Temporary Hospital Equipped for Twelve
With five patients being cared for, and equipment and room enough to comfortably care for twelve, Bemidji hospital located at Beltrami and Tenth, has been officially opened. Equipment from the Roosevelt hospital in St. Paul, practically new, has been installed where its use was possible, and has enabled patients to have the most modern of care and conveniences. Three operations were performed Wednesday.
Sterilizing equipment, new linen, and the latest in operating room equipment are installed in the hospital, which is under the general supervision of the Lutheran hospital board. Miss Martha Albin, associated with the old hospital before the fire last winter, is head nurse at the temporary building. Assisting her on the nursing staff are Mrs. A. H. Holpec, in charge of the operating room, Miss Anna Pearson, nurse on day duty, Miss Achenbach, night nurse, and Richard Lemmer, orderly. Jorand Hamre is cook, and a maid will be employed in the near future.
The first floor is devoted entirely to women patients while the men are confined on the second floor. A large glass-enclosed porch on the first floor allows patients plenty of light and fresh air. The operating room is located on the second floor. Much equipment from the Roosevelt hospital could not be used in the temporary structure, but has been stored and will be moved into the new hospital as soon as one is constructed. A driveway on the side of the building makes it especially accessible for ambulance cases. (Bemidji Daily Pioneer, June 1, 1929)