pEBl{UARY 21. 1950 .%-.---‘*""'-*

Care -or Tlifsiék

Essential Factor In

D igi n An d The new pavilion has a very M, setting with views overlook- Cll&i‘i0i¢ir$tv0Wn Harbour. Vic- wm park and the west Riva and [a situation is a very happy one. we care of the sick is the prime mncllnii of I holbitll and this nu bran borne in mind through- ,” zn-.» designing and erection. Every uliort was made to provide Pvg..l5- of light and air, and an m,,.,..1\-e View from the windows ‘C. we beneﬁt Of the patients. comenience of service for the mu, nurses and help has been ,1“. kept in mind so that the pa-

“°m_,- may get thd quickest and .v

mosfsatlsiaetory service.

soil -1 cl’-91'°U1ness and sound absorption to give min- imum of noise and reduce it at its -‘«)‘.iiCi.‘.

Qlll.-;. deliveny of food from kliuiii‘. to patient and methods oi keeping food hot at all floor diet kltcjzms has been given careful aitclliloll.

5;, lhe new wards run from a m.;xil.~.lnl of four beds to single 1-oolns. so chat there are never more than four patients to a mom ‘t my time. A large percentage up in semi-private (i. e. two bed! and single rooms.

Simplest Design

The design has been of the glmplbst so that it may not con- mcr with the old buildinz. but the from has been hasized with a 5f|l‘.VL‘\\llill. more elaborate design in cut stone, The main entrance is to be on Hoviland Street, to take the piece of the present entrance on syrlney street, and the space in front of old entrance will be lev- eilcll oil for a parking space.

Tiicl-e are three floors of hos- pital beds. the, ground floor hous- ing the main offices. kitchen. din- ing-rooms and services.

There is a space for two eleva- tors in the future in the new bulllmg though only one has been installed as yet. This elevator is fully automatic and will serve for carrying hospital beds, heated food carriers as well as passengers.

There are we fireproof. stair-

cases which lead from each floor ‘"3

to the ground with outside exits. Entering the hospital at street level from 1-Iaviland 8t., one comes into a large. bright foyer. finish- ed in C9l'l.n'l!'fi'tllI'1l00? with a- coustic tile ceiling. At the right of the foyer is the information office. switch board operator and a con- suiting room for patients on enta-

Here also is the business coun- ter and main office with large vault and accounts “s private ol- fice. Next is the Board Room and the Doctors’ Consulting Room with matroom and toilet facilities.

opposite these on the left of

the main entrance from foyer is the waiting-room for visitors-and washrooms; next the record room providing storag'e space for rec- olds and workroom space for the staff attending. Nearby the above is a smau consulting room for _the doctors to interview patients. and also the first fireproof stairway. l- At this P°lnt tmo corridors in- insect. one leading north to the on lmildwli in this is located the ‘elevator with ample vestibule and ‘Him: Bpace. then the superm- tendent's office and nurses’ con- sulting room. ‘autopsy room and morgue on the put next to the ambulance entrance. On the west side «of this corridor is a snack bar which will be operated by the As- sociation for the Blind.

Going down the’ main corridor west from the front door. after missing this north and south cor- ridor. we find the nurses’ coat- T°°m5 and washrooms. also the dlﬁinz-rooms for staff nurses. doc- '°l’s and guests and main nurses‘ dim“:-room: these are Served from the cafeteria, placed on the south, for tray service, etc.

The formula room for baby for- mulas is on the north of this 00?- ridor. intel-communicating with the .-plain diet kitchen so that the diet- ytian has control of both.

‘i The main kitchen is on a cor- ridor of its own. Inn is the diet- itian's office, the separate baking Pom. the -dishwaehing unit on- Oioaed. the large food preparation '_lPlce and cooking space. as well ‘as the space ‘for loading trey car- ?!’-‘rs and a very complete refrig- gerstion department. complet with L409»-freeze, etc.

'j Second Floor

,é’1'he second floor is all devoted :30 Patients‘ beds. largely four bed -‘ﬁnds and two bed wards. There is ‘ hm kitchen oqllippod with re-

I'0rIt0r_- and (steam table. also mid mar service for drinking L ter in addition to tape at sinks. .'1‘his floor connects on the level

,. -r were. 0 .-

4 ‘the third floor houses single and , o bedvwai-da.lirgeiy,‘having I . M kitchen similar to the second oor. '

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M partitions it

cmrs as occasion required.

