Data on Wake County’s need for a general county hospital and the feasibility of converting the county home into a general hospital will be collected by a committee of three doctors appointed last week by the Wake County Medical Society. The committee will then meet with Dr. A.C. Bula, County Health Officer, and Dr. O.L. Ray, a member of the Board of Commissioners, and try to work out a feasible plan for caring for the indigent sick of the county.
The committee is composed of Dr. Z.M. Caviness and Dr. Hugh Thompson of Raleigh and J.M. Judd of Varina.
Several proposals were brought forward at the meeting last week in regard to the care of the indigent sick. The plan to use the county home for a general hospital, and make suitable provision for the patients who could not be cared for at their respective homes with the aid of the county was introduced.
An addition to the county home which could be used as an emergency hospital was one of the most widely favored plans, while others urged the necessity of a regular count hospital such as several other counties in the State maintain, the hospital to be provided by a bond issue and supported by taxes.
The committee will report to the meeting of the society next month.
From the front page of The Zebulon Record, May 21, 1926
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