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FOURState To TakeCamp RitchieO’Conor Says It Will Be Converted To Temporary HospitalGovernor O'Conor was informed yesterday that the Camp Ritchie Army Hospital could be convertedinto a State chronic disease hospita! within a few months after the ! assurances that the whole area in-j brought out in a study of the hospital and its surroundings by State Health Department officials who said that “on preliminary investigation it would seem suitable for use as a chronic disease hospital on a temporary basis.”The Camp Ritchie area was leased to the government in 1943, with the stipulation that it would be returned six months after termination of the national emergency.While the emergency is still on. the governor has received “fairiiADCarmy relinquishes it.The Governor said such a move would not affect plans for the Western Shore Hospital to be erected on the site of the Washing-eluding the hospital would revert to the state “shortly.*' a spokesman for the governor said.The hospital, consisting of one-story units connected by closedton County Home, as the army j corridors, has 225 beds. 26 single camp would only be used tempo- j rooms. physicians' quarters and at. rarily. j present barracks housing 200 en-The Camp Ritchie facilities were j listed personnel. It has also labo-—————————__ f racory facilities, a dental clinic, anSTOP SUFFERING FROM : x-ray department, and two wellRHEUMATISMj equipped operation rooms, acorcd-Ing to the report.
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The Daily Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Fri, Apr 12, 1946
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