Show PE FOR hospie IN MIER COUNTY movement launched to secure government loan for much needed institution an effort is being made to secure a hospital to be located at richfield and for many years there has been a manifest need for such an institution only recently through legislative appropriation pria tion has the dream of many years been made feasible recently mayor W L warner attorney henry E beal and dr H asa dewey interviewed R A hart the chief of the N R A plan at salt lake and were assured that a hospital at richfield could readily be obtained proceedings ce were drawn up setting forth the necessary data to present to the executive officers of the N ac R A of the state of U utah and this information has been submitted to the county comm commissioners s for approval so that a county hospital can be constructed the commissioners will hear those advocating this project at a special meeting thursday evening of this week briefly the plan contemplates the expenditure of the government to give outright 30 per cent of said sum the county too to assume the balance and to pay the same over a 30 year period no payments to be made for five years the interest rate on the two thirds to be assumed by the county not to exceed four per cent it has been estimated and the estimate seems to be consistent and reasonable that the hospital itself will be able to pay for the construction costs and its maintenance this estimate is based conservatively on the major and minor operations performed this project at the present time seems to be the only one that has progressed to such an extent that it can be forthwith presented to mr air hart in the event of its acceptance cep tance by the commissioners of sevier county legal formalities have already been substantially complied with and a resolution by th commissioners commission rs would assure construction st within a very short time it has long been definitely demonstrated that sevier county needs modern modem hospital facilities and no opportunity has ever been presented which is comparable to the advantages to be gained by immediately taking advantage of the federal appropriation coupled coup ledwith with its low interest rate and the easy payment plan particularly is this true when no other project has been formulated in southern utah it is readily app apparent areat that the board of county commissioners of sevier county should forthwith approve the plan so that the immediate benefits resulting from employment construction furnishing materials and above all the solution of our hospital necessity would be accomplished it is said that salina is willing to cooperate now to the full extent so that this would be a real sevier county hospital the opportunity for sevier county to obtain a well equipped hospital was never so bright as at the present time the president in his efforts to stimulate work and the consumption of the products of labor is not only offering financial help but urging the states counties and cities to avail themselves of this proffered assistance to initiate and carry through worthy projects for the benefit of the people and the improvement pro of the communities hospital buildings are especially designated as among these worthy projects there is no other project for this district that offers such a magnificent return on the investment the amount of suffering that could be relieved and the lives saved are beyond price the cost to the community will not be great much of it being taken over directly by the national government the payment of the balance is so arranged that its retirement will never be a burden admitted that all this money the tha government is spending will NU sometime have to be made up in taxes we will have to pay our share of those taxes whether or not we take this opportunity to get act our share of the benefits we have furnished our teachers with adequate buildings in which to jo instruct our children the lawyers and judges have buildings to carry on the business necessary to the protection of our property and regulation of our behavior to each other and jails for housing and feeding at public expense those antisocial anti social members who are morally sick we should with much greater enthusiasm build a place where anyone of us can go in the time of need and feel that he or she will get needed treatment under the best environment and no one knows an hour ahead which ones life or safety will be dependent on the equipment and services that can be had only in a modern hospital our physicians have been serving us for years under a severe handicap which no one realizes better than they do to work in a splendid hospital continued on page 6 hope revived for modern hospital in sevier county continued from page one would be greatly appreciated by them but after all the great benefit is to the patients they must pay the same whether the results are good or not the physicians will always conscientiously do the best they can with the facilities they have to work with they can serve you infinitely better in this hospital that can now be had for the asking many people from our district take their sick and their money to the cities because they dont like the makeshift hospitals we have had here many from north east cast and south do the same thing all of this loss could be saved and a hospital here would not only pay its own way but would hold here and bring here money we all so urgently need |