Show Largest Hospital Announcement that the Latter-day Latter Saints Hospital is carrying out a I expansion program which report reportedly will make it the largest private hospital west of the Mississippi River except for Texas is very good news for the people of Utah and the entire intermountain region The new expansion calls for the construction construction construction con con- of a seven floor central wing which will provide some additional beds in addition to increased facilities I Ifor for surgery obstetrics orthopedics and I physical therapy In conjunction with the he central wing construction the front of the hospital will win be remodeled too I Probably the most important single I feature of the project is the establishment establishment establish establish- ment of a psychiatric floor This willbe willbe will willbe be the first private hospital psychiatric floor in this area and it will fill a longfelt longfelt longfelt long- long felt need It will make possible treatment treatment treatment treat treat- I ment of cases which need minor psychiatric psychiatric psychiatric therapy outside of the Salt Lake County General Hospital or the Utah State Hospital at Provo Many times short psychiatric treatment in a hospital including perhaps the use of shock therapy will obviate the necessity of a prolonged st stay slay y in a mental institution and restore the individual to useful life With our fine University of Utah Medical College and one of the largest private hospitals in the west Salt Lake city will be in a premier position as as a medical center We can be proud of our excellent hospital facilities and of our talented physicians and surgeons surgeons-a a combination which assures the people of the intermountain region about about as thorough and complete diagnostic and therapeutic facilities as are available anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- I where in In the country f i I I II I I I |