Emergency Hospital
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| Location | Model City |
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| No. of Buildings | 1 |
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| Construction Cost | $80,000 ($2.41 million in 2021) |
In the Model City, was a working model hospital that was used if Fairgoers or performers became ill or got hurt and needed treatment.
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Description[edit | edit source]
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.
An emergency hospital completes the list and group of buildings on Model street. This structure was erected by the Exposition management to meet the requirements and exigencies incident to the handling of immense crowds. The building has a plain exterior, occupying a ground space of 106x109, the lower story of which is bisected by a corridor floored with granitoid. The front portico is supported by columns, and the building is a frame covered with shingles with a view to greater substantialness than staff permits, in which respect it is somewhat out of harmony with the other buildings on Model street. The front part is an office, occupied by Medical Director L. H. Laidley, connected with which is a reception room, and back of this are bed-rooms, a diet kitchen and the hospital proper. There are two wards, one for men, the other for women, each 24x47, and provided with eighteen cots. In addition to these is an operating room 16x20 feet, fully equipped with X-ray apparatus and other accessories provided to meet all emergencies and to perform the most serious operations that require immediate attention. On the second floor are dormitories for nurses, and an office room for the matron, and nothing is lacking for the best care of the sick and injured, a large number of cases having been successfully treated here during the Exposition period.
