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mA CITYMovement on Toot to L'sUbllsk Onein Moberly.The Poor Will Be Treltri free •!C hi rite—a Load fett WattMay Be Filled.Dr. Thomas Irwin ia fathering a movement to establish a city hospital in Moberly, The plane are not; yet fully developed, but enough is known to indicate that the project is being very favorably received and in all probability will result in something more than talk. The promoter* hope to secure the tract of ground on East Rollins street, known as the old east side school building site. It contains three acres of ground, has a natural drainage and is in every way a model site for a hospital. If the proposition succeeds, and iv should, a nine or ten thousand dollar brick structure will be erected as a starter, which will bo added to as the needs require. A regular hospital corps* with trained nurses will be maintained and the institution will be conducted along the lines of first-class hospitals iu other cities. Poor people will be treated free of charge, while those who are able to pay will be assessed a nominal fee. Any physician in the city can take his patieutat any time and treat them there*where first-class operating rooms, tables and other necea-sary appliances will bo supplied. Tbo hospital will be open to all— white and black—it being the intention to prepare a ward for each. ' If the project succeeds, it will prove a blessiug to the people of Moberly, Randolph county and this section of the stateIf it were known that there' was a public hospital at this: place with skilled physician*,, trained nurses and modern instruments, the physician* from*, all over north central Missouri’, would briug tboir patient* heading special attention to Moberljr instead of St. Louis, as is now the case.We will have more to say concerning this very laudable enterprise in the future.
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Moberly Democrat
Moberly, Missouri, US
Sun, Aug 19, 1900
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