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THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

Notes On New Pavilion, Charlottetown Hospital

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Social Problems , Tacllled Willi Taci . And llnll_e_rslanding

‘lb give families and those suf- fering from social problems the encouragenaont they need. to con. 9°10 Ind Byminthlze. and above all to understand the great need; which result from poverty, indecent home conditions, and the mam...) , and nervous stress from which they suffer because of clmumaznncg, and sometimes be unable to allevi- ate this. demands the utmost 1;-om those who have the urge in serve. l Social problems which must be attacked are deep-rooted and make ;up a difficult project which am. not be accomplished in a she Period of time but require a. dog Study and tangible application of one brand principles of social lus- tlce and social charity. No one is poor by choice; but the poor we have always, with us. It is clear then that a co. ity serving institution such as a hospital is in a particularly lav-1 cured position to see the ill effects. on many -homes and families of a subnormal existence. Since. in the words of Pope Pius XII “the cradle is the cradle of civil society. and it is for the most part in the sur- _ rounding: of the home that the destiny of states is prepared" the O21-arlotieiown Hospital inaugurated in 193.1 a far-sigh-ted policy of Soc-I ial Welfare. With a limited staff! and a meagre budget of $1500.00. the opening year of this Co.-nmun-l lty service saw 140 families on, the visiting list and the Social Service workers making over 4,400 home visits The noble work done by the pioneers of this movement was a veritable God-send to these families who were the victims of maladjustment, um-mployment. and the multitude of factors which may be classified under the broad head- ing od distress. Naturally the medical side of the picture is evetl presen/t and the amount of work: done by iilie Hospital medical stadi‘ cannot be over-emphasized. The duty of charity towards our fellow-' man is well brought out in an ei- cenpi from the social Welfare Rie- port or June 1932 in which the fol- lowing is quoted from an Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII: "People are not free to choose whether they will take up the cause of the poor or not; it is a. matter of simple duty: what the Weight of our obligation is we may discover from the sup- erslrundance or the good things we have received; line larger it is the stricter must be the account we

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Erection.

llealih Viial To Civic Proqress

Mayor B. Earle Macnonald A6 one of my first public duties

on being elected Mayor or the City for a llblrd term it is g pm“. tire for me to extend oongmtulai. ions to the Charlottetown Hospital on the opening of its new Pavilion.

All too frequently we fail to give due -arlsidenation to the great humanitarian work going on smlmd about us. It is NOT until we are personally alifecied that this loci forcibly strikes us.

We are fortunate indeed to halve public institutions of which we may well be proud—and our hos- pitals are not the least at these.

It is a proud day for the Chiar- lottetown Hospital, its Board of Govemnrs, ifs Medical staff. the Sisters of Saint Martha, and all who contributed in my way to the completion of this splendid aid- diiion.

The core of the sick. and health at our citizens is vitally important to the progress of our city and Province. ’l‘ho°faot that this is be- realized more and more is re- assuring for the future.

As a layman I cannot speak authoritatively of bile technical ad- vamomenls introduced in‘ the erection of the new Pavilion. but can express keen appreciation of the aims and objects cit alleviatin suffering humanity. The City Charlottetown is proud of its hos- pitalsandofthosewhlolabour in their cause.

shut down of light service from the Civic Plant. .

fire-proof transformer transformers so

A large vault houses the

or conditions or view.

The large boiler room wherein is housed the pUWe'i' plant as well as the water softeners and dom- estic hot water units, is adjacent to the new building. but largely

cubicles so that the babies an all in individual areas and yet in full oversight of the nurse in charge.

underground. :‘.:.:°.:;:.:.;.:.";°.::°. *:’.:.*°:*“;::."::2 mad with new stratlon 1'00!!! 101' l’oG&Chiﬂ§ i'n0i.hﬂ|'I whee; the is commetx

the handling of inf to. The wards on this floor are our bed wards, semi-private wards (2 bed) and several single wards. all served by a diet kitchen. with the dumb -waiter from the kitchen.

At the east end of this floor there is a large department, shut

the ground; will include the water front lots across the Esplanade for the patients‘ use.

