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18-D THE M OTT HERALD Sunday, Dec. 13, 1959 —
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By ARTHCR JOHtiSEY \ � j,., ...,, , �A R . ..
Herald Staff Writer ti • a�. �. x.
New Mount Sinai Hospital the present 1,000-a-month pa-
on Alton Road. Miami Beach, tient load in the 22 clinics of
— one of the most advanced the hospi,al's outpatient pavil- 1 '' ,
hospitals in the nation — will ion is expected with the open-
be dedicated in ceremonies to- ing of the facility.
day. Here those who can't afford 0 ' i '1;.?.'
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The largest community to pay, — or who
project ever undertaken in pay
ul little 'x 'r; `' - ` ,e.',.
— will find a cheerful insti- "'-i•-,, : – i '( ° • , A..11(,...:,`
Dade County — or perhaps in tution where they can sense
the Southeast — it will create
for the area new values in immediately the absence of
hospital care — without dis- class distinction. -
tinction of race or creed. For those in need of hos-
Around 5,000 .pitalization, the fourth floor . 1
persons are will be dedicated. Here five- ' 4"-
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expected to attend the sere- •
bed t ,
mony at 2 p.m. when Hospital rooms are the largest —
President Max Orovitz w i 1 t and offer the same amount of ..-.17:*‘-` '
space per ."
speak and the main and fourth patient — and the
same commodities and instal- - " '
1l0ors of the hospital will be ,.., , xr >
lations as the private a n d
opened to the public. semi-private rooms. .ry
To an area visited by hun- , gta
dreds of thousands of tourists An enlarged accident and % '
annually, it will bring advanc- emergency wing on the main A Symbol of Hope, the New Mount Sinai Hospit
ed concepts, fill a need for floor looms as among the hos- . . . nursing instructor Mrs. Harold Gutterman with patient, Mrs. Murray
more facilities in cases of sud- pital'a most important addi-
den illness, and provide ac- •
tions. About half of the cases
commodations comparable to treated here are accident cam- Meet
the p 1 u s h surroundings in es.The other half are cases of the Man-to patients afflicted by suddenBehind M'
relax. illness. ,Some 23 per cent of
Facing Biscayne Bay at the Mount Sinai's admissions are
corner of the new Julia Tuttle handled as emergencies. In his offices at No. 1 Lin- xv ,, �:- j
Causeway, the structure coin Road, a lawyer who nev- z- crowned in dedicatir
blends into Miami Beach's For this community oblige- er hung out a shin le `' New Mount Sinai Host
the facility now provides Prac-
tires, business enterprise and
physical aspects and colorfulwhich he's president.
tion,
decor. three operating rooms, three community activity on an
bservation a n d detention A native of Camden,
No matter what the pa- elaborate scale. ` + •the agez came to Gem
rooms, and four treatment • •
tient's economic condition may rooms with adjoining X-ray de- • Max examination
passed the •''?'"t"4, y the of five.
be, he will enjoy the conven- first bar examination ever : e
fences and comfort and the partments. Q+ Since moving toiMi,
Resources of the hospital as given in Florida, but never f" 1925 a restless spirit Jr
best of care without distith practiced law.'
a teaching center will be in- f into one business ventu
tion, the hospital directors creased with such innovations Now he's 55, a family man, • • er another.
have promised. as closed circuit color TV a busy' builder of commerce '• By 1930 he was an
from the o and humanitarian endeavors. of City National Bank.
