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Show I SPLENDID RECORD MADE I BY UTAH IDAHO HOSPITAL I DURING THE PAST YEAR B Tho annual mooting of tho stock- B holders of the Utah-Idaho hospital B was held on Tuesday with a good B representation of the stockholders B present. Tho main feature of tho B mettlng was tho reading ot tho an- B nual report by President Anthon An- B derson which goes Into detail on the B work accomplished by tho hospital B during Its short life. A statement hy B president Andorson credits tho rec- B ord mado by tho Institution as largo- B iy the'offorts of tho medical director B Dr. D. C Budge and Supt. Sarah B BaBtow and her associates. fl Tho report is as follows: B Due to the lack of funds wo were B unablo to build a suitable hospital B building In 1908, after strenuous f- B forts on our Part but tho stockhold- B crs and directors of tho old Utah-Ida- B ho hospital corporation seeing the in- B creased necessity for such an lnstl- B tutlon renewed tholr efforts, and aft- B cr enough money had been raised by B public subscribers to Insure the com- B plctlon of tho building, our present B organization was effected, April 27, B inu. Mnnv of our citizens wero not B at that tlmo educated as to its lm- B portanco who are now proud to bo B identified with it. Tho ground wan B broken In May, 1914, upon which B stands this magnificent structure B which was completed and dedicated B the third day of Docember, 1914, B since that time four hundred and fif- B teen patients have been cared for B therein with amazing success. There B has been two hundred and seventy- B five patients operated on with only H one 'death, and one hundred and fifty BJ nine medical cases treated with ton S deaths, a total mortality of two and Bj seven tenths per cent, from any and BJ all causes, a record which wo can m well be proud of considering tho fact BJ that only the most sovere cases ore H sent to the hospitals. Flvo of tho BJ eleven cases died within forty-eight H hours after reaching tho institution, H nnd three ot' the -five within a few H hours atler'reachlng tho bul'dlng. BJ It is particularly Interesting to BJ know that those who havo been trent-H trent-H ed at tho hospital as well a8 tholr BJ relatlvos and friends havo gono away BJ perfectly satisfied with tho treatment BJ nccorded them. Whllo hospitals are BJ comparatively now In our locality, MS yet well equlppod hospitals havo been BJ recognized as safety first ln tho ox-Bi ox-Bi istenco of hospitals In other localities BJ slnco time memorial. Duo to tho BJ modern facilities afforded at tho Utah BJ Idaho hospital for tho purpose of BJ making a correct diagnosis, tho treat- BJ ment of casos and particularly tho BJ equlpmont for the performance of B surgical work bas made operations m In our .homes a thing of tho past. BJ Time nor space will not permit mo BJ to name all tho various kinds of op- BJ cratlons performed hero, but In com- BJ paring Our records with those of cas- BJ torn Institutions it affords ono much 0 pleasure to stato that tho various BJ Kinds of operations performed hero BJ compare favorably with thoso of eas- H tern hospitals. Considering tho fact BJ that our building Is fireproof and BJ modorrt In every detail, and that the BJ pure air surrounding our hospital BJ gives us a great advantago over hos- BJ pltals of larger cities, I seo no rcas- H on why pooplo should go olrowhoro Bj to have' even tho most Intrlcato oper- BB atlons performed. BE It is further Interesting to note BJ that people are coming from all over BJ tho lntermountaln west for treatment B at this Institution. Patients havo BJ como from tho following localities in BJ Utah: Salt.Lako City, Ogdon, Tayl- BJ orsvllle, Pleasant Grove, Brigham B City, Venice, Molden, Yost, Ibapah, 'J Deweyvlllo,' polllnston Beaver Dam, M OrdervllloJ JUketown, Randolph, Oar- Bk land, Fieldlflg, Lewjston, Covo Itlch- BJ mond, Trenton, Smlthfiold, Newton, BJ Clarkston, pacho Junction, Cornish, BJ Hyde Park, Bonson ward, Mondon, BJ Wellsville, Hjrrum. MlllviUo, Pararlso, BJ Potersbpro, College ward, Providence BJ and loganj-and from the following BJ places In Idaho: Boise, Ashton, Twin BJ Falls, Dilggs, St, Anthony, American BJ Falls, Bure'y, IUgby, Pocatello, Sun- BJ nydalo, Biilpt, Bridge, Bond, Ferry, BJ CloyqladMalad, Aflmq', Arbon, Far. BJ Is, DuacUe,,'nexburB', Lund, Carey, BJ Downey,' Swan Lake, Oxford, Dayton, Weston, ,CHftn, Troasureton, Prest-en, Prest-en, Franklin and Montpcllor and from Oregon: Covo and Portland. From Wyoming: Mt. Vlow and Freedom; also patients from vnrlous localities In Kansas, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nova-da, Nova-da, California, and Montana. You Mill seo that patients coming from far and near that tho Utah-Idaho hospital Is widely known throughout through-out tho lntermountaln west, nnd considering con-sidering the purposo for which our patients havo como it will ho seen that our Institution Is becoming known particularly for Its surgical work. We are destined to become a medical medi-cal and surgical ccntor, and all that Is lacking is for our own people to ro-allzo ro-allzo this fact. Our training school for nurses Is second to nono. Students coming from various localities In Utah, Idaho, Ida-ho, Wyoming, Canada and other sections sec-tions of tho 'country. Tho amount of good theso nurses will do is bo-yond bo-yond conception, and wo only appreciate appre-ciate their services when badly in need of their efforts in relieving suffering suf-fering humanity. "ln compliance with tho following resolution taken from tho by-laws re. latlng to charity work. Resolution: "It shall bo the duty of tho members mem-bers of tho, medical staff to treat at tho hospital tho worthy poor, as char, ity cases, free of charge tho worthiness worthi-ness of such cases nro to bo'determ-Ine bo'determ-Ine by tho bishops of tho various wards or tho clergymen of tho varl. ous churches, o'r other heads of some rsccgnlzed charitable organization or Institution, who shall nominate tho patient for free treatmont; and such nomination shall be concurred In or endorsed by -some' oiHj-'oHho-raeni-bers of tho medical staff of tho institution in-stitution residing in or near tho locality lo-cality from which such patient comes. Wo have done eleven hundred and twelvo dollars worth of charity work, I submit this report after ono year's personal supervision that you may seo what wo havo accomplished during dur-ing that time. As. to tho financjal condition will say, that wo have met actual expenses nnd have boen nolo to mako n few necessary Improvements Improve-ments which is all, that could bo expected ex-pected of s'uch an Institution. Respectfully submitted, ANTHON ANDERSON, President. |