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Show fHE NirrIONAL FED.ERAlIION OF BUSINESt-J MID PRLFEt;BluiJAL \jUHE!'\i \'Jashington 6, D$CIj 2012 eDtts Avenue, N.W,;. 162 . INFGF.MATION Ol CHINESE NURSING FUlID Dr. Iinnie. L" i'Laffet, Chairman .,., hijl tetn&, ar • I'Iany letters of inquiry' have been received £1'0"1 various places over .the country asking tor more deatiled intonnation regarding our Chinese Nuring Project than has been possible To meet this delnand, it seeas i:.lportant and to answer in the NATIOI'lAL BUsInESS IQ1dJUJe of Dr. tet' 5 report at iliennial Convention, to this condensation send to appropriate .;.. the various clubso The project was adopted nationally at the BieIh'1ial. Oonventdon in Los Angeles It was felt at that time that aiding China in training nurses would Jest, a (2) to two-told need (l)the war e.lsrgency in a country that was our valued ally and who tor to train women would a that in long young ragge helping country plan develop combine service in the Ar:''\Y with suf'ti,q_ient classroordnstruction to entitle then to an At that time, they had only 61000 nurses to care for their vat &-my RlIN. degree. It was in 1944, at the national convention in lew lark, and 450 'nillion. civilianso HISTORY: in 1941. II'!! .annlt theu . Hedical. Center Nursing Project" that tIe took over the National Defense Kweiyango After the Japaned6 Communists atter the carne, to its p:.'oesent 10= First in crude buildings at an inland town, Where Located? evacuation, it was moved to Shanghai and cation on Taiwan (Formosa.) I . 0 slightly larger than IvIarylandl has 10,,000,000 inhabitants, 3,000 doctors and o 1500 graduatesnurseso These you have helped to train and they are performing a major service in all health fields thereo Taiwan Ive! hell udly: Jrfl teri ;0 ! u . C1U;3,j, INC@ per is How much have YOU given? Around $ 120,000.00 in the first eight years that BP\'; has This has fluctua.ted yearly from $2,SOOOO a high of 137,;600000 been contributing. It is channeUt!d. through the American Bureau for iedical Aid to B2w it is transmi.tt Chinao Will it reach COIil.JD.udst hands? Moo Not unless we lose all of the Far Eat. and. abandon Chinao This ll not happen, Ue So Committmenta will prevent thiso For what is the 1D)neg !pent?' 1. Equipment tor the Nursing Schoolo with your mney the meting ones have been repaired and put Dormitories into use. (These were old and dilapidated buildings lett by the Japanese) These accommodated o part of the - 0 studntso 2" Sanit,ary facilities in 30 Dietitics building 440 - class recus torieso Food - subsidies to and buildings IDess .... toilets and bath rooJJlIB, etco halls, service pantry and Labor-a ... needY' Chinese Nursing atudentso So Nursing Art's Building 60 Personnel 70 all of these - containing teaching ward of 8 beda, to increase the number ot badly needed statf' nurse ·training and visiting nurse instructorso - . .members, for head Fellowships our Public Health Schoolso \'Je have had at least two Chinese in Universit:r of' Chicago each year for several yearso nurses So e are no books on :n:edical or surgical nursing, or child care I , I |
