MORE ABOUT . . .
Seward Nurses
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es. In the third place, Seward
is growing. The population of
outlying areas which looks to
Seward for hospital care is rap
idly increasing.
It must not be forgotten that
the growing trend is more hos
pital care for a wider number of
ailments, even minor ones. This
does not mean that more people
are sick. It means that doctors
get better results by treating
patients in hospitals under con
trolled conditions. If people
from Homer, Kenai, Seldovia.
and ollu r we.mi Penimuiar
towns can not get hospital care
in Seward, they will go else
where. Such hospital patients
spend mon o in Seward. While
investment in a hospital is pri
marily investment in b e t t e r
health, why should Seward deny
itself this extra business?
At a recent meeting of the
City Council, individuals pres
ent were asked, “Do you want
to run the hospital? Do you be
long to a church or organiza
tion that wants to run it?" All
answers were in the negative
and it's certain that the City
would not accept this tremen
dous additional responsibility.
While not wishing to hold a
brief for any one religious group
over another, tin* Methodists
have operated the Seward Gen
eral Hospital to the benefit of
the town for many years. They
also contribute to the Sanatori
um -amounts equal to the care
of ten patients per year. The
. > t per year per patient is about
tli.ee thousand dollars. In gen
eral. they provide one of the
major payrolls of this area. It
is well known that hospitals
almost never make a profit, but
are usually endowed by various
benevolent sources in order to
keep operating. It would appear
simple common sense to have
tliis group continue, rather than
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to repeat the hospital’s struggles
of the early thirl ies.
The proposed new forty bed
hospital means about a fifth of
a million dollar business per
year. It means, don't forget,
that during the construction
period there will be more jobs,
more men working, more in
come for Seward.
Seward is the gateway to tlie
Interior, with its year ’round
open harbor, its new air fit Id,
its chain of highways, and its
railroad. Seward may well be
come the medical center for Al
askans. Yes .The answer to types
of illnesses which require; spe
cialists. This type of medical
planning is being done by people
who believe in Seward, its pi o
ple. its possibilities, and who are
building for the future.
What if disaster struck Sew
ard in the form of an enemy
attack? Can you imagine what
would happen to our present
hospital and its occupants? If
you are at all “Civil Defense’’
minded that one fact alone
should make you say, “We need
a new Hospital! "
Ask your friends, “Does Sew
ard need a new hospital? Do
you want Seward to have a new
hospital? Do you want Seward
to go forward, or are you con
tent to have Seward go back
ward?” Stimulate discussion, and
be prepared to vote intelligently
for the new bonding issue.
DISTRICT 2,
ALASKA NURSES ASS’N.
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Phone Main 54 or Main 55
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Main 54 or Main 55
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