Reasons for a Hospital by T. J. Evans

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 6, 1913

Reasons for a Hospital

By T. J. Evans

While Seventh-day Adventists have done much in the establishment and maintenance of sanitariums, they have done comparatively little along hospital lines. There are many reasons why we should now undertake such work in connection with the College of Medical Evangelists. Among these are:—

1. Hospitals are most successful when connected with medical colleges.

2. The efficiency of hospitals is greatly increased when the patients receive the attention of medical students who have been trained in the care of the sick.

3. No medical college can be successfully conducted without a properly equipped hospital.

4. The expense of caring for patients is less in hospitals than in sanitariums; for in hospitals the number of attendants is much less, and even some of these, notably the interns, devote their time to the comfort of the sick, without any financial compensation.

5. A hospital connected with a medical school is assured of the highest skill in the care of the sick. Everything is carried on scientifically. The best of laboratory facilities are available for making all tests that are necessary for the good of the patients.

6. Men of experience do the work in surgery and medicine, and this is an additional safeguard for the welfare of the patients.

7. A hospital is most desirable in the country, for convalescing patients have all the advantages of fresh air, sunshine, attractive foliage, and a minimum of noise.

T. J. EVANS, M. D.