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We solicit and welcome reports for this Department from our workers throughout the world field. But our space is limited, so please be brief, concise in what you write. The New Manila Sanitarium THE new Manila Sanitarium is completed. The nursing and medi cal staff is rejoicing that our medi cal work in the Philippines now has the advantage of a modern building located in Pasay, a suburb of Manila. But our story begins back in 1928, when Dr. Horace Hall, now in Redlands, California, came to Manila and used a small residence for the beginning of the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital. The old sanitarium building was erected soon after that. Doctor Hall was followed by Dr. Hjalmar A. Drick son, who is now on the staff of the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium. Their faithful, capable medical work made the present new build ing possible. The institution has always had a strong nursing staff. At var ious times the Misses Hyde, Bar nett, and Porter have served here. Miss Bessie Irvine is at present on furlough in the United States. Miss Bertha Parker is superintend ent of nurses. Assisting her are Mrs. Clayton Forshee, and Miss Edna Stoneburner, who recently arrived from the United States. These, with our well-trained Fili pino nurses, give us a good nursing corps. At present we have thirty seven student nurses in the three year course, six of whom are men. Two of the women came from India to take the course. We employ sixteen of our graduate Filipino nurses as supervisors in the sani tarium. Twenty-one of our grad uates serve in the denominational work in the Philippines. Some of these are traveling field nurses for our mission stations, and some are school nurses, medical evangelists, and Bible workers. These faithful field nurses operate large clinics and cover an extensive area in their work. The school of nursing was started in 1980. High-school training is prerequisite for entrance to the school. This course has govern ment recognition. On hospital day of this year the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital was awarded first prize in the group of hospitals of less than one hundred beds. The present medical staff con sists of Dr. Vera Honor, Dr. R. Santos, a graduate of the Univer sity of the Philippines, and the writer. Doctors in private prac tice hospitalize many of their pa tients in our institution. A call has been sent in for an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist, for which there is great need.
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Silver Spring Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
Silver Spring, Maryland, US
Thu, Nov 21, 1940
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