The practice of medicine as an evolving field of study became a standard in the USA bringing the need for hospitals to treat citizens. A couple of things happened, there was the Hill-Burton Grant Act. It provided MATCHING funds from the US federal government to COMMUNITIES to build their hospitals. In some communities it was their first hospital.
Hill-Burton was met by communities with the idea fund raising for health care was a good idea, after all they had to have matching funds to build their hospital. Ladies auxiliaries and concerned citizens began to organize to build hospitals in their communities across the USA.
As the progression in bringing health care to Americans, especially those in need of continual care in order to recover, the folks in a local area wealthy enough and smart enough to realize a hospital was in their own best interest began to donate money. In realizing such people often were the backbone of the fund raising movement the hospitals were frequently named as memorials to them.
A hospital highly respected still carries the name of it's benefactors.
"Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center" (click here)
That is how the USA now has state of the art treatment for it's citizens. Not only state of the art treatment, but, continued work in medical research to IMPROVE the care of patients. If the USA can do it, so can others. Rock stars love this kind of stuff.
Hill-Burton was met by communities with the idea fund raising for health care was a good idea, after all they had to have matching funds to build their hospital. Ladies auxiliaries and concerned citizens began to organize to build hospitals in their communities across the USA.
As the progression in bringing health care to Americans, especially those in need of continual care in order to recover, the folks in a local area wealthy enough and smart enough to realize a hospital was in their own best interest began to donate money. In realizing such people often were the backbone of the fund raising movement the hospitals were frequently named as memorials to them.
A hospital highly respected still carries the name of it's benefactors.
"Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center" (click here)
That is how the USA now has state of the art treatment for it's citizens. Not only state of the art treatment, but, continued work in medical research to IMPROVE the care of patients. If the USA can do it, so can others. Rock stars love this kind of stuff.
