A Foundation statement, based on reports received from grantee hospitals, shows new building to be the most needed method of putting the money to work. Sec ond greatest use will be moderni zation of existing plants and the purchase of new equipment. Southside Hospital use*of the money provides contemplated ex penditures combining these two most popular usages, with the greater share here going toward new construction, or completition of the second floor of the Mettau er Wing. 54 Receive Funds The area hospital here is one of the 54 Virginia institutions re ceiving grants, which were com puted on the basis of patient days of service and the number of births in each hospital. The Virginia institutions shar ed $2,657,200 provided by the Foundation. The total throughout the U. S. amounts to $200 millions to improve and extend commun ity hospital services in the 48 states, Alaska. Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The necessity of adding to the Ford Grant and to Hill-Burton Act federal funds through local "matching" giving will accom plish here exactly what the Ford Foundation hopes Its contributions will do—strengthen basic Ameri can institutions and Encourage Wider Public Support of Them. Henry T Heald, president of the Ford Foundation, writes in the statement. "It is increasingly clear that the Job of providing adequate hospitaf care for our citizens is far too big for any one agency or organization Its accomplishment depends on how well these needs are understood by private citizens and organizations and on their willingness to contribute ideas, time and financial support to the joint community effort. Foundation’s Aim "If the Foundation grants help stimulate such local initiative, they will have accomplished their purpose.” The Foundation says that pop ulation increases and advances in medical science are training the facilities of community hospitals. Also that expenses of construction and operation have contributed to a climb of 132 per cent in the cost of hospital care from 1946 to 1956. At Southside Hospital the board of managers today i Thursday will receive bids on completion of tlie top floor of the new Mettauer wing, heretofore used on the first floor, but only roughed in in the second. By this construction and alter ations to older parts of the. hos pital. the institution will be en larged to a 100-bed functional unit and get a new obstetrical ser vice and patient section. Southside Hospital has been au thorized a maximum of $104,500

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