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THE BULLETIN, August 9, 1958—PAGE 1-B
GEORGIA'S CATHOLIC HOSPITALS TREATED 73,568 LAST YEAR
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SIX GENERAL HOSPITALS
SERVE HEEDS OF THE SICK
A total of 73,568 patients
were treated in Georgia’s six
Catholic General Hospitals dur
ing the past year.
In the Diocese of Atlanta’s
three General Hospitals 45,745
patidnts were treated. 20,458
were in-patients and 25,287 were
out-patients.
Serving the sick of the Dio
cese of Atlanta are St. Joseph’s
Infirmary, Atlanta, operated by
the Sisters of Mercy of the
Union; The Catholic Colored
Clinic, Atlanta, staffed by the
Medical Mission Sisters; and St.
Mary’s, Athens, which is operat
ed by Missionary Sisters of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
St. Joseph’s has a bed capaci
ty of 283 and 35 bassinets. Pa
tients treated during the last
year: In, 15,231; Out, 11,547.
St. Mary’s has 100 beds and
18 bassinets. Patients treated
last year: In, 4,965; Out, 9,210.
The Catholic Colored Clinic
treated last year: In, 283; Out,
4,530.
Located in Atlanta is one
Special Hospital, Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Free Cancer
Home. This hospital is under
the direction of the Sisters of
the Third Order of St. Domi
nic, better known perhaps as
the Servants of Relief for In
curable Cancer. The Home has
a bed capacity of 80. During the
past year patients treated total
ed 320.
The Diocese of Savannah is
also served by three General
Hospitals. They are St. Joseph’s,
Savannah, operated by the Sis
ters of Mercy of the Union; St.
Francis Hospital, Columbus, op
erated by the Sisters of the III
Order of St. Francis of the Im
maculate Virgin Mary; and St.
Joseph’s, Augusta, staffed by
the Sisters of St. Joseph of
Carondelet.
St. Joseph’s Savannah, has a
bed capacity of 112 with 22 bas
sinets. During the past year the
hospital treated: In, 4,802; Out,
4,010.
At Augusta’s St. Joseph’s the
total number of patients treat
ed last year totaled: In, 6,845;
Out, 4,116.
St. Francis at Columbus has a
bed capacity of 145 with 25
bassinets. During the past year
the total of patients treated
amounted to: In 6,015; Out
2,035.
Says Gear Hospital
To Sound Finances
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. —
Hospitals should be geared to a
sound financial structure “to
offset the advance of ‘creeping
socialism,’ ” some 2,000 dele
gates to the 43rd annual con
vention of the Catholic Hospital
Association convention were
told.
The advice came from Msgr.
F. M. J. Thornton of- Sea Girt,
N. J., president of the CHA. The
director of hospitals for the
Trenton diocese said in his pres
idential address that hospital
service has been rated the na
tion’s fifth largest industry,
with physical assets totaling an
estimated $13 billion.
“If these investments in
health facilities are to be main
tained and ’improved on a vol
untary non-profit basis, then
philanthropic giving must con
tinue,” he said.
“Certainly large additional
sums will be required if the best
possible facilities are to remain
available to everyone in time of
illness.
“Certainly large additional
sums will be required if the
best possible facilities are to re
main available to everyone in
time of illness.
“To offset the advance of
‘creeping socialism,’ aided and
abetted by segments of labor
and industry — and even by
members of the medical profes
sion — the modern hospital, by
sheer necessity, must gear itself
to a sound financial structure,”
Msgr. Thornton said.
Earlier, a Solemn Pontifical
Mass offered by Bishop Justin J.
McCarthy of Camden, host to
the convention, marked the ga
thering’s official opening.
The sermon at the Mass in St.
Nicholas Church was delivered
by Bishop George W. Ahr of
Trenton who told the congrega
tion that “in the minds o-f the
people in contact with the
Catholic hospital, be it patient
or tradesman, Catholic or non-
Catholic, you represent the
Catholic Church.”
This puts an “apologetic re
sponsibility” on every hospital,
the Bishop said. “The solution
lies simply in charity •— love of
God shown in love of His chil
dren,” he declared.
“You must see and serve
Christ in the sick, but the prin
ciple and practice should be
universal. We should also see
and serve Christ in all with
whom we come in contact,” he
said.
Bishop Ahr stated that “it is
difficult to see Christ in some
people, but the demands are
clear. The apologetic responsi
bility must be instilled in every
one.”
“A worthwhile Catholic hos
pital is more than a building,
no matter how expensive; more
than equipment, no matter how
modern; more than personnel,
no matter how efficient. All
these things must be, but over
and above these must be this
unified spirit of Charity to give
Christ-like life and warmth.”
Msgr. Thornton’s address was
delivered at the convention’s
opening general session at
which he also read a message of
greetings from President Eisen
hower.
The Chief Executive said:
“Through your combined ef
forts, many people of all races
and creeds are restored to health
and others are given comfort
and hope. In this healing serv
ice, may you find strength and
inspiration for the tasks that
each day brings.”
In his address, Msgr. Thornton
declared that rising hospital
costs and an increase in the rate
of hospital admission appear to
be a general pattern.
The high cost of present hos
pital care, rarely explained and
more rarely understood, is no
longer a problem confined to the
local community,” he said.
This high cost, Msgr. Thorn
ton continued, “ is one that has
become of intense interest to a
new team of hospital critics:
labor, industry, government,
prepayment plans and commer
cial insurers.”
“If hospitals can cooperate
with these groups in providing
better health and longer life
for those in need of such care,
then such interest is highly de-
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