Emergency Hospital
Public wiki for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition
| File:Emergency Hospital.png Emergency Hospital | |
| Construction Cost | (equivalent to $24,127,407 in 2021) |
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In the Model City, was a working model hospital that was used if Fairgoers or performers became ill or got hurt and needed treatment.
Etymology
Before the Fair
Description
The hospital was equipped with an emergency hospital with a full corps of physicians, nurses, attendants, and latest equipment. The staff, consisted of 9 surgeons, 9 orderlies, 9 stretcher bearers, 10 trained nurses and 5 ambulances, all under the charge of Dr. L. H. Laidley, Medical Director of the Exposition. Jefferson Guards could summon an ambulance from anywhere in the fairgrounds.
