The hospitals of Puerto Principe, Cuba / by S.T. Armstrong.

  • Armstrong, Samuel Treat.
Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The hospitals of Puerto Principe, Cuba / by S.T. Armstrong. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    since that time. It received the property of the old woman’s hospital, and at the present time its invest- ments represent, on paper—as there is no certain value of property today and mortgage interest is usually long overdue—$89,963.59. From such income as it can col- lect and an allotment of funds from the revenues the institution is supported. It is managed by a board of governors who were ap- pointed by the Governor-General of the island. The building is one story high, made of brick, and arranged in the form of two squares that touch at one angle, an arrangement that affords several courtyards and a plentiful supply of light and air. The wards are roomy, open to the roof, and numerous windows and doors give adequate ventilation. The wards are cleanly and in as good condition as can be expected from the construction of the buildings. Some rooms used as wards were formerly private rooms for which patients paid fifty cents a day. There is neither operating-room nor equipment of instruments. The general arrangement of the offices of the hospital are the same as in San Juan Hos- pital. The nursing is done by sisters and convalescent pa- tients, none of whom is trained. The diet is similar to that of San Juan, except that there is a supper of choc- olate or bread and milk. Patients are admitted to this hospital by authority similar to that of San Juan, and somewhat similar data are recorded in the hospital register. Obstetrical cases may be admitted, but are attended, as is the case with all confinements in the city, by a midwife. Patients who have communicable diseases are admitted, but not isolated. This hospital has a bath-room with several baths. The hospital is visited daily by its attending physi- cian, who was appointed by the Governor-General and who is paid $40 a month. Each sister is paid $10 a month. The work of this hospital in recent years has been: Admitted. Discharged. Died. 1895 66 22 31 1896 112 29 62