HOSPITAL EQUI PM ENTICONT)
sera. The change
will require onl^ the
installation .of win
dows and doors and a
skylight.
The present mater
nity ward is to be
converted into a sur
gery, with existing
partitions to be mov
ed back to fora a
scrubroom just off
the surgery. The pre
sent nursery is to be
used for a surgery
recovery roo:: and as
a private room for
critically ill pat
ients.
The roor.: now used
as a surgery will be
the x-ray laboratory.
Total cost of all
changes will be ex
tremely noderate, the
board estimated. Bu
ilding alterations
will cost no nor©
than ,>u00. The total
cost of new x - ray
equipment is J7,400
with a ;500 credit
allowed- as turn - in
value on the old x
ray machine.
The board turned
its attention to hos
pital rates, as one
ray of widening the
narrow operational
margin. It was poin
ted out that the r.in
inun rate charged at
Providence Hospital
is }3 a day more than
that charge! here4 As
an example of compar
ative qosts* it"mas
reported that five
day hospitalization
at Providence for ma
ternity cases costs
the same as 10-day
hospitalization at
the Valley Hospital.
3efore taking de
finite action on hos
pital rate increases,
it was decided to
have Lrs. Hath Calli
son, hospital mana
ger, visit Providence
and study .. charges
there. The board
then will review the
natter of hospital
charges.
The board voted to
f
TO JUNEAU
Francis Kalcoln,
superintendent of
Palnor school, left
for Juneau last week,
where he will confer
with Dr. Janes Ryan,
comissioner of edu
cation. Hr* Lalcoln
travelled by boat and
expects to be gone
for a week or two*
increase nurses1 sal
aries fron pi95 to
,p215 a nonth, effect
ive immediately.
Two new board mem
bers, Janes i.'ilson
and Lrs. heal Filler
were sworn in at the.
meeting.
Officers named te
head the board this
year were: Hr. ‘.il
son, president; Jack
Laze, vice-president;
C. Y.. Peters, secre
tary-treasurer.
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