Charity hospital is planning to swap Louisiana State university two of its structures for school land behind the hospital.
Dr. Robert Bernhard told of the plan Saturday as he marked his third anniversary as director of Charity hospital.
Dr. Bernhard said the Millikan and Delgado buildings in the Charity hospital group would be traded so that the LSU medical school could expand.
He said Charity hospital would benefit by getting valuable property for future construction. Negotiations are under way, he said. Dr. Bernhard said, "The LSU medical school must be allowed to expand and develop. It is fair that we make this exchange, and I feel it will redound to the marked advantage, of both the hospital and the school." Renovation Slated Dr. Bernhard said that during this coming year the Contagious bldg. will be completely renovated, and the hospital is advertising for bids.
He also reported that the Eve Butterworth Memorial bldg. on Tulane across the street from the hospital will be opened soon and will—at first—house 119 student nurses, both practical and those studying to become graduate nurses.
The building cost approximately $493,000. The government paid 65 percent, and the Eve Butterworth Dibert Fund 35 per cent.
He said Joseph B. David, president of Orleans levee board, notified him the old Naval Reserve building on the lakefront and Bayou St. John must be vacated by June 15, to permit the government to use it again. Practical nursing students have been housed there.
Lauds Nursing Plan Dr. Bernhard lauded the practical nursing program instituted during his regime as "one of the finest things that has happened. The school's filling a great need, and the young ladies graduating from it are well trained to carry out their duties. It has filled a gap in our services, and it is a growing investment."
