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Show Valley Hospital Renames Officers, Board; Report Favors Insurance-Service Plan It opening September IB, 1939, to the end of the year, (or a total of 3753 patient day. . There have been performed" total of 168 operations, Including 80 major, 52 minor and 36 emergency emer-gency operation, Mr. Consigny reported. A .total of 124 bable have been born in the hospital tine IU opening. ' Appointment of MIm Elliabeth t Lawton, R. r of Oakland, Cal., a uperviaor of the outpatient depart ment waa also reported by Mrs. Consigny. She alM reported that plans are Under way ta organize a women's auxiliary or guild of the hospital, and that plana are also being formulated for-mulated for the holding of a medical medi-cal Institute here this spring and a nurses' Institute In ths fall. PROVO All officers, the executive execu-tive committee and 13 of the IS directors whose terms expire this year were reelected here Tuesday afternoon at meetings of the Utah Valley hospital and it board of directors. Renamed to head the organization organiza-tion for another year were Dr. F. S. Harris, president; R. J. Mur-dock, Mur-dock, vice president: Clayton Jenkins, Jen-kins, secretary-treasurer, and other members of the executive board, including John O. Beesley, 1. E. Brockbank, Sidney Russell, T. N. Taylor, C T. Keigley of Provo and Orson Prestwlch of Orem. Jacob Coleman of Provo and John M. Whlmpey of Lehl were the new directors named, replacing Mrs. Alice Syme of Provo and Mrs. Zetella Wardl of Lehl. The other 13 directors were reelected. Including Includ-ing Mr. Taylor, Mr. Russell. Mr. Keigley, George L. Elierbeck, O. H. King and George Fltzroy of Provo. H. Clay Cummlngs of Ha- ber, Rex Daniels of Spanish Fork, E. W. Burgess of Alpine, L. A. Nielson of Mapleton, David Powel-son Powel-son of Goshen, Ray Newton of Mona and Henry Greenhalgh of Santaquln. They will serve for three years. resture trf the annual repot t at the hospital made by Mr. Jenkins was the announcement that a hospital hos-pital Insurance or service plan might be placed in operation at the hospital If a sufficient number of people demand It Under the plan, tha hospital would not benefit in any way, but would provide hospitalization and service to members of the group Included In the plan at the regular rates of the Institution. It would be necessary to organize a group, or groups, and create a special fund Into which all dues would be paid, and the Commonwealth Fund of New York City, which donated more than $200,000 for the construction con-struction of the hospital, together with the board of directors, would likely cooperate by providing data, rales, etc., from the hospitals where such a plan Is In operation, Mr. Jenkins said. He also reported that the hospital hos-pital staff now totsls 49 employes, with a total payroll exceeding 13350 per month. Work on the building Is practically prac-tically complete and work on the grounds will be completed as coon as the weather permits In the spring, he said. The hospital will cost $339,393.22 when finished. Operating deficit, or the cost of running the instltsjtlon In excess of all revenues, totaled $4740.51 for the first four months It was In operation during 1939, he reported. In her report, Mrs. Freda Con-slgny, Con-slgny, superintendent, stated that there had been a total of 459 pa- tlents admitted to the hospital since |