The magnificent view from most ward windows of Charlottetown Halbotir. Vicinria Park and West River should help to lighten the weary hours of the patients.

.medical profession that ii‘.-lore h’

wztion . incsloulalble value.

that they are not exposed to weaiJ'.i- ‘

I cannot close my notes without

of 1 th t tan fl b 1 mm ° "5 ° ° °°r Y calling attention to the invaluable

doors, wherein is housed the case rooms. labour and utility rooms. etc. with doctors‘ waiting-room.

On the roof is I. large fan room for the vei1tilatin¢ system and’ space for the elevator machinery. -

As to construction. The building has been built with steel frame _ and concrete floors on open bar - joists oi steel. the outside walls he- lng of brick backed with hollow ‘L tile. The inside partitions are built - of gypsum blocks. plastered with Hardwall plaster. The roofing is of tar and gravel.

The floors throughout all de- partments and corridors are of rubber tile ‘and grease proof as- phalt andlllnoleum. as the occas- ion calls for. the foyer and main kitchen being respectively in cars- tic tile and red quarry tile.

The ceilings throughout are treated with acoustic tile. those in the halls and noisier portions hav- ing the perforated blocks.

"I-‘abron" Covered Wells

The walls are covers with "Fe- bron". a material of washable qual- ity which is in very attractive col- ours and designs and patterns. This material‘ has been used in United States‘ hospitals’ very cor.- _ slderably. but is hermused for the; i first time in aoariadlan h0IDltal.l

ﬁle walls of toilets. showers. etc. as well, as utility moms, "and diet kitchens have been finiehedﬂ -

is our wish for...

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four feet high in “Mil-a.plaa". is plastic tile in guy or subdued col- . The lllllting fixtiiﬂa have .been studied with great care to give ample light without, garishnel. An important feature of the new pavilion is L‘: latte. heated ain- bulianoe entrance. direct. from, Heviiand Street to the hoepltal. permitting the anrbuiance to drive in one door and out another so that patients are protected from inclement weather. and public view botli entering and leaving. v considerable wait, has sun to be done in the old hoopltal ‘which will proceed in due course to bring operating-mom faciiitim up to date anzmelilao a much and central

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- There has already been installed an excellent incinerator for car- a dilpolﬂ. '

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for ma boiler operation and

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. avail 5

' for the coming years

‘ We are very pleased .-lo have been associated with the construction of the

’ NEW - PAVILION

O prlviks

noerns HARDWARE aid iimr

lLt.-Governor Bernard Lauds Achievement ”

, ‘no His Excellency Riobt Rover- and Samoa Boyle. D.!)., and Homumble sir William J. Mocuillan. ODE. M.D.'. CM.. and to their fellow officers who have so albly piloted the work of erect- iru and equipping the latte new addition tn the (‘L lottetuwn Hos- pital the thanks of the people or the City.‘ Town and country goes forth"fn volume.

The opening of the new modern structure. containing as it does en- larged col-nmodious in ‘mice ed in- estlmabie importance or treating our like must ,be regarded sea great forward movement in med- icine and surgery, and one which _should meet with general satisfact- Inn and eoclailm throughout thr- Province: - . It is due chiefly to the skiillfu‘. want: of the men who devote their lives and their energies . to th

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been such a favourable decline ' the general death rate during t‘ past few years and that life expect ancy has been increased by over five years. New opportunities are now afforded by the opening oi this addition tor a continuance and a further advance in these fig. ures which efready mean so much to the general welfare and hop- piness of citizens of Prince Edward Island.

Under the artistic care of the Reverend Sisters 01 Saint Martha to whom the success or this fine Institution is entrusted there is assurance that the best nursing. greatest attention and outstanding care of the sick and the wounded will continue. The dcctcrs. surgeons and nurses who work in conjunct- ion with the Charlottetown Hos- pital constitute a most capable and efficient corps who are well quali- fied. and with the extra facilities and equipment which the new building provid there is recorded another forward step of great im- portance in corrllbattlng disease and in extending the expectancy of life to our citizens. '

I congratulate the leaders of this large successful undertaking for the progressive work they have so- cccrupiished. a labour wihich. coupled with the already lino Hos- pital. will be regarded as a mod- ern monument to their memory. and which will be utlcized for the general benefit of all who may seek attention and relief.

