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Show lliom Sma 17fl1 ( ? Oiwieac1ers0p lhuReiJtJers Oiwieac1ers ( hzr Readers ReadersEditor I ItD tD 00 0p aO 00 00Editor Editor Times-Independent Times Independent TimesIndependentOur - I IEditor Our ho < : pital is our best institution institutionbecause institutionbecause institutionbecause because it meets our greatest nepd need nepd.which nepdwhich . , which is the protection of life from its itsmost itsmost itsmost most dangerous enemies , , disease and andaccident andaccident andaccident accident : ; ; and to make this protection thoroughly protectionthoroughly effective it behooves us to tomaintam tomaintain tomaintain maintam maintain the highest possible degree degreeof degreeof degreeof of potential efficiency in the means meansprovIded meansprovided meansprovided provIded for doing this great workGrand workGrand work workGrand Grand County Hospital is exception exception- exceptional - al in its status as a public institution institutionlocated , located , as it Is , so far a away way from the thecenters thecenters thecenters foundI centers of population usually foundessential found foundessential foundessential I essential to the existence of such a . amodern amodern I modern establishment ; : and its pres pres- presence pres- pres presence presence - - ence in this relatively small commun commun- commun1ty community community - - ity 1ty is unmistakable evidence of thepeople's the thepeople's thepeople's thepeoples people's peoples ' special interest in the welfare welfareof welfareof welfareof of mankind ; : not just the ordinary ordinarycommercial ordinarycommercial ordinarycommercial commercial justifyits interest that would justify ! its existence in a more populous local local- locality locality locality - ity , , for no such attraction attra.ctIOn . attaches to tothis tothis tothis this hospital It runs , , necessarily , , at ata ata ata a loss from the commercial standpoint standpointeven , , even though its highly competent personneI per- per personnel per personnel - ' sonnel sonneI derive denve only very modclate moderate modclaterevenue moderaterevenue modciaterevenue revenue for their servicesTHere servicesThere services servicesThere There has lately appeared such al alshortage a ashortage ashortage shortage of income , and other sUP support supportas Ort , as closingthe to indicate the necessity of closing the hospital , unless a remedy can be befound befound befound found This situation reflects the theeconomic theeconomic theeconomic economic distress of the people durIng durIngrecent duringrecent duringrecent recent recentmonths months , rather than any lack lackof lackof lackof I durIngI of business busmess for the , hpspital bospital 1ospital , , and it Is Isthe isthe isthe the . , Wl witters writers iter s desire to here stress thefact the thefact I fact that those people never , , for any anyI anycuse anyc'tuse anyiCiuse I c\use c use c'tuse ctuse ' \ ' short of death Itself , , cease to tog1vc togive togive g1vc give the best that thats s in them in the theervice theservice theservice \ervice ervice service : \ personrich of mankind If any person , , rich or pool poor , , during durmg depression of pros pros- - perous prosperous times , came carne to that hospital hospitalfoi hospitalfOl hospitalfor fOl for surgical or medical mccUcal treatment , that thatperson thatperson thatperson person icceived lcceived received the benefit of PlO- PlO pro- pro - fessional pio-fessional pio fessional PlOfessional professional skill far abo\ abo aboe abose abo \ e the average , coupled averagecoupled with the free spirit of sym- sym sym - - paitof partof p pathy sympathy symp thy and kindness " which "hich hich are arc a pal part t tof of attributesNow all the best . human attributes "Canthis Canthis Now a possible question is , "Can Can " this community C01nn1.unity C01nn1unity corzimunity : . afford to lose the in- in incalculable incalculable in incalculable - - hospitalsoperations calculable advantage of this hospital hospitals s soperations operations " ? And the ans\\ ans aura answer anser \ er is short shortsweet , , sw s\\cet s cet \ \ eel and true . , . No Not Nol NotGRATEFUL I IGRATEFUL GRATEFUL PATIENT . . |