The Elizabeth City Hospital, under the management of Catholic Sisters for the past two years, will return to nonsectarian management on August 1 with a new hospital staff. Its owners, Dr. John Saliba and Dr. Mora S. Bulla, contemplate a partnership for the conduct of the hospital, the particulars of which have not yet been divulged.
Drs. Saliba and Bulla plan to conduct the hospital on a liberal policy, admitting all doctors and surgeons to practice in the hospital. They also plan to open a training school for nurses, in time developing their own nursing staff and providing trained nurses for outside work as well. One of the great handicaps of hospital operation in Elizabeth City has been a dearth of trained nurses. This scarcity of nurses is not confined to Elizabeth City but is universal and the opening of a training school for nurses in connection with the Elizabeth City Hospital will be welcomed throughout the State.
The proposed partnership of Dr. Saliba and Dr. Bulla is happily regarded by the friends of both men and by all who are anxious to see a hospital succeed in Elizabeth City. They are both splendid surgeons and each has a following of his own. Between the pair of them they may be able to swing the hospital in fine shape.
Dr. Mora S. Bulla came to Elizabeth City from Richmond, Ind., about five years ago, attracted by the opening of the hospital at that time as a community proposition. The Community Hospital venture failed.
About two years ago Dr. Saliba entered into a three-year contract with a Catholic Sisterhood. The Sisters, headed by Mother Agnnes, came from Conrad, Minn., to Elizabeth City. Their idea was to lease the hospital for a period of three years with the option of purchasing the property outright and establishing a truly Roman Catholic institution here.
But the plan of the sisters did not seem to meet with the approval of the church authorities. Without the sanction of the bishop of North Carolina, Diocese Mother Agnes could not get enough Sisters to operate the hospital efficiently. So early as last Fall Mother Agnes foresaw the failure of her venture.
The Sisters’ contract with Dr. Saliba was to expire about August 1, 1927. A few weeks ago the Sisters threw up their contract and announced they would leave Elizabeth City on August 1, 1926. Those who feared that the withdrawal of the Sisters might temporarily close the hospital were immediately reassured by the declaration of Dr. Saliba that the hospital would not be closed. The proposed partnership between Dr. Saliba and Dr. Bulla and their plans for a training school for nurses makes everybody feel better.
From the front page of The Independent, Elizabeth City, N.C., Friday, July 9, 1926
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