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A89417-12
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- 1955-03-23 (Creation)
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Mary Bridge Children's Hospital; Hubbard tank in physical therapy room. The $800,000 hospital was designed specifically for its child patients with all equipment sized accordingly and cheerful colors and fantastical wall paintings. A basement tunnel connected the hospital with the nurses' quarters and Tacoma General Hospital, which supplied laundry facilities. The hospital opened with 40 beds. Organizers realized that this would soon be inadequate. To help cut future costs, a third floor was built but the interior left unfinished. It would be completed as more space was needed and more funds were available. The 3rd floor would bring the hospital to an expected 100 bed capacity. (TNT 3/27/1955, pg. A13-A17)
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1950-1960;