Just Ask Georgia!
People DO Care About People
Today, May 19th, marks the celebration of Shriners Hospital Day.
Today we place emphasis upon Shriners Hopsitals in general and upon a young girl from McMechen who has been given a second chance, in life, through the work of our Shriners.
The date: Dec. 7, 1953. The place: a home in McMechen. The tragedy: a fire, which burned, horribly, a little girl named Georgia Louise Lewis.
Fifteen years have passed ... and today sees Georgia working in the Philadelphia Unit of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. She is a nuse's aide. Behind her, months and months, at various stretches, in a hospital bed; in pain, as doctors attempted to repair the ravages of a badly burned face and body. Ahead? Who knows.
For this McMechen girl - the memories are kind today. She recalls those first long weeks at Reynolds Memorial Hospital - the work and patience of Doctors Herb Dickie and Jack Young. She recalls the graft operations at Ohio Valley General ... when books and television were her major companions. And then there were the follow-up operations at the Shriners Hospitals ... And there may be more in the offing.
Georgia Lewis is one of the "lucky" ones. She has her high school degree from Union Class of '67 - and she's now embarking upon a carreer which may lead to a nursing degree. But her story is, unfortunately, not typical. Despite the increasing number of beds being made available in Shrine Burn Centers (Boston, Galveston, Cincinnati, Chicago) only a small handful of the thousands of children burned each year will receive the care Georgia had. Many of these youngsters will die. Others will face life tragically disfigured. And the saddest part of all of this is that four out of five of these burn accidents could have been prevented!
Today - Naitonal Hospital Week, the News-Register salutes the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. They're people who care for people. Their wives, too, contribute thousands of hours toward sewing for these Shriners Hospitals. In addition to the Burn Clinics, Shriners contribute to the support of 19 Orthopedic Hospitals in North America.
Forty-five years ago these men recognized a responsibility - and accepted a challenge. Today their hospitals are acknowledged as among the very finest in the world.
[Article originally appeared May 19, 1968 in the Wheeling News-Register]
People DO Care About People
Today, May 19th, marks the celebration of Shriners Hospital Day.
Today we place emphasis upon Shriners Hopsitals in general and upon a young girl from McMechen who has been given a second chance, in life, through the work of our Shriners.
The date: Dec. 7, 1953. The place: a home in McMechen. The tragedy: a fire, which burned, horribly, a little girl named Georgia Louise Lewis.
Fifteen years have passed ... and today sees Georgia working in the Philadelphia Unit of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. She is a nuse's aide. Behind her, months and months, at various stretches, in a hospital bed; in pain, as doctors attempted to repair the ravages of a badly burned face and body. Ahead? Who knows.
For this McMechen girl - the memories are kind today. She recalls those first long weeks at Reynolds Memorial Hospital - the work and patience of Doctors Herb Dickie and Jack Young. She recalls the graft operations at Ohio Valley General ... when books and television were her major companions. And then there were the follow-up operations at the Shriners Hospitals ... And there may be more in the offing.
Georgia Lewis is one of the "lucky" ones. She has her high school degree from Union Class of '67 - and she's now embarking upon a carreer which may lead to a nursing degree. But her story is, unfortunately, not typical. Despite the increasing number of beds being made available in Shrine Burn Centers (Boston, Galveston, Cincinnati, Chicago) only a small handful of the thousands of children burned each year will receive the care Georgia had. Many of these youngsters will die. Others will face life tragically disfigured. And the saddest part of all of this is that four out of five of these burn accidents could have been prevented!
Today - Naitonal Hospital Week, the News-Register salutes the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. They're people who care for people. Their wives, too, contribute thousands of hours toward sewing for these Shriners Hospitals. In addition to the Burn Clinics, Shriners contribute to the support of 19 Orthopedic Hospitals in North America.
Forty-five years ago these men recognized a responsibility - and accepted a challenge. Today their hospitals are acknowledged as among the very finest in the world.
[Article originally appeared May 19, 1968 in the Wheeling News-Register]
Just Ask Georgia!
