Show 1 I Veterans Hospital I I Dedication Sept 14 j I I. I The new million eight dollar Veterans I j Administration hospital at Fort Port Douglas Douglas' Station S Salt lt Lake City will win be dedicated I Sunday afternoon September 14 Dedication Dedi DecU- cation ceremonies will wul get under way at 2 pm p.m. following a n. 30 minute conc concert rt by bythe bythe I the he Hill Hlll Air Force band The Tile public is I invited I Carl R. R Gray Jr Administrator of I Veterans Affairs will wUl deliver dellver th the dedication dedication dedication dedica dedica- i tion address and Vice Admiral Joel T. T I Boone VAs VA's Chief Medical Director will willI I talk on VA medicine Open house for the public will be beh beheld beheld I h held ld from until pm p.m. Sunday I with guided to tours rs through the hospital I II Souvenir programs containing pictures I of the hospitals hospital's interior will be distributed distributed distri distri- buted to thos those attending Dr A. A H. H I Fechner l I Manager nager of the new hospital urges all interested in medical care for forI forthe I I the veteran to attend the dedication I ceremonies ceremonies' and tour the hospital I The bed hospital designed in a ai i new plan took more than two years to toI I construct It Is the of VAs VA's 66 I 1 hospital war post-war construction program to be dedicated Upon completion of the 1 I construction program In 1953 the VA VAi i will be operating h hospitals with a total l b bed capacity a lt of 3 0 Barring Barring- VA i on 1 I 1 I 1 I I I i VA i on future wars VA expects hospital for veterans to reach its peak in 1975 The new unit multiple-unit hospital willbe will willbe willbe be predominantly utilized for the treatment treatment treat treat- ment meat of psychiatric patients fill Ing a need long left in the tam tain area aiea About 25 per cent of th the p tf tf- however will be psychotic non-psychotic and I I will include those suffering from or organic orr ganic neurological diseases A whole un unit t i containing beds has been designated as as s a a. tuberculosis tuberculosis center Ifor i ifor for the mountain area I IJ I Interesting S features features' of the hospital I Include 24 miles of underground tunnels tunnels tunnels tun tun- nels linking six major buildings a modern chapel a a. four-channel four radio hookup and a a. system for medical and other dictation The hospitals hospital's 14 major ajor buildings arE are I 1 I equipped with nearly two million dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars worth bf of the very latest medical and office equipment There are approximately 10 acres of floor space During construction three- three I quarters of a a. million cubic yards of I earth were ex excavated The hospital conI contains con- con I over three million bricks a half balf million concrete blocks 5 53 Yz acres of roofs and 30 acres of lawns have been planted to date The hospital occupies a aI I acre acre plot once a part o of the Fort r Douglas reservation I At the time of ot dedication the hospital will have received Its first firs patients a group of 25 by transfer from fron I the VA hospital Ft Lyon Colorado I Direct admissions will wUl be accepted from the Utah area shortly after dedication It should be noted that the new hospital do dos does s not replace the VA Hospital Hospital Hos Has pital at Avenue and E B Street in Salt Lake City which will continue to meet the general medical and surgical needs of ot veterans In the area In In line Une with est established VA policy both hospitals will operate In conjunction tion with a local Deans Dean's Committee and the University of U Utah ah Medical School |