The Lockheed Employees’ Buck-of-the-Month Club has just given to the Holy Family Hospital a check for $2,880.00 to be used in equipping the Newborn Nurseries. Sister M. Theophane, administrator of the hospital, in receiving this contribution said it was appropriate that a group of people, most of whom are either actual or prospective parents see to it that the infants born at Holy Family Hospital should have the best equipment available for their care.

The Holy Family Hospital, scheduled to open this fall at Fairburn and Sewell Roads, S.W., will provide 16 maternity beds with the nurseries built adjacent to the mothers’ rooms so that both parents and visitors can see the new baby through the view window provided between the bedroom and the nursery. Although this design has been used in various other parts of the United States, the Holy Family Hospital will be the first in the Atlanta area to provide this convenience. The arrangement also makes it possible for mothers to have their babies with them for cuddling or nursing whenever they wish without having to take the babies into the general corridor. A carefully controlled door leads directly from the nursery into the mother’s room.

Another attractive feature in the maternity department of Holy Family Hospital will be a large bright social center where mothers can meet together for a cup of coffee, discussion, or just fun. The department also contains two labor rooms, two delivery rooms, an observation nursery and treatment room, in addition to the usual service facilities within each nursing unit. The hospital is already receiving calls from mothers who are interested in “rooming in” “breast feeding”, and “natural childbirth.” Members of The National Childbirth Association and women belonging to the La Leche League are particularly interested in the facilities offered by the Holy Family Hospital.

In order to completely separate mothers and newborn babies from the sick patients in the hospital, the maternity department is located across a courtyard from the hospital proper. The object of this architectural arrangement is to eliminate chance of infection from hospital sources.