HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1965-08-12, Page 7is this area's haven foi• the ill . . . ALEXANDRA MARINE and GEN-
A
tRAL HOSPITAL, where 3,293 patients ypt'1it..�a total of,28,49-I days 'during
t�lie past year, iie average patient spends 11.3 .days in the Alexandra Mar-.
inc and General ',Hospital compared With 1110 provilWial average of 10 days.
This hospital wilt he considered one of the finest in the province as .far a;
elluipinent, facilities anal personnel are concerned. There are eight doctors_.. ...+ . m �..... ..w _ ._ .
o,ll' the staff, 56 Nurses awl. 58 other employees, in1•llitllll�,' malty competent
During Hospital Week we wish to e mphas i that Alexandra Marine and ancl Gen-
eral Hospital is "YOUR HOSPITAL FOR YOU and YOUR COMMUNITY."
Yourhoer-s,--a--1-a-y- o - 6 a3rs.- a yam, 'Ycfu_Wan. a,t that_
only
The hospital is people — these people within the institution who are trying to
provide servile that is.needed-- .nd it is you, through your support: Support does not'
only mean a financial donation. Yo can si ) ort_ your hos.,pi�tal by showing that xou
in are
intereste what service �is being provice d and that you are concerned about the prob
lems and needs of the hospital in your _community.
We are extremely grateful for the tine support given us by so many during our
years of operation. It is gratifying because, as you know, the hospital is not a private
enterprise, but a community responsibility. It serves the ccimmunity and -in a sense
must be served by the community. 'You, the people
of Goderich
and vicinity, play a
large part in developing -the in .the service" that your ,hospital can give.
way! We strive to have it. that way.
Being prepared to meef all emergencies at any hour of the day or night is a
huge task and a very costly item. It means the necessity of having and maintaining
costly equipment that gets only occasional a se • and. yet is necessary to save lives. The
hospital must have an incubator to assist the prematurely born; it needs an oxygen tent
for the patient who has had a heart attack.. This 'equipment is costly and may be:re-
quired only occasionally and for a short period of time. Nevertheless the hospital is ex-
- „pected to provide it.
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If you have been taking your hospita 1 foi granted, why not start now and find -
out something about: this community asset that is truly on guard for you at all times.
THIS ISYOUR HOSPITAL
Here are statistics front the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital .
'just a few of the Anally things which, during our past year of operation,
have eansttid us litany. fired 1',eet-, aching hacks, sleepless nights aitd 111ueh
HAPPI \ ESS
Total Number of Patient :Days
.New Born Babies Patient Days
Number Of In -Patients
Number Of Out -Patients
Number Of Babies Born
Average Patient, Stay, In Days
27,117
1;377
1,739
1,349'
205
11.5
Number. Of Operations Performed 389
Nurnber Of Meals Served--Patients---8-1;3-5-1-=-
Daily Average Number Of. Patients 79.
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ALEXANDRA MARINE an
Within a few weeks your hospital will het.rin its proposed e -
patlsioil and Upon eolnplot ions will a;ppt'ar as 111 t 11(' art Ist, t't)lll't`l)t ti3il
above. This expansion and model"nization along with the latest
.equipment which has been installed is just a till -cher elltlea‘or o1
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