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Show Board Chairman ChairmanCites ChairmanCites Chairmanll Cites Hospital HospitalExpenses HospitalExpenses Expenses , Needs NeedB Needa NeedsA NeedaA A new and modem modern hospltat hospital hospltatwould hospitalwould hoapltalwould would be the finest thing Uintah UintahBasin UintahBasin UlntahBasin Basin has had bad In many years years'said yearssaid ' ' said Ur Mr R . ] R t . . 0 C Cooper chairman chalnnan chairmanr chalnnanf r f Ulntah Uintah County Hospital Ho5pital BuIld- BuIld BuIlding Building BuildIng * - ing fund Ur Mr Cooper who baa has baaserved hasserved hasserved served with Ulntah Uintah Basin Medical Medicalpeople Medicalpeople Medicalpeople people for several years year Is whole whole- wholeheartedly wholeheartedly wholeheartedly - - heartedly In favor of the th movement movementstarting movementstarting .tartlng tartlng starting . this th1s week to complete the theFund theFund theyund theyundWith Fund FundWith With a program such as Is 15 out- out outlined outlined out outlined - lined here the th new hospital would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have all facilities fac1l1ties for meeting pra- pra praIcalIv praically pra-lc pra lc - IcalIv ically llv every kind of medical careancountered carencountered care ncountered ancountered -ncountered - In the th Ulntah Uintah Basin Basin3uch Basinsuch BasinSuch 3uch such a compltfta complete undertaking underta.k1ng undertak1ng . Is Isnecessary isnecessary Isnecessary necessary since in the county there thereno thereare re reno no specialist speclaUsta specialtst- specialtst specialtstor . * & , - or s specializingU specializing ec1al1z2ng , U Untess h1b 1k . , , said Mr Mr Cooper CooperA A complete Omplete d0mplete lifting listing of all aU the thefaciU thelacllltle thefacilities faciU lacllltle at thia this time would be imoosslbte Im- Im ImOSSibh 1m-oosslbta 1m oosslbta - OSSibh oosslbte ' ) , , he added Inumuch Inasmuch as asonsldefable assonsldcmble onsldefable ns1d table study must be givend given I f . % d the thd unique- unique uniqueproblems - problems probJems of hospltQ11 hospltQ11"qulpment hospital 'quipment quipment "qulpment qulpment " ' necessary here A gen-j gen j gen- gen general gen general - - genjeral eral plan can be sketched indi- indi indiI indiated indiated Indl-ated Indl ated - I ated Ur Mr Cooper alone along the Unes lines Unesproposed linesproposed linesproposed proposed In the two tentative tentaUve ske skt ate skeches . ' . ches published here In this paper paperIt ' It will w1ll include sereral several private privateI privaterooms privaterooms privaterooms I rooms nursery nursert separate warda Wards Wardsand wardaand wardsand and necessary storage chamber chambers chaiohers-The chaiohers The & . - . I IThe The two sketches submitted by bysrchJtects byarchitects byarchitects srchJtects architects fnxn tram frnan Salt Lake Lako City are areonly anonly , n1 only } ' the primary prI narJ v1S\t v1S t \ vlsifslf7tatiasts vlsifslf7tatiastsfor vUuaH ' tloo tloofor ' 'CI CI ' 'CIfor for considering col18lderlng a structure of a J K o t tB R . B . . C COOPERnew COOMEB COOPEn COOPER COOMEBnew I new hospital Final approval anddetailed and anddetaUf'd anddetailed I Inew detaUf'd detaUfd detailed ' planning must be left to tothe tothe tothe the hospital planning board for forcompletion forcompletion ! completion he addedWhen addedWhen added addedWhen When asked whether the functioning fun funtlonlng < tlonlng tionlng ctioning ot of the hospital at . pre present present present sent conrtututed C0115tututed conatututed a more or less lesslarge , . l'g'e lge Iargle ' l public pttbll debt Mr Cooper r-- r rplied re- re reI re replied - - - I plied that only about $3000 3000 $2000 2000 $ of pub put pub- pubIlc public > - - ' , lic Hc Ilc tax funds Is employed to sup supI support support support port the hospital . County Clerk F FL FU L 1 . Noel reports that $2491 2491 $249184 249184 (2 2 ( $ 4 1 64 4 was wasthe wasthe wasthe I the County OOunty Hospital portion of the thee thetax theetax thetax tax . . return for 1942Actual 1942Actual 1943 1942 1943Actual Actual estimated costs or of opera operattng operaling operating ttng ling fhe the ; pre present ent hospital amount amountto amountto amountto to about 5 dollars and ten cents centsper centsper centsper per patient per day on a year- year yearround yearround year-round year round - round basis Cooper said Charge to topatienta topatients topatients patienta patients at present Is 18 $4.00 4.00 400 $ . . If U ac actual actual ctual tual collections coUections were wer mad m1\ m1 m1e made \ e * In ev- ev every every ev every - ery case tr he Indicated , . , Ur the differ differ- difference difference difference - ence between cost and charge chargewould chargewould ' would probably be lessNo lessNo less lessNo No salaries other than thoce those paid paidfor paidfor paidfor for registered nurses nurses aides aidesand aidesand aidesand and other hospital employee emploYees ! are aree arepaid areepaid arepaid paid At present the hospital hosplta ) ; board boardserves boardserves boardserves serves without cost whatever to the thee thehospital theehospital thehospital hospital monies monle5 _ _ _ |