International Hospital Opens
- Title of event
- International Hospital Opens
- Type of event
- Opening
- Address of event
- International Hospital Opens Happened Entirely at 2348, 7th Ave
- Report on event
- International Hospital Opens Sole event referenced by International Hospital Seeks to Aid Middle Class as Whites Take Service
- Start date / time
- February 18, 1930
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Morning)
- Description
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Takes over Vincent Sanitorium; superintendent, Dr Rudolph Fisher. Space for 50 beds. Maternity ward for 8 mothers on second floor, operating room on 4th floor, 5th floor not in use, will be location of obstetrical and children's wards. Aims to cater to middle class of all races. 142 patients treated by July 1930, one third whites; 21 patients in hospital on July 9, 10 of them white