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Stete's.onty Black owned
hospital face's closure
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DETROIT - South est
Detroit Ho pitaf will soon be
cI ing i � permanently if
immedia e ctioe i not taken to
deter thi , say the Friends of
outh est Detroit Ho pital, a
I group organized to save the .
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ore than 300 professio
. be job a major Black
o ed d o�r ted f cility will
be turned (1'ICf to . te control-
lers and essence of Bla
pride' . dIe,' the
ge stre ed by the Friends
group ded by Rev. Owles
Adams, p tor of Hartford
emor] 8 ptist OIurch and
Dr. Claude Young. preside of
CLe.
Why ould . pro' ct
. be ab doDed
its Chief Operati g Officer
Betty Frye, ys the 210-bed
fa .. . modem, with te-of-
tbe-art me operat-.
a fully stiffed, 24
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poor and indigent wait until a
crisis before seeking treatment
SDH's 24 hour emergency ser­
vice � no tum them a y like
hospitals 0 close their emer­
gency rooIDS. W
. At the tum of the ce tury
there were approximate 200
full-s rvice Blackowned and
operated hospitals in the U . In
1950 there were 10 in the aty of
Detro' Adams � to know
why America is losing its �lack
hospitals en still see the
practice of blatant c:lisaioiina­
lion and obvious segregati m
the 'placing of Black dod and
patients in white hospitals," .
Reginald Ayala SDH Chief
Executive officer plans to ub­
mit a proposal to Wayne Coun­
ty because he feels that the
prospect of patients will en-
hance the pilars 6nanc4
In addition, a eries of
fundraiser are planned. The
neD will be J 22 the Wol­
feriDe Golf Oub . Oemens.
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In 1900 th r r approximately 200
full- rvle, Blaek-owned and op rated
ho pltal In th U. S. In 1950, ther w re
10 In trolt. lod y, th elty' last one
fae a 3 million d flclt.
hour emergency room that
trea anyone in need of medical
care regar of thei fman­
cial situation.
The 14-year-old hospital
operates on a S2S million annual
budge and is running a S3 mil­
lion deficit, Frye ys.
Frye ys, "S.D.H.· not just a
hospital but roll model for
young Black professi . Here
the chances tor Bla advanc:z.
ment in cImin· tNe posi .
are exceptio I, hereas you
wouldn't find this soi larger
corporate pi
Dr. Adams ys if re
350 Black doctors in the
Detroit area - if e n half of
them - uld eep one patient
requiring hospitalization in
Southwest everyday, the hospi­
. tal u1d expand and succeed,
He says, wIf we I SDH will
lose our indigenous and unique
contribution to the field of in-
titiutional care. W
According to Clifton As­
sociates President Edith aiftoo,
a member of the Friends of
South e t Detroit 80 pital,
"Blac are IDOre prone than
f itestode ofcaacer.beartdis­
ease troke kidney failure
and . bete . Though early
de cttoa i imperative, our
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