X equipment formerly owned and used by the city at their clinic on Regent street was donated to the hospital Veteran Hospital Before Belore summarizing expenditures at the Veterans' Veterans hospital it should be pointed out that the institution is not only a hospital but veterans' veterans adminIstration administration admin admin- headquarters for a large portion portion por per tion of ot the intermountain country The proper name of ot the institution is Veterans Administration Facility Every three months said E. E A. A Littiefield Lit- Lit manager is spent in Utah alone for lor materials and services under the the- veterans' veterans administration A large portion of this goes for tor hospital hospi tal care and ex expenses During 1934 he said was spent in landscape work sprinkling systems and facing the brick on the building The most modern medical and surgical cal equipment in Salt Lake City hospi hospi- Is Js in use in the Veterans' Veterans hospital hospi hospital tal Mr Littlefield explained Outstanding developments at the L. L D. D S. S hospital during 1934 include appointment of two special committees committees committees commit commit- tees to investigate causes of ot deaths from appendicitis Sad for research into the deadly can cancer r scourge sweeping sweeping sweep sweep- ing the Unit United ci States said Superintendent Superintendent te dent Barnes The death rate from appendicitis Mr Barnes Bames explained is 13 unusually h high h in Salt SaIl Lake City Establishment of the cancer committee commit commit- tee is part of ot a general national pro pro- gram During 1934 1034 the American Medical association notified noti led the th L. L D. D S. S hospital hospital hos hos- pital its residency in surgery had been approved by the association and the hospital is now recognized as a class clam classA clamA A hospital for or th this purpose New Equipment A Scanlon Hawley fracture reduction reduction tion ion table with portable Xray ray equipment equipment equipment equip equip- I ment along with a traction bar method of reducing fractures and new ray X-ray equipment for or brain surgery have been installed They are the only ones of their kind in the city Mr Barnes Barn said Air conditioning was installed Inthe in inthe the he baby nursery and two new oxygen oxy- oxy gen tents were added for lor pneumonia treatment in 1934 Mr Barnes Barn said l Entire remodeling of ot the maternity division and the second floor noor of ol the St. St Marks Mark's hospital was accomplished during 1934 4 at a cost of ot said Mrs Olive superintendent A weekly prenatal clinic was also established she said The clinic takes some of the load from om one conducted at the General Hospital St. St Marks Mark's Hospital Fracture reduction equipment Invented Invented Invented In In- vented by the late Hilding Johnson building engineer of St. St Marks' Marks hospital hospi hospi- tal was installed in 1931 1934 Mr Johnsons Johnson's Johnsons Johnsons Johnson's John John- sons son's invention was finished shortly before belore his death in 1933 The equipment equipment equip equip- ment meat was installed in the hospital in inthe inthe inthe the early part of ot 1934 Mrs said the newest types of ot hospital beds were a also Installed installed installed in in- stalled during the past year Holy Cross Hospital At the Holy Cross hospital construction construction construe construe- tion was confined largely to the heating heat ing plant with installation of ot new boilers and pipe systems Surgical equipment was added too especially I in iii the field of ot lung disorders Weekly clinical pathological meetings for lor discussion discussion dis- dis dis of special cases were Renovation of the nurses' nurses home was also completed Maternity cases increased approximately approximately 15 per pcr cent over over 1933 hospital attendants said But we bra are re proud proudest t of ot all of ot four sets of twins born during 1934 smiled the sister superior |