Sheltering Arms Hospital sought to hold down patient care costs
Athens scene notes prolonged efforts to expand Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation with a new $4.45 million facility. Trustees weigh a second fund drive to reduce borrowing costs, lower interest, and curb patient care expenses as flood control delays and river dirt sourcing threaten the schedule. Groundbreaking occurred December 17, 1967, on a west Athens site near a planned university nursing school, with land donated by a local university.
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Hospital to seek larger staff for Athens area
Sheltering Arms Hospital administrator Carl Thielmann says the new Charles G. O Bleness Memorial Sheltering Arms Hospital near West Union Street will open with 125 beds and needs at least nine more specialists and one more general practitioner. He projects expansion to 150,000 people and 1973 growth, urging community support to recruit doctors, with a dedicated recruitment committee planned and efforts targeting schools, Ohio University, and former students.
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