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A121049-1
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- 1959-05-06 (Creation)
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Occupational Therapy Ward at Mary Bridge Hospital. Small patients sit in wheelchairs while therapists and nurses try to interest them in toys and activities designed to strengthen muscles and range of movement. Murals decorate the walls, making the room more child friendly. With the increase of patients, the therapy room had become too small to allow for freedom of movement. The over 3,000 members of local Orthopedic Associations would soon take to the streets, collecting coins door to door in their annual drive to boost the operating fund of the hospital. The hospital opened in March of 1955, due to generous contributions from the Bridge and Rust estates and the Orthopedic Associations. Since its opening, the hospital had treated 8900 kids and performed 4400 surgeries. (TNT 5/3/1959, pg. A-14)
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital (Tacoma); Physical therapy--Tacoma; Wheelchairs;