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Service to Patients Her Goal

Miss McLaren Quick
To Share Her Honors

““® hospital—its physical plant and personnel—is a vehicle
for doctor and patient. Its merit is dependent upon how well
it provides for each to do the job he came to the hospital
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That, very simply, is the
philosophy of Miss Margaret
E. McLaren, superintendent
of Women’s hospital for 27
years, for whom the new
Women’s hospital has been

named the McLaren General
hospital by vote of the hos-

pital trustees.

ee emphasis in the past,”
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building above all else. The im-
portant thing is aiding the pat-

-ljent to recover.

» “In such a light, complete faci-
lities, though vital, receive less
emphasis. The goal then becomes
a spirit or morale which will
bolster the patient and make the
doctor’s task easier,” she explain-
ed.

As always, Miss McLaren was
quick to point out that such an
accomplishment is the result of
combined effort.

“Proud as I am to receive this
recognition,” she said, “our pro-
gress has been made possible not
by myself, but by the nurses and
doctors and the entire commun-
ity.”

She said that this progress is
symbolized by the construction
of the new $2,750,000 building on
Ballenger highway at Beecher
road. ‘““This is what we have
looked forward to for so long,”
she explained. “Now we must
grow in spirit to fill our new
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has no fear that the personal
care which she has always stress-
ed will be lost in the larger hos-
pital. “We have grown in size,”
she.said, “and now we must grow
in stature, just as a child must
erow spiritually to keep up with
his body.”

And the new hospital will have
a unique contribution to make to
Flint, according to Miss McLaren.
‘We are, and will continue to
be,” she pointed out, “a true com-
munity project, unhampered by
political or religious ties.

“We hope to give truly general
service, “as our new name im-
plies, rather than serving women
primarily,” she said.

Miss McLaren explained that
the hospital must gain from the
patient if it is to grow. “We
contribute what we can to the)
patient,” she said, “and he in
turn leaves us a part of his vic-|
tory over illness which adds to)
our stature.”

Inside Miss McLaren’s philoso-
phical framework of service to
the patient and the community,
Women’s hospital has taken great
strides since its founding in 1917.
Through the intervention of in-
terested citizens and civic groups, |
it has successfully overcome all
financial obstacles.

Now, when the doors open Oct.
15 on the McLaren General hos-
pital, it will have added count-
less improvements to its medical
facilities. The new plant, which
will house 243 patients, will oper-
ate under 14 departments with
a greatly enlarged nursing and
supervisory staff. |

“The new building is a great
step forward for us,” Miss Me-
Laren explained. “But it is a
challenge too; a challenge to con-
tinue our same high standards
of patient care. We intend to
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THE EMBODIMENT OF SERVICE—The spirit behind women's
hospital has, in the past, been service, and the power beluinidl
that spirit has been Miss Margaret: McLaren, who has served
the hospital a&-superintendent for 27 years. That relationship 1s
symbolized in this photograph, with a portralt of Miss MeLaren
superimposed upon the new Women's hospital, renamed Me-
Laren General in her honor, which will open Oct. 15, (News
Advertiser photomontage by Baldwin-Chase,) ;

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