"location. comer of Haviland and

last ,GeneiTaT Hospital in The Province Dates Fromjeptember 9,1879

11:. first recorded item in the “main of the Clnrlottotawn Hoe- pitai is 5 ‘copy 0. leleatem sent 1,, Bishop Mela '10 Quebec in Navunber 1878: "Could I have any Nuns for hospital. 13-bed, and for visiting the sick poor and sick of the city. Kindly stato eon- ditiona. Answer by telegraph." purther communications resulted in the coming to Charlottetown of air Sisters of Charity of Quebec (Grey Nuns). on September 9. 1879. Bishop McIntyre and Rev. A. Mc- Gillivray accompanied the religious from Quebec. on their arrival the Bishop presented the superior. Mother st. Thomas. with the key of the institution, henceforth known as the Charlottetown Hos- p;l31_ This, the first general hos- pital in the province, was opened in a house in which the Bishop had lived before the erectirn oi the present residence, funding about where the vestry of the Bas- ilica is now located. (The-house vars later removed to its present

Dorchester Streets.)

The first medical staff had these members: Doctors 1-lobkirk. John- mil, Canning, McLeod. Taylor. Beer and Conroy. The last named was appointed “I-louse-Surgeon." The first patient admitted was one James Flynn, aged 60. on October 9th. 1879. During the year 1880. 60 patients were admitted, loo visits were made to the sick in homes and 190 persons treated at the Dispensary.

SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC

The year 1885 was made mem- orable by the visitation of a viru- lent epidemic of smallpox. It is dif- iicuit for the present generation to imagine the terror that filled all hearts as this plague raged. To the undying gratitude of the cit- izens the Grey Nuns nursed the victims, sending three sisters to the place in Brighton used ‘as it smallpox hospital. "Within a month over a hundred were admitted," say the Annals, "on one day alone the Register lists, is admissions." In token of appreciation for the gratuitous services of the sisters. the City Council and Board of Health voted them grants of fifty and one hundred and fifty dollars respectively.

GROWTH

it was not long before it was necessary to build an addition to the house on Dorchester at. as the years went by that. too, proved inadequate. since the land at that location was needed for the contemplated cathedral. it was decided to build on Dundee Es- planade, the land having been ac- quired previously from Owen Con- nolly. In i890, Mrs. Connolly gave her residence to the sisters of charity to use as a. boarding home, reserving two rooms for her per- sonal use. In 1891 under direction of Rt. Rev. Bishop J.C. MacDon- ald. a. fine frame building was erected on the Esplanade. This had a wing added in 1903, the wing \vhich many citizens will remem- ber as containing the large ward for men and the operating room.

The work developed year by year and it would require more space that we can take here to describe adequately the devoted services of those self-sacrificing women in grey. Many of the pat- ients were non-paying as they are todny, and to meet current ex- penscs (not to mention extraord- inary) was a great problem in the days when government grants were nil or very low. To help finance the institution the nuns went out through the city and country col- lecting; and many men and worn- en, now middle-aged, recall that their first glimpse of the religious garb was when the Grey Nuns came to one or other country por- ish.

NEW DE|'AR’l'l\ll'J.NTS

The Mntcrnlty Department was opened in will. enlarging the scope of the hospital activities. Mrs. Rose Monacben. who passed to her eternal reward two years :30. was the fondly-remembered first supervisor.

Another progressive step was made when the school of Narnia! was established in 1920 on the urging of Rt. Rev. n. J. o'Leary. then Bishop of the diocese. and later Archbishop of Edmonton. The first Directreee was sister at Bertha. a omnn well fitted for the responsible post; the founda- tions she laid have been in n0 small way the source of much 01 the success achieved by W9 school. The first graduates were:

Evelyn Clementine Cold!- Adele Margaret Connors.

ery Laurette tlacnonald. Margaret Johanna Maenonald. Margaret Pearl Mexenna. Annie mien Macfntyre.

Hon Margaret wcrntvfl. Mary Melinda Macnellan. Anna ltbel Murphy.

