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success seen Ea-lic, the sppcal t?irt drive was launched under the direct ton <4 a e?rr.m‘*‘pe headed bv j B Wall. Ho salt) today that that effort has her n gains successfully 'n its re ouest foe about (it) pe- cent of th" needed funds He said workers may “•vr-t a successful conclusion of the special appeal next Wednesday night. The $199,500 required to complete the second floor of the hospital's newest portion. Mettauer Wing, phis othpc alterations to finish the hos pital's functioning plan, is already in hand to the extent of $154,000. That much was assured through a $44,600 Ford Foundation grant; $104,500 made available through federal and state aid under the Hill Burton act to improve community hospital facilities: $5,000 given by the Prince Edward county tubercu losis association, and a $500 Lions Club gift. $1 Gets St In relation to funds on hand, the $45,000 appeal to provide the last sum needed for the total contract means that eve’y $1 given locally will be matched by $4 through tin other sources. The completion of the s* nd floor of Mettauer Wing will add 21 beds giving the hospital patient room -f 100 beds and 23 bassinets The sec ond floor will bo a new obstetric care section of IK beds, two delivery rooms. two labor rooms and a father's room, all. newly equipped. By completing this area, others relieved of such services will be de voted to genera] medical cate, thus provid'ng the needed space the board of managers says the hospital must have to serve properly the growing dumber of patients in the surrounding counties. Other Work. Too Simultaneous with the second floor obstetric section work, addi tional alterations will make the west wing, now the obstetrical section, into a general medical care section and the East wing will be provided for Negro patients Lobby and in formation desk areas will be im proved in functional design, also. Central core of the work is tHr completion of the Mettauer Wing's second floor. When that is done, and the other alterations completed, people in the hospital area will have seen the end made to a $600,000 addition to the hospital, begun in 1949. that keeps the hospital in the forefront as a leader in community hospitalization. (Tit PACK MEETING Tire seven Farmvilo Cub Srou' dens will unite for a Park meet ing tonight 1 Friday * in Hr- Fits auditorium at 7:30 o'clock.
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