Show Leeal HospItal Is s Complex Unit But Modern Facility 0 To know your hospital you must first know that you have one In Moab you have one of the finest hospitals in the entire Southwest not ot th the largest but certainly one of the very bet best Named after a pioneer physician who makes his home in Moab the Dr I. I W. W Allen hospital an ultra modern institution dedicated dedicated ded dod to public service of wt which ch chevery every member of this community should be proud r rIt It is beautifully lo located on th the West side of town with the I Colorado river canyon for back back- ground with typical countryside countryside country country- side immediate surroundings lending the desirable atmosphere of quiet restfulness yet is readily readily read read- ily By accessible by good road and within minutes to anyone Inthe Inthe in inthe the community in need of its services Services provided are classed as General and include care for Medical Surgical Pediatric and Obstetrical patients with provisions pro pro- visions for Emergency treatment to anyone anyone There aie are twenty six sIX beds i for Medical and Surgical patients ten for Obstetrical and a Nursery with ten bassinets with Special Nursery for newborns newborns new- new borns barns in need of special extra-special care Your hospital has just one basic function CARE Care forthe forthe for forthe the sick care for fOl the Injun d care for expectant Bothers ant and care for the new-born new babies The best possible care twenty- twenty four hours a day every day of ol the year is Js given to anyone and everyone who comes to it in need need need- To maintain this basic function function tune tune- tion of pf your hospital at the highest highest highest high high- est possible level of efficiency as it must be requires many hands many skills and a constant constant con con- constant stant supply of materials drugs dressings food instruments and equipment for every need that thai may arise All this must be accounted accounted accounted ac ac- ac- ac counted for its proper use must be assured proper controls and anc and i organization must be established establish establish- establish I ed and constantly maintained Thus your hospital becomes a Business and must be operated in a like business-like manner It is not a profit-making profit business nor is it competitive rather li liis It itis is Js a good form o of oJ monopoly comparable in that sense to your Public Utilities As such the cost cot of providing its it's services services services ices and ad the materials used in rendering them must be borne by those to whom these are sup sup- plied You do not question the need to pay your water bill biU or your electric bill biU neither should you question the need to pay your hospital bill bUt Your hospital must have strict rules and regulations which must I be enforced in order L that its it's primary or of providing providing pro o viding the best possible patient care at all times Umes may be effectively effectively ef ef- discharged The efficiency efficiency efficiency ency of patient care would inevitably inevitably inevitably in in- suffer were It not for essential controls for visiting hours number of visitors allowed allowed allow allow- ed and md the conduct of ot visitors and workers alike within its confines The health of the community is the business and the concern of every one of its members Your hospital along with assocIated associated assoc assoc- services of y your medical practitioners and Public Health Agencies is the guardian and watch-dog watch over your most pre pro precious cious clous possession your goo good health eaIth You should know your hospital Probably no part of T The e Hospital lbs Hos pital Story earns more widespread wide wida- spread and general interest than that concerned with the cost of ot services The Tire cost or ot modern modem hospital care has risen sharply In recent years due e to the application of new discover discoveries I Iles los les ies and methods of treatment developed through scientific re search The impact of this Is felt ant and intensified by the resulting trend toward shorter stays in hospitals and a larger bill but for forthe forthe forthe the services rendered In spite of this your hospital doll dollar returns more to you in value than probably an any other dollar dolla you spend Your car crr today may nay cost you about the same car a few short shaft years ago would have cost I Continued en M Page 8 81 Hospital Story j Continued from Page Nfl One Ont Y you you 2000 Your pa pay today may maybe may maybe maybe be 90 a week for about the same work a few years back you would have received 65 Not so with your hospital services While it Is true the salaries of hospital employees have Increased ed cd proportionately the reflection renee Lion tion of this Increase In the higher high er cost of hospital services Is in In significant The real increased costs arise from tho the vastly im- im |