At an first and than excl-elm Dr. lil.';. lilelaeherraddreased the audience.

Ifld'

non. Dr. w. .v. P. Macmillan Chief of Staff

mg of November 32nd.. lwl. but fortunately no lives were lost nor patients injured in any way though the building was badly damaged. The Rena MHCW Hospital (Gov-

ernment House and annex) was generously placed at the disposal of the hospital authorities by the Provincial Government for temp- orary use. The damaged building was moved to a lot across the street. remodelled. and used again as a hospital until August, 1925.

CORNERSTONE LAID

The laying of the cornerstone of the present brick building took place on June 1'7. 1923. Bishop Iouis J. O'Leary blessed the stone and his brother. Archbishop 0'Leary of Edmonton. delivered a masterly address.

GREY NUNS RECALLED

Before the new building was completed. the Grey Nuns were re- called to their Motherhouse in Quebec. These admirable religious. the pioneer nurses in Prince; Ed- ward Island, had given forty-six years of zealous labor for suffering humanity in the province and gen- uine sorrow was manifested by all t——-———————-—————-————

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FEBRUARY . 21, 1950'

Voices Thanks Of lteiumed Men for Veierans'__WIng

Mr. P. A. MoLeilan, flour-la, President, Provincial Comrnmd Canadian Legion. B. E. B. L. writes concerning the new win. yo. "4. ersns as follows: ‘

It is impossible to mmu in words. the sentiments of the "fig. turned Men" of our Province on the occasion of the opening of this new wing for Veterans at the City Hospital. Charlottetown.

Until I few years ago, our dis- abled and wounded men was forced to go to the nlatnlesid for trealinlent and hospitalization and needless to say this procedure en- tailed muchdelay and oorraiderable hardship before ‘a comfortable hospital bed was reached where rest and contentment the essential requisites for successful tseatrnenu. were received.

In a great many cases this de- lay and exposure during such a journey considerably aggralvated the man's condition and further jeopardized his ohancee for rq:ov-

ery.

Unfortunately. we have today in our Province as a. result of the two world conflicts a large number of young men, suffering as the inevit- able result of their heroic part in these campaigns. What a. relief it is to these poor chaps to_ realize they can be treated as successfully and in a more contented atmos- phere here at home. what a satis- faction it is to those energetic citizens responsible for additional hospital accommodation in our own Province. to know that they will have the everlasting gratitude of the boys who sacrificed so much and came home wounded and broken in body and future outlook.

Today in our Country no hospital -can be considered complete with- out the greatest possible facilities for the care and treatment of those wounded and disabled heroes.

Our City Hospital at Charlotte- town has an enviable reputation throughout America. The Medical Staff both physicians and kind Sis- tors are most efficient and always understanding and sy1npathe‘tic-

. (ContinueQ on page 8, %ol. 2)

_ Read rybody ' Come Prince Edward Island Like the Dew

SECOND SBCTION .

Foreword ’ ’

It gives me great pleasure," as Secretary of the Board of Governors and Chief of the Medical Staff of the Charlottetown Hospital to write a few words on this unique ‘and memorable occasion in the life history of this I-Iospite.1._, » ‘

This, the oldest Hospital in Prince Edward

Island first opened its

doors to patients in 1879. A

large addition was erected in 1895. The old build- ing was seriously damaged by fire in 1921. The new hospital was opened in 1925, and the new addi- ilon is being opened today. .

Supporting the words of His Excellency

Bishop Boyle, Governors,

Chairman of the Board of I can say that the Board has

taken ‘meticulous care and spared no expense to make the new Pavilion the most up-to-date in hospital construction in this country. The type of construction is modern and designed to stand the test of ,time and climate. Every department of the hospital corresponds to the rigid requirements of present day hospital construction and, in fact, is away ahead in most particulars. It has been the aim and wish of the Board, supported by the Sis-

tors in charge and the

Medical Staff, to

give to future patients the best possible and the latest in modern hospital construction and equip-

ment.

