Providence Hospital at Capacity
Surging patient numbers force hospital sisters to relocate to accommodate a hospital that is rapidly running out of room.
There are now 90 patients in Providence Hospital, an increasing quite rapidly. Seven were admitted on Tuesday, five on Wednesday, and two on Thursday of this week. Both of those admitted yesterday had broken bones. In order to make more room, the sisters have given up their sleeping apartments and gone into another building to lodge. The new steam laundry, which by the way is said to be the most complete laundry this side of Omaha, was started up for the first time on Wednesday.
“In order to make more room, the sisters have given up their sleeping apartments and gone into another building to lodge.”
Providence Hospital, founded by the Sisters of Providence, grew rapidly to serve a city prone to industrial accidents. The sacrifice of the sisters' living quarters to house more patients illustrates the extreme resource strain early Seattle social services faced.
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