Our Province is blessed in hav- ing such men of foresight. courage and determination in our midst. and is thrice blessed in having the fruit of their work a.nd.iheir de-

‘ a reality of such

Li-Governor J. A. Bernard

An Old Patient ” speaks: ‘

.I was a patient in the char- lottemwn Hospital sixty-four years ago. The hospital was started a year or two before that time. It was situated on the ground now occupied by the western portion of the Basilica.

On the completion of the rim Part of the Bishop's Palace. the former residence of the Bishop became vacant and, Bishop McIn- tyre had the idea of using the no out building as a hospital. A num- ber of Grey Nuns were brought here and the work'was started. The patients were few and the staff ‘not numerous.

I was there to have a bullet taken from my leg. Four doctors were at the operation for -which I got the enormous bill of ten dol- lars. I was at the hospital for two weeks and got another big bill for that time —. six dollars. total sixteen dollars.

Money. the automatic account. ant, was very valuable then. What has taken pllce since. plovaluation or inflation? devaluation or de- flation?

The four doctor-svin attendance

my. Doctor S.R. Jenkins, Doctor McLeod and another. There was no other hospital in

J A BERNARD ' ’ ' the province at the time.

Lieutenant-Govemor

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at my operation were Doctor com _

'-ms Ioermu. UIlA!LAlN"

in the midst of the world. thcut wishing its pleasures;

be a member of each family, yet belonging to none;

share all sufferings. to pene- trate all secrets:

heal all wounds: to go from . men to God and offer Hm-l their prayers:

To live vi

To return from God to men. to

bring pardon and hope!

have a heart of fire for char- ity, and I heart of bronze for chastity;

To teach and to pardon. to con-

sole and to bless always.

My God! what a life! And its 0 Priest of Jesus

(Lacerdaire)

Eyes. Ears, llose Aul Tllmi V

Department

facilities. Here the very latest ap- paratus for anaesthesia is installed and the Deparizment is spiendidily equipped. ‘me most modern instru- ments for Bronchoeoopy or Oesoph- agoscopy frequently used in remov- ing foreign bodies from the lusts or throat. are available. Every facility for delicate operations on the eye or nose and throat are at the disposal of the doctors. The different rooms of surgery have been planned and equipped with every consideration given to the comfort and safety of the patient. or course all this equirrnevnt is of value in proportion to the profic- iency of the operating room staff and here again one may find abil- ity and devotion far above the

BIVCIGKO.

% Dr. J. P. Ianil

Patients admitted to the Eyes, Ears. Nose and ‘Throat Depsrtrneni have available every convenience obtainable in any hospital in the larger centres of this country. The laboratory examinations under a most pmficient supervisor are ac- curately and promptly performed The X-ray Department. so im- portant in Ear, Nose and Throat work. is fortunate in having a tech- nician of exceptional abi‘ity.

The medical care or these pal- icnis is capabiy supervised by .a stair of graduate nurses well versed in the care of postoperative cases. To adequately acces the value of this new department. we would naturally examine the Surgical

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ilharlottetownp Hospital

on the opening

Now i Pavilion Bruce Stewart & 0o., Ltd.

Congratulations

to the

i of the

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of Prince Edward Is‘a.nd

assistuioe received from the con- sulting arohitects, Messrs. Gavan. Ferguson, Lindsay. Kaminlker. Maw.

Langley. Keenleside of Toronto and Mr. E. S. Blanchard of Charlotte- wwn. V also Mr. James. Mullins. engineer. nor must I forget the

thoughtful and thoroughly capable ind careful work or the general contractor, Mr. W. J. Henneesey anii his sub-contractos-s. W. L Mckenna 5: Co., heating con- tractors, the late Leo B. Doyle. plumbing contractor. Brown Elect- ric 00.. and Thomas -‘Gallant. painter. to all of whom goes the credit for the calreful- carrying out of the work to a. successful om~ clusion. ,

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il0SP|TAL

n. I re to have sup-

"For Complete Permqiencyl end. ' old world Beauty — so it for

‘ an entire structure or only him-_ i ; you cannot do boiler than use

our own Maritime Sandstone. . ‘ o e

The Sandstone ‘trim used in this building was quarried and cut

E. A. SMITH . »

. ‘slleelac. N. I.

LTD.

Phones 105. I308