The Need for a New Hospital
A report on the medical needs of a growing logging town, where industry accidents necessitated larger facilities.
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One of the best and most important assets of Aberdeen is the hospital established last summer by the Sisters of Mercy, of New York, an institution that is calculated to do great good in the treatment of the accidents resulting from the mills and logging camps in continual operation in this harbor country. The patients at present occupy three large buildings, but plans have just been drawn for a large and commodious structure that will be built. This building will offer every comfort possible for the sick and be a monument to the city. From October 1st to December 31st, 110 patients were treated in the hospital, coming from all parts of the county; in almost every instance the men were suffering from accidental injuries.
“In almost every instance the men were suffering from accidental injuries.”
The reliance on a hospital to manage industrial 'accidents resulting from the mills and logging camps' underscores the high human cost of the period's primary industry. Today, healthcare in the harbor remains a critical civic anchor, though the nature of the labor injuries has shifted significantly.
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