We tender our sincere thanks to the Federal Department of Veterans’ Affairs for its grant of $75,000.00 for modern up-to-date accommodation

for veterans, and we

also tender thanks to the

Federal and Provincial Departments of Health and Welfare for their grants on the basis of bed con- struction. We also thank all contributors, especially those paying the cost of furnishing rooms and everyone who, for years past, and for years to

come, has helped and hospita1..in a financial

will continue to help this way. .

We welcome and thank our many visitors. By

their presence here they show their

interest in

hospitals and in sick people because in no Province of Canada has more support been given for years by the public in support of our private hospitals. Our people have the happy assurance that their financial support has saved many lives and it is a fine exempllfication of greatest of Christian vir-

tues. Thank you.

DR. W. J. P. MacMILLAN, Chief of Staff.

Ilespltal Pavilion

0 {PAGE AONLE Pediatrics Dept.

On Complete New Scale |s_P_|anned

Plans for a complete new Pediatrics Department for the one of children under 12 years of age are now being oompleted. The der par-tment will be under the general supervision of Miss Eileen Mac- Donald, R.N., who is a graduate of the Charlottetown I-fomltal. and who has many years emerienoe as a Rrivate Duty Nurse and an e Floor Supervisor. Misc MacDon- ald took her post‘ graduate studies In Pediatrics at the Ottawa Civic Hospital in 1949 preparatory to taking charge of this department.

moon surmvrsrox

sister M. Oarnillus, I-LN., is a irradualte of the Chiuim..etown Hospital. following which she did post graduate work in general nursing at the Corey Hill Hospital, Broolcline, Mass.. and at the Rob- ert Brigham I-lomital also in Brookline. she entered the sisters of St. Martha and returned tothe Charlottetown Hospital in 1928 where she did genu-al supervision.

Sister M. Calmillus was Admin- istrator of the hospital between 1933-1937. She did poet graduate

work in Social service Elizabeth's Nursing Guild, Toronto, in 1932. and,for many years was well known in this City in con- ncction with the Social service De- partment. In the past fcw years she returned as Supervisor of the Convalescent Department of the Charlottetown Hospital.

Sister M. Patricia. RN. is a graduate of the Charlottetown Hospital in 1940. During the years between 1941-1948 Sister M. Pat- ricia was floor supervisor at the Charlottetown I-Iospltal,and acted as supervisor in'the Western Hos- pital, Alberton, during the first year and a half after it was open- ed. On her return to the Charlotte- town Hospital Sis/ter M. Patricia has been supervisor on the worn- en’: floor. In 1949 Sister M. Pat- ricia was sent to the Kitchener Waterloo Hospital to study the lay out and operation of the Cantrell supply. From there she went to

(Continued on page 6. Col. 2)

Ospital pens. New Pavilion Toda-

The opening of the new Pavil- ion of the Charlottetown I-lonital is a new milestone reached in the evolution of hospital service in the Province. The Charlotte- town Hospital began to function in embryo in 1879 when tho late Bishop Maclntyre invited the Grey Nuns of Quebec to take over a twelve bed hospital in our city. Our own Sisters of St. Mar- tha took over the management of the hospital in 1925. Since that time the Sisters. in spite of many difficulties. have given loyal. dis- tinguished and consecr ‘ted serv- ice to the cause of the sick. The Sisters and the Board’ of Manage- ment as well as the general pub- lic have long recognized the ira- adquecy of our facilities to meet the many urgent demands for in- reased bed-capacity and the up- to-date equipment which is nec- essary in a modern hospital. The Pavilion is therefore a long cher- ished dream‘ come true. It is the outcome of vision, p1anning..cour- age and faith in the future on the part of the Sisters, Board of Management, and Medical staff. It is no flash of magnificence or luxury but a simple necessity to enable our hospital plant to keep pace with the enormous advance- ment in medical science especially during the last decade and a half.

