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Howard-Henderson Hospital Bought by Three Surgeons

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 3, 2014 by BillieJuly 3, 2014

Howard-Henderson Hospital Bought by Three Surgeons Knoxville Journal, November 28, 1945, Page 1 Three young Knoxville surgeons — all of whom served with the U. S. Army Medical Corps — yesterday signed a contract for the purchase of Howard-Henderson Hospital … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Hospitals’ Desegregation Status About 1963

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 3, 2014 by BillieJuly 3, 2014

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Posted in Baptist Hospital - Knoxville, Fort Sanders Hospital & Nursing School, Other Hospitals & Clinics, St. Mary's Hospital & Nursing School, UT Knoxville Hospital & Nursing School | Leave a reply

East TN State TB Hospital Announced (1944)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 2, 2014 by BillieJuly 2, 2014

Knoxville Chalks up Victory State Commission Puts Main Section, 300 Beds, Here Knoxville Journal, April 23, 1944 [page not indicated on clipping; page 1 inferred] The main section of the East Tennessee State Tuberculosis Hospital will be located at the … Continue reading →

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Knoxville-Area Hospital Statistics in 1954

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 2, 2014 by BillieJuly 2, 2014

Maps Help … “More To It” by Carson Brewer, Knoxville Journal, May 22, 1955 [page not indicated on clipping] Maybe you think a hospital’s only business is to provide a place for sick people to be operated on, and beds … Continue reading →

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Jane Keller, RN, Retires

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 2, 2014 by BillieJuly 2, 2014

Miss Keller Retires from Hospital Career Knoxville Journal, January 28, 1967, Page 3 “Quietly and without fanfare,” that’s how Miss Jane Keller did her work through many years at Knoxville General Hospital and, since 1952, at Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital. … Continue reading →

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Jane Keller’s Career Featured in 1963

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 2, 2014 by BillieJuly 2, 2014

Jane Keller’s Nearing End of Fourth ‘Nursing Life’ by Dwayne Summar – Knoxville News-Sentinel, May 19, 1963, Page B-16 Back in 1921, a young Sevier County girl climbed the steps of old General Hospital on Cleveland Place, defying a Victorian … Continue reading →

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Knoxville’s Denominational Hospitals Desegregated

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 1, 2014 by BillieJuly 1, 2014

Church Hospitals All Desegregated Without Incident The Knoxville News-Sentinel, August 4, 1963, Page A-9 Knoxville’s three denominational hospitals desegregated last week and underwent the change “smoothly,” the hospital administrators said. Baptist, Presbyterian and St. Mary’s (Catholic) came to a final … Continue reading →

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Price of Blood at Knoxville Hospitals in 1954

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 1, 2014 by BillieJuly 1, 2014

Price of Blood and Method of Repayment Differ at Each of Knox’s Four Hospitals Knoxville News-Sentinel, January 7, 1954, Page 10 A person sick enough to need a blood transfusion has neither the time nor the strength to make a … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Hospitals’ Beds and Nurse Situation (1949)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 1, 2014 by BillieJuly 1, 2014

Scarcity of Hospital Beds Ends, Nurse Situation Remains Unchanged Knoxville Journal, December 16, 1949 (page not noted on clipping) There is no longer a scarcity of hospital beds and rooms here, but officials report little change in the nursing situation … Continue reading →

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Knoxville Hospitals’ Spectacular Advances (as of 1942)

KGH School of Nursing Posted on July 1, 2014 by BillieJuly 1, 2014

Knoxville Hospitals Have Made Spectacular Advances — First Unit Had 20 Beds by Clara Ferrell Pollard — “Cavalcade Section,” Knoxville Journal, Nov. 8, 1942 Fifty years ago people were afraid to go to the hospital for fear of dying, while … Continue reading →

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