Monday, April 20, 2020 – The Schetlins at Metropolitan Hospital 1921-1943
M O N D A Y
April 20th, 2020
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RIHS‘s 30th Issue of
Included in this issue:
The Schetlins at Metropolitan Hospital 1921-1943
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“City in Itself”
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Traveling by Ferry
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The Schetlins return to the City Home Grounds 1943-1950
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The FDNY on Blackwell’s / Welfare Island
From Blackwell’s Almanac FDNY Archives
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The Schetlins
at Metropolitan Hospital
1921-1943
THE FDNY ON WELFARE ISLAND
From Our November, 2018 Edition
by Anne Cripps
Additional Images of the FDNY Training Center
Enjoy the Visions of Training in the 1960’s
Editorial
Judith Berdy
We have been thanking doctors and nurses for the last month.
It is now time to thank every person who had worked thru this pandemic in a hospital or nursing home. These facilities only work with team spirit.
We start with the person who risked their health to bring you to the hospital, the porter there to clean the lobby, the hospital police to guide you, the admissions clerk to admit you, the transport person to take you to your room, the aide to help you, the nurse/PA/LPN to treat you, the kitchen staff to feed you, the engineer to warm or cool your room, the maintenance crew to remove hazardous materials, the lab person to take specimens, the social worker to guide you, the aide who makes you comfortable numerous times a day, the specialists to diagnose you, the therapist to move your body, the pharmacist to prepare your medications, the nice lady who brings you magazines, the cashier who sends your bill to insurance, the nurses who cheer as you leave and the ambulance staff that takes you home!
In our world of minimal medicine and ambulatory everything, we have forgotten what health care really is . It is CARE from every person.
All images used in FROM TH ARCHIVES are from the collection of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Please respect copyrights (c) and request permission for reproduction. We will advise original sources where available.
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