People DO Care About People
Today, May 19th, marks the celebration of Shriners Hospital Day.
Today we place emphasis upon Shriners Hopsitals in general and upon a young girl from McMechen who has been given a second chance, in life, through the work of our Shriners.
The date: Dec. 7, 1953. The place: a home in McMechen. The tragedy: a fire, which burned, horribly, a little girl named Georgia Louise Lewis.
Fifteen years have passed ... and today sees Georgia working in the Philadelphia Unit of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. She is a nuse's aide. Behind her, months and months, at various stretches, in a hospital bed; in pain, as doctors attempted to repair the ravages of a badly burned face and body. Ahead? Who knows.
For this McMechen girl - the memories are kind today. She recalls those first long weeks at Reynolds Memorial Hospital - the work and patience of Doctors Herb Dickie and Jack Young. She recalls the graft operations at Ohio Valley General ... when books and television were her major companions. And then there were the follow-up operations at the Shriners Hospitals ... And there may be more in the offing.
Georgia Lewis is one of the "lucky" ones. She has her high school degree from Union Class of '67 - and she's now embarking upon a carreer which may lead to a nursing degree. But her story is, unfortunately, not typical. Despite the increasing number of beds being made available in Shrine Burn Centers (Boston, Galveston, Cincinnati, Chicago) only a small handful of the thousands of children burned each year will receive the care Georgia had. Many of these youngsters will die. Others will face life tragically disfigured. And the saddest part of all of this is that four out of five of these burn accidents could have been prevented!
Today - Naitonal Hospital Week, the News-Register salutes the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. They're people who care for people. Their wives, too, contribute thousands of hours toward sewing for these Shriners Hospitals. In addition to the Burn Clinics, Shriners contribute to the support of 19 Orthopedic Hospitals in North America.
Forty-five years ago these men recognized a responsibility - and accepted a challenge. Today their hospitals are acknowledged as among the very finest in the world.
[Article originally appeared May 19, 1968 in the Wheeling News-Register]
People DO Care About People
Today, May 19th, marks the celebration of Shriners Hospital Day.
Today we place emphasis upon Shriners Hopsitals in general and upon a young girl from McMechen who has been given a second chance, in life, through the work of our Shriners.
The date: Dec. 7, 1953. The place: a home in McMechen. The tragedy: a fire, which burned, horribly, a little girl named Georgia Louise Lewis.
Fifteen years have passed ... and today sees Georgia working in the Philadelphia Unit of the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children. She is a nuse's aide. Behind her, months and months, at various stretches, in a hospital bed; in pain, as doctors attempted to repair the ravages of a badly burned face and body. Ahead? Who knows.
For this McMechen girl - the memories are kind today. She recalls those first long weeks at Reynolds Memorial Hospital - the work and patience of Doctors Herb Dickie and Jack Young. She recalls the graft operations at Ohio Valley General ... when books and television were her major companions. And then there were the follow-up operations at the Shriners Hospitals ... And there may be more in the offing.
Georgia Lewis is one of the "lucky" ones. She has her high school degree from Union Class of '67 - and she's now embarking upon a carreer which may lead to a nursing degree. But her story is, unfortunately, not typical. Despite the increasing number of beds being made available in Shrine Burn Centers (Boston, Galveston, Cincinnati, Chicago) only a small handful of the thousands of children burned each year will receive the care Georgia had. Many of these youngsters will die. Others will face life tragically disfigured. And the saddest part of all of this is that four out of five of these burn accidents could have been prevented!
Today - Naitonal Hospital Week, the News-Register salutes the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. They're people who care for people. Their wives, too, contribute thousands of hours toward sewing for these Shriners Hospitals. In addition to the Burn Clinics, Shriners contribute to the support of 19 Orthopedic Hospitals in North America.
Forty-five years ago these men recognized a responsibility - and accepted a challenge. Today their hospitals are acknowledged as among the very finest in the world.
[Article originally appeared May 19, 1968 in the Wheeling News-Register]
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