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Catholic Hospital Authorities 1 Urge Extension Hospital Building Of Act CHICAGO (NC)-The Catho lic Hospital Association of the V U. S. ( and Canada urged in a convention resolution that the Hill-Burton Act, which aids hospital construction, be ex tended in range and time. In other resolutions delegates to this years convention, which was attended by some 7,000 people, paid tribute to the late Pope John XXIII and reiterated the stand they took in 1962 affirming the duty of Catholic hospitals to serve all without discrimination. Msgr. James H. Fitzpatrick, associate superintendent of hospitals for the Brooklyn dio cese, was inducted as presi dent of the CHA. Newly elect ed officers are: president elect for 1964, Father Paul R. Moore, pastor of Our Lady of Prompt Succor church, Chalmette, La., first vice president, Father Joseph Winter of Manchester, Mo., the bishop’s representa tive for St. Louis archdiocesan hospitals: second vice presi dent, Msgr. Daniel E. Lawler," Catholic Charities and Welfare director for the Syracuse, N. Y., diocese: treasurer, Sister Mary Gerald, administrator of Holy Cross Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah: and representative for the central U. S. on the CHA executive board, Sister Mary Paul, administrator ofSt.Alex- Head Catholic Hospital Association PICTURED AT THEIR ANNUAL convention inChicage are the new 1963 officers of the Catholic Hospital Association of the United States. Left to right: (standing) Msgr. Daniel E. Lawler, diocesan director, Catholic Charities and Welfare, Diocese of Syracuse, N. Y., second vice-presi dent; Msgr. Clement G. Schindler, Belleville, Ill., past president; Rev. Joseph B. Winter, Bishop’s Representative for hospitals, Archdiocese of St. Louis, Manchester, Mo., first vice-president; (seated) Rev. Paul R. Moore, pastor, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, Chalmette, La., president-elect; Msgr. James H. Fitzpatrick, associate superintendent of hospitals for the Diocese of Brooklyn, N. Y., president. (NC Photos) Acousti Engineering Co. Distributors Of - -»*( ■ <vt hi Celotex & Fiberglass Acousticial Ceilings Kirk Wall Movable Partitions, Modern Fold Movable Doors and Partitions 1550 Southland Circle, Atlanta 1917 Morris Road, Columbus 314 E. 58th St., Savannah Phone AD 6-6671 For All Your Building Needs 3500 Montgomery St., At 50th Savannah DIGNIFIED SERVICE SINCE 1882 Ipox & (Weeks FUNERAL DIRECTORS 700 DRAYTON WILL D. WEEKS - S. ELMO WEEKS t*EMB Eft -rr Phone AD. 3-1103 SAVANNAH ius Hospital, Bismarck, N. D. * * * THE DELEGATES expressed "deep appreciation to the Con gress of the U. S. for the in itiation and effective implemen tation" of the Hill-Burton pro gram, and said "the countless blessings" of the program "al ready benefitting our society need to be preserved." "Be it further resolved," the resolution stated, "that the CHA go on record as favoring an extension of the range and length of time of the Hill-Burton program." Under the Hill-Burton Act, which expires in 1964, Federal grants and loans are provided for construction of general hos pitals, nursing homes, hospitals for the chronically ill, rehabili tation facilities and diagnostic centers. Delegates resolved that the CHA "pay tribute to John XXIII" by carrying on in his spirit "when ministering to the sick in all of the Catholic hospi tals in the U. S. and Canada." The resolution against dis crimination reiterated the phil osophy for Catholic hospitals as passed at the 1962 CHA conven tion: that "as Christ’s love for man impelled the Church to establish hospitals, so they in turn must serve all men in cha rity regardless of race, creed or financial status." * * * AT A GENERAL convention session the dean of the college of nursing at the University of Illinois urged the delegates not "to sigh for nursing as it used to be," because specialization in nursing is here to stay. "I believe that skilled patient care, present as well as future, is forcing specialization upon nursing," Dean Mary Kelly Mullane said. "We must exa mine carefully our traditional pride in nurses who were will ing and able to nurse anywhere, anytime. Jacks-of-all trades can be masters of none; they may be even dangerous incom petents. Today’s therapies allow nur sing care in modern, active hospitals to be safe only when directed, if not provided, by a true master nurse. Specializa tion in nursing is no longer a subject for rational debate; it is a necessity for competent nursing in many of the medi cal and surgical interventions practiced in modern hospitals." * * * AT ANOTHER SESSION a nun deplored the absence of an ad visory board in many Catholic hospitals. Sister Mary Ursula, administrator of St. Vincent Charity Hospital in Cleveland, said such a board, "composed of outstanding lay people, Catholic and non-Catholic, . . . can be of tremendous value to the hos pital." "The real purpose of the board," she said, "should be to assist, advise and cooperate with the Sisters in the manage ment, operation and further de velopment of the hospital." She also said members of the board "must be made to feel that they are needed and their opinions and advice respected." Richard L. Johnson of Chi cago, assistant director of the ■American Hospital Association, called attention to statistics stating that "since 1946 there has been an average annual increase of 500,000 admissions to the voluntary, short-term hospitals of this country." "To cope with this increase," he said, "requires appro ximately 10, 300 