U.S. $500,000 Building for Western District New York, May 3, Construction of u US, $500,000 hospital and nurses' home "near Shanghai was authorized to-day by the Nations! Council of Episcopal Churches of America, Money for carrying out the project is already ble, it was announced, The plans forwarded from the Rt Rev. Bishop F. R. Graver, of St. John's University, Shanghai, call for combination of the facilities of St Luke's and St, Elizabeth's Hospital but do not mean the total diseontinutance of service of either of the present Institutions, Bishop Graves and Mr. MP. Walker, treasurer of the American Church Mission ju Shanghai, will be Instructed to proceed immediately with the of an eight-storey hospital and storey Nurses' Training Schoot at the corner of Hart and Changping Roads.
new hospital will contain proximately 270 beds.
The American Church Mission tx the China organization of the National Couneit of Episcopal Churches. 11 has been operating St. Luke's Hospital in. Shanghai since 1880, and. St. Elibabeth's for the past 31 years—United Press
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