The Significance of Hospital Day

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: The Significance of Hospital Day
Language: English
Year: 1936
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Fulltext: May, 1936 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 115 Significance Of l-lospital Day By FILIPINA SAL VOSA • DOES MAY 12th mean anything to you'? If there's anybody who does not realize the significance of the day, it's time that he did. It is the day of all hospitals, both private and public, big and small. Do you know why we have to celebrate Hospital Day? Hospitals play an important role in the community. A place without hospitals is just out of luck~ During the Spanish regime the value of hospitals was not realized. The people were afraid to go to hospitals. They feared the sight of a doctor, nurse or other health workers, especially the sanitary inspectors. But now, with the American rule, the people have come. to realize the importance of hospitals. They no longer have to be coaxed to go to hospitals for treatment of their sickness. Even barrio people now welcome the sight of visiting nurses. They eagerly await the coming of doctors and nurses. One will usually hear these questions asked by someone. : "When will our nurse come again?" or "Will she not visit us anymore?" Visiting doctors and nurses are more appreciated in the remote barrios of the Islands because of the absence of hospitals. There are barrios where nurses visit only once a month or once a year. So the arrival of a nurse is a gay of rejoicing among the barrio people, for in her, they find an always ready friend. We often read of complaints and reports about the inefficiency of a certain hospital administration. But let us be more slow in our criticisms of hospitals. The unhappy " Graduate, Philippine General Hospital. ·~~¢ .. ..,.. .,.,. ~- ~~·'' . ~~· ~~ Philippine Genarctl Hos~itctl incidents that happen· more frequently in public hospitals are not always to be blamed upon the hospital personnel. They may happen because of lack of personnel and . adequate facilities which are caused by insufficient funds appropriated by the lawmaking body of our government. It is a sad thing to note that some of our legisla. tors are more quick in slashing appropria·· tions for health work than those providing for luxuries of some of our privileged lawmakers. Just what are hospitals and what do they do foi· us? Hospitals are houses where the sick are cared for. Hospital~ provide for dispensaries where people who do not need hospital confinement can go for treatment as prescribed by the doctors. Some hospitals in Manila that do this kind of work are the Philippine General Hospital, San Juan de Dios Hospital, Mary Johnston Hospital, St. Lukes' Hospital, and St, Paul's Hospital. The Philippine General Hospital has an extension service by which patients discharged from the hospital are followed up. The St. Paul's Hospital has a similar service callee! social work. The sisters of the hospital (Continued on page 128) 128 TV HOUDA Y SHORE By Edirh M. Parch and Carroll Lane Fenton Have you ever gone on a picnic <t the seashore? If you have, then you must have seen what a delightful spot the. beach is. Yau must also have seen the strange creatures who mak~ their homes near the sel. You rr.ust ha''' met the little crabs who go in and out of holes with amusing rapidity. Perhaps you hav? ~ccn strange anima:ls clinging to rocks. swimming in little pools or lying on the sand when the tide goes out. This fine book tells many interesting stories about the little creatures of the seashore. There is a story about King Limulus whv can swim backwards and change his color when he wants to: Hermit Crab, who grows a new leg when one is broken. is also in the book. There ar~ fishes without bones, and others. A child who loves nature THE SIGNIFICANCE OF visit and give nursing care to th!! poor families in the neighborhood of lntramuros. · Many hospitals havt> an ambu· lance service which is very nicessarv in meeting emergencies. This is one of the most valuable services tl1t: THE YOUNG CITIZEN study will find a friend in this book. SUNG UNDER THE SIL VER UMBRELLA Prepared by the Literature Committee of tht Association for Childhood Education This is a book of the best vers..: for children. Old and modern poems, sad ones, gay ones, short ones, long ones, are contained in this book. The poems were selected because chil.dren have liked them. Rosetti. Stevenson, Tennyson .and others. togeth.:r with many modern poets of wrses for childr.en are represented in this "anthoiogy which was prepar~d by a committee who did plenty of sorting and shifting in order to create a good book. This is a popular book for teachers anrl parents to use with children of kin~ dergarten or· primary age. Dorothy Lathrop. a wcll-kqown illustrator: drew many charming pictures for the book. Hospital offer training facilities to medical studenu and practitioners. The Maternity Hospital and Sta. Theresita's Hospital have schools for midwives. These are only somt of the many benefits that we get from hospitals. W har arc we supposed to do on Hospital Daw? We are supposed government hospitals qtn render. to answer th? invitation of the hos Ma.y, 19811 YOUNG WRITERS ROSES Of all the flowers I like best That bloom sO radiant and fair. The fragrant rose lead all the rest. As I tend it f~om day to day. [[ When ail its rosy petals bloom, And sparkle with the silv'ry dew, The morning sun that shine on high Gives it a little smile Or two. By Praxedes B. T upas A GOLDFISH'S STORY I was born in a big aquarium in a ·pet shop: I was very weak an~ so I had to be separated from my mother because she might eat me any time. The food they gave me was oatmeal and soon I. grew strong. Many months later I was a full grown goldfish. I looked for my. mother but alas! She had died. I stayed in the shop for nearly a year until one day a kind-looking woman bought me and had me brought to her home. She had many children. She gave me to them. They all took good care of me. Now I have six children. Four are males and two are females. The family is very proud of me and always take good care of my children too. Erlinda T. Alcantara There· are also hospita.ls in differH pita.ls by visiting them, then we St'I! baby contests in the morning and mt parts of the Islands that have what they have to show us. By games in the afternoon. In th'! schools of nursing, some of which doing this. we can realize how the wards the doctors, internes. and ;ire- the Philippine Gmeral Hospi- money that we give for hospitals nurses can be seen at work. The tal, San Juan de Dios Hospital. are spent. On this day. everybody dormitoric.> of the doctors and Mary Johnston Hospital. St. Lukes" i$ given the op,ortunity to see tho? nurses are also open to the public. Hospital. St. Paul's Hospital. different departments. some of Tn visiting the nurses' dormitgries Southern Islands Hospital, lloilo which are not always accessible ~o one cannot but be impressed by th~ Mission Hospital. and the Emme.- lhe public every day. There are cleanliness and orderliness of th.? nuel Hospital. The Philippine Gen- demonstrations O'l different kinds whole building. The nurses are excral Hospital and San Juan de Dies of surgical operations. There ar~ pected to see that everything is clean