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Shelton Mason County Journal
Shelton, Washington
April 29, 1965     Shelton Mason County Journal
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PerCy M pio 6017 S.E. 86th^__ Ave to SHELTON-MASON COUNTY JOURNAL, Shelton, Washington Thursday, April 29, 1965 Shown above is an artist's sketch of the entry of a proposed plan for the new com- munity hospital on which y,ou will be asked to vote at a special election to be held on May 11, 1965. time the area is served by Shelton G eneral Hospital and the Clinic Hospital. General, with over two-thirds of the beds in the area, has been operating under a temporary since the State Hospital licensing law became effective in 1958. Complete replacement of General Hospital is considered mandatory by the State Health Department. Officials of the I'Iealth Department have indicated that they might close Shelton General if it becomes appar- progress is not being made on efforts to replace Shelton General. studies by one of the best Hospital Architects in the country indicated that it would not feasible, nor functionally feasible to enlarge the Clinic Hospital to a larger size that aCcommodate the entire community. and surveys by the State Health Departme nt Architects and a United States Public Health (Hill-Burton) architect have also indicated the same difficulties would be encountered to enlarge the Clinic Hospital and sti 11 satisfy Health department and Hill-Burton for a new or remodeled hospital. For several years the Health department has main- that it would not be feasible to enlarge the Clinic Hospital to serve the entire community. of this position, the Health Department officials have stated that they would not approve Hill-Burton funds for any project to enlarge the Clinic Hospital, nor to build an entirely on the downtown sites, unless the overall site was enlarged to at least five acres. ! the decision to build a new hospital on a new site was a fairly easy decision to make when all and circumstances were viewed objectively. District Commissioners, our elected representatives, made this decision and are now ask- B to give them the green light. NOW: We must face the challenge of providing a modern up-to-date hospital, adequate for today's needs as well as the future; one which we, the people of Mason County, can be proud of . . . a hospital built by the people belonging to them and administered by their elected representatives, the three hospital commissioners. ASK YOU TO VOTE FOR THE NEW HOSPITAL ON MAY I llh