Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — CLINIC HAS PROVED WORTH [ARTICLE]

CLINIC HAS PROVED WORTH

Organization Establlahad by Boston Firm Well Worthy as Imitation by Other Employ ere. TjTplSneer medioal clinic, established 15 years ago to protect the health of 600 employees, and gradually enlarged and expanded until It now cares for a total of 2,700 —that la the record proudly held today by a well-known Boston firm. At the time of 4ts organization the medical, director was In charge of the clinic In the capacity of director iaa“vliTflng hurse. Now the clinic Is in charge of a practicing physician and surgeon, assisted by three full-lira®. graduate nurses. During the influenza epidemic of last winter, over 350 employees were treated per day, with only six deaths during the entire course of the dreaded disease. All cases were given careful Individual attention and, In instances wlfere no family doctor was, fa attendance, immediate arrangements were made for medical care. *— It is the policy of the nurses in the clinic to advise all employees with whom they come In contact to be Insured, an activity which the firm Itself handles through an employees’ organization. The purpose of such advice is to secure insurance for all employees In order that they may receive Its benefits after one week’s Illness. This arrangement does not place a premium upon the employees’ being ill, and at the same time the clinic cooperates In the matter of insurance. A dental clinic is in a formative state and, no doubt, will be established' in a short time. The plan and method of administration and organization is simply In the making, but It is safe to say that the dental clinic will be as efficient as the medical clinic. The. Modern Hospital, in describing the clinic, says that.it has fully proved its value-in protecting the health of the employees of this particular company merits the commendation and Imitation of other mercantile and Indpstrinl ftßtnhll < f >, ™ on * a