Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1910 — Auto Ambulances for Insane. [ARTICLE]

Auto Ambulances for Insane.

New York.—The first automobile ambulance ever built for the exclusive handling insane patients is shortly to be put in service at Bellevue hospital. The psychopathic ward at Bellevue receives most of the cases of suspected insanity from all parts of the city. Heretofore insane patients were brought to Bellevue in patrol wagons by the police. Now the police will have nothing to do with the handling of such cases. Two trained nurses will go out on calls with the ambulance. This is expected to result lamore humane and more intelligent handling of patients. This new service will cost the city about 38,000 a year.