Time was when smallpox. diph- theria. typhoid, cholera, and yel- low fever were regarded as fatal; today thanks to the advance of medical science, they have been shorn of their terrors and releg- ated to the list of preventable diseases. Modern surgery, thanks to methods of antiseptic treat- ment invtroduccd by Lord Lister and to the discovery of anaes- thesia. brought into the world within a'half century more gen- uine thankfulnees for the allev- iation of pain and suffering than the human race since its crea- tion had ever cause to show.

Since 1935 research students in the medical field announced the discovery of the Sulfonamidee which opened the era of the an- tibiotic drugs in medicine which are so effective in bringing in- fectious diseases under control.

Within the last decade came Penicillin, evolving from the pressure of the needs of the Brit- ish army ln the World War. also great advance in the fields of Preventive Medicine. in the ob-

stetrical procedures, and in the

.. Photos by Gamhum

A j Outcom-Jeff Vision ,Courage“and Faillll Says Bishop Boyle

The light lav. Jlmea Boyle, Bishop of Charlottetown

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Ills Excellency Bishop Boyle

field of surgery due to the ap plication of new knowledge of anaesthesia so that patients are made . safe for surgery and on their fact much sooner than was posivbla formerly. Then con- quests af medical science, and others of which no layman is competent to speak. are due, ev- ery one of thorn, to better know- ledge of nature’: laws and to in- crasing professional skill. When he sees what has .been accomp- lished in a few short years, every medical student and doctor must be conscio of his own need for continuous study and more spec- ialized courses and profeuional. training on a university plane. for daily. the work of research and experiment is adding to the dot‘.- tor’s equipment. He will fail in- his duty to himself and to his pa- tients if he does not keep in touch with the latest developments.

In the medical field as else- where leaders are always need- ed. The success of every profes- sional leader is measured, not so much by his material accomplish- ments. by what he can get for himself, as by what he can do for others and the confidence he can establish in himself. Every professional man who fails to measure up to the highest pro- fessional ideals not only ‘falls short of his own best good but positively harms every othepmau who would attain the best.

Since the war many future have conepiredio compel more people to enter hospitals than ever before. To mention only a few. doctors, in many case: today refuse iaitreait their patient: at their hemee for on abvletu ree- eon that the conditions surroundi- ing the patient in the average home. make treatment and recov- ery difficult if not impossible. The various types of hosptal inn surance in vogue today make the need for more hospital beds ima- perative. The enormous develop- ment in medical science rnakei diagnosis and iheraputic treat- ment lmposible oumlde I modern well-equipped hospital.

There is a demand from many quarters for the expansion of so- cial security to bring health and hospital services to every indiv- idual eligible for insurance hem efits under the proposed social insurance act and to the depend- ents of these. It is probable that sooner or later, Social Insurance Programs under the gwerrunenit will expand to provide medical and hospital services on a wide scale. It is no solution of ‘the problem that confronts greet masses of the people. to deecent with superior wisdom. on the weaknesses and defects of I Na- tional Health Insurance Program, unless we are willing to work for the extension of the present form: of voluntary insurance. Enrol- ment in Blue Cram and Blue Shield and other plans of hosp- liai and medical care in Canada. is already impressive. It is the opinion of the writer that these voluntary plans are capable of vast expansion. The grants made by the Federal Government matched by the Provinces. in no of hoepiial construction are meet- ing with general approval. In favor of economy and freedom our Governments might be per- suaded to make similar grants in aid of indigent patients and those of meagre income. such grants to be used to purchase Blue Cross and Blue Shield care.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Thou’rt loved alike of sun and

sea, Of shadowy night and glowing noon:‘

The smiling stars are kind to

. thee, Thou'rt robed in beauty by the moon.

Blow winds of east—-blow winds of west, '

No matter what the wind may be;

Thou‘rt lulled all tenderly to rest

Beloved of aun—-beloved of sea.

Calm twilight waters mirror back The mystic trees that guard thy

shore. And epecks of gold from nature‘: sack. The fire-flies flitter o’er and o'er. Peace waits beside thy woodland

trails. And joy beside lhy forest streams. some wiurdry of thine unveils The Road —- the Golden Road of Dreams. Lucy Gertrude Clarkln In “led and White".