As a non-profit, non-secre- perating room in
tartan institution under Jew- the new building to a 320 seat In the 35 years since he got41 tle later — president
ish auspices, the hospital has auditorium which will be nam- his law degree at Emory L.ni- fred Destine Co., ur
extended free care to indigent ed in honor of financier Lou- versify he's been busy run- merged with Maule
patients in up to 25 per cent is Wolfson. Here doctors.and ning everything from hotels Max Oro tZ tries.
of its beds. students will be able to bene- and oil welts in Israel — to •
He became co-own
Gas Co., and a
fit from demonstrations of banking and philanthropies in Today one of the achieve- orPubof North Shore banl
A substantial increase in , new techniques in surgery. his own home town.
ments of his vision will bei .treasurer of General De
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. . } The new Mount Sinai Hos- vilion and Emergency Depart-
pital structure, rising e i,g h t ment, a functional core of the
floors on its Biscayne Bay site structure is integrated by the
r at 4300 Alton Road, is a Co- X-ray Department, including
`' lossus of steel and condrete a Cobalt bomb and cine-fl uro-
I that took six years of plan- 'scope research unit — one of
Hing' three now available in the
f. a E ka Built on the former Collins United States.
#_+". "} Island—now part of the main-
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• land through fill-in — it pro- A service corridor connects
vides 417 beds and facilities all three departments with a
p surgery hall made up of eight
for the most complete of hos- operating rooms, one especial-
pital service. ly equipped for heart surgery.
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; '1,:"!.,-.1.,., Smith and Korach, the arch- Another research center is
f itecGs, were assisted by Dr.
�' H e r m as the cardio-pulmonary
x� � ; n Smith, nationally labora-
- ,,n'-''0, known hospital consultant of tory with roomy new quarters
a . Chicago,in its design. for investigations.
Constantly searching for A kitchen on the main floor,
fa. •
r ., techniques for reducing op serving patients and em-
-Herald Staff Photo by John Walther erating costs the architects ployes„will introduce "meals-
Mount Sinai Hospital in Background often were robed with cap and on-wheels” carts having hot
It patient, Mrs. Murray A. Shaw, a vice president of the gown for admission to surgery and cold compartments.
and maternity rooms. TheyOff the main lobby is a
"lived and breathed" the life thosee who tawish rto m for
Mount Sinai Women's Auxiliary
of the hospitals for years to meditate. pray or
,��y�fla Alount
_ devise labor saving methods.
u S al For maintenance economies, On the second floor are of-
more than 2,500,000 pieces of fives, libtarlts ani supply •
structural and decorative tile units. The third, the first pa-
were used, and washable wall tient floor, contains the mals
crowned in dedicating the ment Co,
New Mount Sinai Hospital of covering was used in all pa- ternity department, complete
which he's president. As an early investor in the tient areas.
state of Israel, he's engagedg atpath re edmonsration room for
A native of Camden, N. J., in oil, manufacturing and ho- three tchoicePients will have paeducatioon,
• Orovitz came to Georgia at tel operations there. 1—THE MAIN LOBBY, The entire fourth floor, for
the age of five. with its decorative murals and
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Since moving to Miami in One of the most successful those who can't afford to pay
1925 a restless spirit led him of his ventures, fellow citi- gift shop, leading to the ad- for medical or hospital care,
mitting office has 85beds, in wards or one
into one business venture aft- zens on Miami Beach will tell 2—THE O U T-PATIENT and two-bed rooms.
er another. you, was the foresight he and CLINIC, in new surroundings, Private and semi-private
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of City1930 he alas an.officerA litaria small
ll about group showed
n in with a separate entrance at rooms and pediatrics t r e a t-
g q the northwest corner of the ment facilities make up the
tle later — president of Al- the Nautilus Hotel property. structure.
fifth, sifred Destine Co., until it.. Under his guidance Mount 3—THE EMERGENCY DE- and there eiandghth iseded dedfloors
icated to
merged with Maule Indus- Sinai Hospital has grown PARTMENT, with its operat- private patients able to pay
tries. on the site, out of the 30- ing, observation and treat- for added facilities.
He became co-owner of year-old structure of a con- ment rooms. Other entrances Sixteen eighth floor front
Public Gas Co., and a direc- verted hotel building intoa are provided for doctors and rooms have private terraces
• tor of North Shore bank. He's hospital that is one of t h e for the blood bank.
treasurer of General Develop_ South's most beautiful. Besides the out-patient pa- dot sd off by sliding glass
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