Friday, November 24, 1944
Page Five
THE JEWISH NEWS
This Advertisement Sponsored By
William Hordes
Columbus Mutual Life 'Insurance
605 Fox Building
$2,000,000 Fund Drive to Be Launched
For Jewish Hospital Here in February
A number of prominent De-
troiters will celebrate their
birthdays during the month of
December. Among them are the
following:
Lt. Col. Rowland W. Fixel,
pared with the following other large cities:
Dec. 6; Dr. Hugo A. Freund,
5.2
New York
Dec. 6; Mrs. Charles B. Lakoff,
6.4
Chicago
Dec. 6; Mrs. Isaac Gilbert, Dec.
6.6
Philadelphia
Modefn, 200-Bed Project to Be Constructed;
Association to Function Under Fede,ration
(Continued from Page One)
A statement issued by the committee of
12 explains that in formulating plans for the
proposed hospital "our interest is in behalf
of a better city and a better nation." Their
statement declares:
"We are deeply concerned for America's
future and the well-being of its people. A
modern hospital is an excellent contribution
to the general welfare and to the enrichment
of living.
"A Jewish hospital will offer more hos-
pital appointments and privileges; give in-
ternships to Jewish medical school graduates;
add to prestige and aid physicians in getting
into other hospitals; counteract the difficulty
now experienced by Jewish physicians to ob-
tain major privileges in denominational hos-
pitals, even if well-qualified; provide Jewish
atmosphere and dietary laws for the mental
comfort of patients, and win respect for the
Detroit Jewish medical profession as a whole
through the advantages offered by a first
class Jewish hospital.
WILL BE A GENERAL HOSPITAL
"The hospital will be a general hospital
for acute diseases and will include all of the
specialties of medicine and surgery; it will
inter-relate and coordinate bed services with
clinic services. It will be concerned with the
care of the patient; the furthering of med-
ical education of its own medical staff and of
medical students by affiliation with a med-
ical school; education of nurses; clinic and
laboratory research, and preventative medi-
cine.
"The hospital will include three types
of beds: (a) private rooms for which patients
would pay the regular fixed rates, somewhat
higher than the cost of service; (b) semi-
private (two in a room), for which the pa-
tients will pay regular fixed rates at about
the cost of service; (c) wards (four beds to a
ward) for which patients will pay nominal
rates below cost of services, or will occupy
beds free of any charges."
The $2,000,000 goal is declared to be a
"conservative figure."
Describing the proposed hospital drive
in relation to other causes, the committee's
statement points to the following facts:
"The hospital project has the endorse-
ment and complete cooperation of the Jew-
ish Welfare Federation.
ASIDE FORM OTHER CAMPAIGNS
"During this war period, when Allied
Jewish Campaign funds, along with Com-
munity Fund and National War Fund fi-
nances are being secured through the War
Chest of Metropolitan Detroit, it is essential
that capital funds for the hospital be raised
at a time and in a manner so as not to inter-
fere with our full participation in the over-
all, city-wide drive for the continuing needs
of the United Jewish Appeal, our own local
agencies and for all the other great causes in
behalf of our armed forces and our brave
Allies.
"Due attention is being paid to proposed
Federal legislation which would widen the
Social Security Act to include coverage for
medical care.
"The hospital leadership also is mindful
of the possible effect of regional and city
planning on the hospital of the future. One
of the basic principles of community plan-
ning is that it must be sufficiently flexible
to permit modification, merging, adding and
subtracting in any of its services, in keeping
with corresponding trends in the needs of
the people. For those changes, institutions
and -welfare agencies and program will, at all
times, take the changing life and the needs
of the community into account."
Reporting on the hospital survey con-
ducted here by Dr. Golub, the committee
points to the fact that Detroit has 3.2 general
hospital beds per 1,000 population as corn-
Birthdays of
Next Month
3.2
DETROIT
• 4.9
Los Angeles
• 5,1
Cleveland
6.0
St. Louis
7.1
Baltimore
8.8
Boston
7.4
Pittsburgh
At least 23 cities in the. country have
Jewish hospitals. Among the 10 largest
cities, Detroit is the only -City that has no
hospital under Jewish auspices. There are
only seven cities in the country, including
Detroit, with a Jewish population of over
20.000 that have no Jewish hospitals. Sev-
eral other cities with 9,000 to 12,000 Jews
have Jewish hospitals.
DETROIT READY TO PROCEED
• "There are several reasons why Detroit
has had no hospital under Jewish auspices,"
it is pointed out. "First, the community was
young; secondly, Detroit was busy doin
other things in the field of welfare service;
thirdly, there was some question as to
whether the community could raise the funds
for the building and maintenance of a hos-
pital.
"Examination of the subject today shows
that Detroit is now ready on every count to
proceed with the hospital program."
In a statement supplementing his study
of the hospital situation in Detroit, Dr. Golub
declared as follows:
"It is traditional with people of all de-
nominations to build institutions for the
benefit of the entire community. It is one
of the many ways in which Catholics, Pro-
testants and Jews give self-expression to
their communal and philanthropic stirrings.
"The existence of Jewish institutions
adds to the self-respect of Jews and to the
respect of their neighbors for them. Life
centered around such institutions gives a
greater feeling of dignity and security.
"The greatest tragedy in Europe was ex-
perienced by the Jew who was never identi-
fied with things Jewish, or knew not, or
found it expedient not to admit that he was
a Jew. He belonged to no 'one. Spiritually
and nationally he was a lonesome man.
COMPETENT JEWISH DOCTORS
"About 126,000 physicians are connected
with hospitals in the United States. There is
no information as to the number of Jewish
physicians affiliated with hospitals or health
services. But it is known that the number of
Jewish physicians holding appointments in
any capacity in non-Jewish hospitals is small,
and the number holding important appoint-
ments is negligible. Detroit has a full com-
plement of competent doctors ready for any
asignment that lies ahead.
"It is evident that whatever opportun-
ities -Jewish physicians have for experience,
research . and teaching in this country, are,
with a few outstanding exceptions, almost
entirely in the Jewish hospitals.
"Then, there is the problem of the recent
Jewish graduate in medicine, who has educa-
tion but no experience. He seeks hospital
internship; he requires intimate study of
disease, an opportunity to apply his theoret-
ical knowledge at the bedside; he needs con-
tact with older physicians, to be directed on
an ethical path and to be stimulated to per-
form his medical tasks With intelligence,
modesty and experience, lest he enter the
profession unseasoned and unguided.
"Though thinking Jews and non-Jews
rightly feel that there is no need for as po-
litically eparate front on the part of Jews
in the United States, they find much ad-:
vantage in the opportunities which Jews
create for themselves for self-expression it
philanthropy, culture and service for the en-
tire community in which they live."
9; Maurice Aronsson, Dec. 11;
Rabbi Leon Fram, Dec. 12; Har-
ry C. Davidson, Dec. 15; Samuel
Kohienberg, Dec. 15; Samuel W.
Leib, Dec. 16; Mrs. Benjamin
Lambert, Dec. 17; Oscar Klaus--
ner, Dec. r9; Dr. Alexander W..
Sanders, Dec. 19; Mrs. Oscar M.,
Zemon, Dec. 21; Emanuel G.
Frank, Dec, 23; Dr. Max A.
Winslow, Dec. 23; Louis Dann,
Dec. 24; Morris L. Schaver, Dec..
25; Dr. Meryl L. Fenton, Dee.
27; Benjamin Wilk, Dec. 29; Eli.
Lightstone, Dec. 29.