Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, 1954

8 images. Long Beach Veterans Administration Hospital, 7 May 1954. Crowded conditions as shown in typical paraplegic ward 3-bed cubicle; Ted Anderson (of Paralyzed Veterans Association); Doctor E.V. Edwards (hospital manager); Jim Dwyer (hospital secretary); Betty Koland (nurse); Colonel W.R. MacBrien; Frances Peterson (nurse); Gerald Watson (patient).; Supplementary material reads: "Snow. Caption Material, L.B. Veterans Administration Hospital. For Sunday or Monday. 31/32: Crowded conditions, as shown in typical paraplegic ward 3-bed cubicle. 19/20: This is the underpinning of one of the 'temporary' buildings which will be replaced if appropriations measure passes. r. to l.: Ted Anderson of Paralyzed Veterans Association, Dr. E.V. Edwards, hospital manager, Jim Dwyer, PVA secretary. Note inadequate piling instead of proper foundations. Also condition of plumbing -- old iron pipes (the one at which men are pointing was dripping a steady stream). 11/12: Only direct exit from temporary building is a ramp like this. All ramps are too steep; also are wooden construction and narrow. Note how hard nurse is working to push man on gurney up the ramp. Wheel chair patients cannot make it up without help. Going down, wheel chairs occasionally run away with the patient. In a 42-bed paraplegic ward, there may be 20 men who are entirely unable to help themselves. In case of fire, results can be imagined. Patient on bed being pushed by nurse Betty Koland. Jim Dwyer in wheelchair being pushed by Col. W.R. MacBrien. 53/54: This is a 'storeroom' in a paraplegic ward. It should be an entrance hall. There are no other places in which to store spare gurneys, laundry baskets, and similar equipment. The 'storeroom' is in the middle of the ward, with patient cubicles on each side. Nurse Frances Petersen is trying to make the best of it. Patient at telephone is Gerald Watson. Patient coming through in wheel chair is Bob Wright. Show to W. Woolard as soon as dry".

本数据集包含8张照片，拍摄于1954年5月7日的长滩退伍军人管理局医院（Veterans Administration Hospital）。内容展示了典型截瘫病房（paraplegic ward）的3床位隔间内拥挤的收治环境；涉及人员包括瘫痪退伍军人协会（Paralyzed Veterans Association）的泰德·安德森、医院管理员E.V.爱德华兹医生、医院秘书吉姆·德怀尔、护士贝蒂·科兰、W.R.麦克布赖恩上校、护士弗朗西斯·彼得森以及患者杰拉尔德·沃森。
补充说明文本如下："Snow。长滩退伍军人管理局医院说明材料，适用于周日或周一刊发。31/32：展示典型截瘫病房3床位隔间内的拥挤状况。19/20：这是某栋"临时"建筑的地基支护结构，若拨款法案通过，该建筑将被拆除重建。从右至左依次为：瘫痪退伍军人协会的泰德·安德森、医院管理员E.V.爱德华兹、瘫痪退伍军人协会秘书吉姆·德怀尔。可见此处采用了不合格的桩基础而非合规地基，同时给排水系统状况堪忧——老旧铁制管道（图中人员指向的那根正持续滴水）。11/12：该临时建筑的唯一直接出口是此类坡道，所有坡道均过陡，且为木质结构、宽度狭窄。可见护士正费力推动担架上的患者上坡，轮椅患者若无协助无法自行上坡；下坡时轮椅偶尔会失控滑走。在一个42床位的截瘫病房中，可能有20名完全无法自理的患者，若发生火灾，后果不堪设想。由护士贝蒂·科兰推动担架上的患者，由W.R.麦克布赖恩上校推动轮椅上的吉姆·德怀尔。53/54：此处为截瘫病房内的"储物间"，本应作为入口大厅。医院没有其他空间存放备用担架、洗衣篮等同类设备。该"储物间"位于病房中央，两侧均为患者床位隔间。护士弗朗西斯·彼得森正尽力应对该窘境。正在使用电话的患者为杰拉尔德·沃森，乘坐轮椅通过的患者为鲍勃·赖特。请在材料干燥后尽快交给W.伍拉德。"