Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1949 — Page 3
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il] ill 85 (UP) mal coms jorld War , said toorganiza n pension executive Tg : ; ; did ‘ CLE ia ou a : ~ Rep. Louis Churilla [D. East Chicago) takes a close look at the ceiling of ward seven of Central ~~ One bethtub-has to do for 50 women patients at the state In thé _women's infirmary, An. elderly woman patient behind curtain Neg on a rubber sheet on“ ask it to State Hospital Women's section. : “7 mental hospital. : ER bare springs. The mattress is being renovated and no extra matress was av ble. ; z fons, v gnslons. awe s 8» some truck gardening and chick- a \ : : oted : aM: : {en raising is done by inmates. ' | 22 : : rope * THE by fn : : ave voteq : Plaster Falling, Sanitation Bad, i Far_xeasona. pt._seonatny, the il) REN 2 ot} ; : . “odd es : : Mats | st hav : 7 : {State has-seen fit to employ only | a A te a tomcat been ee eg A tee fo dp Se EE el re " having © All in the Name of Economy [two psychiatrists, each. of.whom SR By RICHARD LEWIS |doubles in brass in administra- : A : — I took a walk through Central State Hospital the other day tion. One is Dr. Bahr, who man- Se RAUSS with a couple of state Representatives and in the catacomb-like re-'ages the institution in ‘addition| Se : J cesses of that institution we saw the living dead. ; [to giving psychotherapy, and thei — ptiand fre : : : They are what institutional operators call “senile custodial other is Dr. Jess V. Cohn, who is Lo TRADITION cases.” They lle on lumpy mattresses or bare springs. There are also medical director when he is ’ 2 : : not enough mattresses to go around. . |not treating patients. : : : . : WITH A id wed » Alva There are about 200 of them,’ a Dr. Walter L. Bruetsch, a : 5 . men and women. They are housed 21d Rep. Louis Churilla of East|,,.ro pathologist, is research di- TOUCH in separaté buildings which the Chicago suggested it would bel,ecior, ; 7 : OF institution calls infirmaries. fitting for the other legislators) no.majly, there are 10 to 12 : :
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The infirmary inhabitants are !© leave their modern, air condi’, oisiared nurses in an instituthe aged and the feeble. Most of tioned” chambers in the State] eR them- are skeletonic. Some lie in Ouse for a single afternoon and |... hired last fall. Only one is rshapeless lumps under thin, dirty See how some of their constitu-|,., here. ankets. Some sit up and babble. . Like Neglected Stables | Some onthe tour suggested tte] There 5 om Xe Each resides in his own pri. Infirmaries ‘smelled worse than, loo. his family must be vate misery and mental torment, !h® Dachau concentration campi, ." ooition to pay for it else unaware probably of the power. N¢ar Munich, but having smelled oo 0" oir orwise it is not done “ful stench of the infirmaries, Dachau, too, I can point out one =, 44i0na1 peyehiatric help is —}——which-smelt like neglected stables. Principal difference. ‘being sought and If the Institu_These citizens are the end prod-| The inmates of Dachau were, , .; 1. 4o0t is not cut, this hel ucts of the mental hospital pro- liberated. There appears to be noi oa material s P gram in Indiana, which ranks Téscue for those in the infirma- y A Custodial Institution” + sixth among the states of the [ies at Central State Hospital. We. walked ih th pam alr union in per capita wealth and None of them will leave those res
first in pride. places alive, unless relatives take Under the trees of the campus. p them home before he dies “This is a custodial institu-|
It was dusk w jone of } » i through the res Plaster Off Walls : tion. FoMIgone ut eAPIAIInE | infirmaries where the aged insane| The mental health program Oly the Umest pari oF Der who have lost control of bodtty | Which ends in the infirmaries be-| chiatric work can be done here. functions are put out to die. The |8ins in other buildings which con-| We have just enough doctors to, flgors and the walls were alive !2In the majority of the patients. 8ive the minimum of medical with fat roaches, |The 75-year-old women's building! care in the whole state—30 doci A rat scuttled 2 the brok- | ich looks like a gigantic coun- tors for five institutions, and an Concrete et oe his jail houses 1100 patients, [Some are part time. droppings In a T, Jaaving Sh . Plaster is falling off its walls; Under the minimum medical { rs A a of In. 2nd ceilings; plumbing doesn't and psychiatric care, the patient a a phase work; sanitary facilities in some|cOmmitted to a mental hospital the patient no rig In "touch wards are limited to one path in Indiana, sometimes recovers with the real world sinks. into [UP fOF eaich 50 patients and-one ®nNOugh to leave, usually never re-
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i his final sleep. |tollet for 25; a major fire is al.|O)*Ts- ; : : \ After that, he 1s buried in a WAYS & threat, But this bullding|,, They stay in the wards unt) a LA at a id : : comparatively clean grave. 1s clean. og : ad oO oly "a ¥ ; $0 : 1 About 850 men patients are functions, commented Rep. Ba- 3 | Watches Deterioration log, “and they wind up in those ; Ne
: {housed jn three “cottages”—dorWe took a long walk that day. ages —dor- i qrmaries. You can see that.” | 1 Central State Hospital is a vast Titory a idings built in 1930. Ng one said anything. place. It begins with the an- 3 © other comparatively modern| 1, the dark branches of the tiquated office of the superin-| ormitories house the women who!pare trees, a bird whistled in a
world of fopcoals—
ED tendent, Dr. Max A. Bahr, a|Can’t be housed in the big jail- minor key. physician and psychiatrist who house structure. “Did you notice,” said Rep. Ba- ” 2. % 30 has devoted his life to the insti-| The remainder of Centralijog, “there was only one tin cup and The Man % 50 tution and who now is rewarded State's 2300 population is housed for all those poor souls in the Sto has +h #ll by seeing it deteriorate for lack In an artillery barracks at Ft. men’s infirmary?” re has them who tied itl ’
50 of funds: {Harrison and in the old county] “What happens,” asked Rep. Rep, Nick Balog of Hammond! infirmary in N. Tibbs Ave. where Churilla, “if they lose the cup?”
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