additional beds based on an average stay of 7.6 days per admission. To provide the care and treatment of these patients an additional 30,000 persons must be annually added to the ranks of hospital personnel. Assume . . . that there is an average ratio of one supervisor for every 10 employees. This means that 3,000 additional managerial po sitions will be needed for every year in the foreseeable future." Father John Mullally, chap lain of Yorktown (Tex.) Memor ial Hospital, was elected chair man of the Hospital Chaplains’ Conference, which met at the same time as the CHA conven tion. Other conference officers are: Vice chairman, Father Ed ward Phelan, chaplain at St. An thony Hospital, Rock Island, Ill., and secretary, Father Thomas Lee, chaplain at Mercy Hospi tal, Portland, Maine. HEART DISEASE Monks Help In Study Of U. S. No. 1 Killer ATLANTA, Ga„ (NC)—In a battle against the country’s No. 1 killer, heart disease, abbots and monks from 25 Benedictine and Trappist monasteries met here several months ago for a progress report on a "heart- diet" study. It was described as the first large scale meeting in this country of abbots and monks of the two communities. The meet ing was sponsored by the Geor gia Department of Public Health. Twenty-three abbots were present. The study, little publicized, has been in progress for five years. The object is to deter mine the relationship between the diets of Benedictines and Trappists and hardening of the arteries—atherosclerosis. Dr. Carroll B. Quinlan, chief of cardiovascular research and project head, and Dr. J. Gordon Barrow, director of the cardio vascular disease control serv ice of the Georgia health de partment emphasized the meet ing was called for a progress study, not to report final re sults. Dr. Quinlan said: "We have learned a great deal since the project originated in 1957, but it is far too early to draw sig nificant conclusions." * * * THE MEETING attracted members of the Trappist and Benedictine monks from points as far distant as the Benedic tine Monte Cistello monastery in Rome, Italy, and Trappist and Benedictine monasteries in 20 states and three Canadian pro vinces. The research project began as a comparative diet study be tween the Trappist monks of Our Lady of the Holy Ghost monas tery in Conyers, Ga., and the Benedictines of St. Bernard’s abbey, Cullman, Ala. For scien tific purposes the two orders, Trappists and Benedictine, af forded a natural experiment. The Trappist diet is simple and vegetarian, totally devoid of meat, fish or fowl. The Bene dictines eat at typically varied American diet. * * * SOME 2,000 MONKS, all vo lunteers, are currently engaged in the diet study. All have sup plied the research teams with medical, social and family his tories. Each has had a complete physical examination including an electrocardiogram and chest X-ray. Numerous blood and diet studies have been made. The meeting here brought to gether participating monks and physicians. It was called pri marily to coordinate and stan dardize reporting and interpre tation techniques. The atherosclerosis study is being sponsored cooperatively by the Georgia Department of Public Health and the National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service. Hospitals Care For 26,634 Catholic Hospitals of the Diocese of Savannah treated a total of 26,634 patients last year in its three hospitals located in Augusta, Colum bus and Savannah. 7,032 in-patients and 1,920 out-patients were treated by Saint Joseph’s, Augusta. St. Francis Hospital in Co lumbus treated 6,219 in patients and 3,550 out patients. Total number of pa tients cared for at St. Jo seph’s, Savannah, was 4,484 in-patients and 3,429 out patients. The Southern Cross, September 5, 1963—PAGE 3 SAINT JOSEPH’S HOSPITAL, SAVANNAH tfffljl .V New Building Planned For Savannah’s Saint Joseph’s SAVANNAH — Saint Joseph’s is one of three Chatham County hospitals planning new or ex panded facilities under a Mas ter Hospital Plan based on the use of federal and state funds. Now in the planning state is a new hospital that would even tually contain 350 beds and cost 7.4 million dollars. The first Best Wishes From COUNTRYSIDE CONVALESCENT HOME \0 / / 24 HOUR LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSES ON DUTY x EXPERT PROFESSIONAL DIETARY SUPERVISION PHYSICIANS ON INSTANT CALL MEDICARE HOMES MEMBER 5609 Skidaway Road SAVANNAH Phone EL 5-1881 phase of construction would provide for 200 beds, 88 more than are presently available. The Hospital planning Coun cil has given St. Joseph’s top priority in its Master Plan approved several months ago. All plans for expansion and requests for assistance funds must be channeled through the council upon direction of the State. Full support of the medical and dental staff of St. Joseph’s was given the plans at a meet ing last week. A resolution adopted at the meeting was a necessary step in the pro cess of applying for federal as sistance funds. The resolution along with other documents including de tailed plans for a new hospi tal were directed to the State Department of Health which ad ministers federal Hill-Burton Assistance funds. Best Wishes To Catholic Hospitals Licensed Undergraduate Nurses / s/ AD 6-7557 Savannah BEST WISHES C b> TO THE CATHOLIC HOSPITALS J FROM BELK-GRIFFETH Two Stores To Serve You 217 W. Broughton Crossroads Shopping Center SAVANNAH OPEN TIL 9 P.M. THIS IS BELK’S ‘DIAMOND JUBILEE’ Windy Herrin’s Record Shop “Decorate Your Home With Music” Suburban Store FREE PARKING BOTH STORES BELK-GRIFFETH “Known For Values”