Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-03 | Page 1 | S. L. Nurses Check Hospital Closings

I So L L Nurses Check c 1 Hospital Closings The polio and isolation wards at Salt Lake General hospital will remain open open- it was announced Friday their threatened closure having been avoided oy ny the splendid response of volunteer nurses E. E C. C H. H Pearson hospital superintendent superintendent sup sup- said the numerous offers by local nurses to work on ona ona ona a part time basis was most Thursday in an unprecedented appeal he had announced the shortage e of nurses was a serious threat to continued operation of the wards Had the volunteers not responded he noted the 28 seriously ill patients in the wards would have been transferred elsewhere elsewhere elsewhere else else- where for care Thursday night the wards were staffed by graduate and student nurses from the institution and Friday the time part-time volunteers were beginning their tours of mercy We Ve still can use about six more nurses Mr Pearson said but the splendid response of volunteers volunteers volun volun- teens has carried us through the immediate crisis However their use is only a temporary stop gap measure and our hospital like many others still needs many full full- time Ume trained nurses He added that following stories in the press on Thursday the hospital hos has pital obtained th the services of one time full-time male purse purse nurse two time full-time registered nurses and three part- part time nurses who have offered to work four hours each evening for five days a week Miss Evelyn Kidneigh executive executive executive tive secretary Community NursIng Nursing Nurs Nurs- ing service conducted a search for nurses on Thursday but re reported reported re- re ported no success However she said Friday the service will con con- to look for trained women and will recommend them to the I hospi hospital tal