Grady Memorial Hospital: Desegregated But Standing
The Grady Memorial Hospital, also known as The Gradies for the separate but no so equal hospital, is one of the biggest hospitals in the US. It is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has been open since June 2, 1892. Before the Grady Memorial Hospital was segregated, it had 4 wings, also known as wards or halls, that seperated the blacks patients from the whites. Wings A and B faced the city and was for whites. Wings C and D faced the back dumpsters and was for blacks. Finally, in 1962 the hospital desegregated an everything was equal in 1865. This was one of the first hospitals to desegregate and it progressed the civil rights of people. It was in Atlanta, Georgia and was on of the biggest hospitals in the United States. It was also one of the busiest Level 1 trauma centers. A trauma center is a unlimited care unit where anyone in a horrible accident can get the best care possible. On 80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta you can find the Grady Memorial Hospital. This hospital was named Henry Woodfin Grady because he was the editor of the newspaper that promoted the hospital. The …show more content…
Wing E connects all wings which was the only wing where all races were allowed. The blood rule had killed most patients. It was that only blacks could get blood form blacks and whites could only get blood from whites (Friedman). The rule was that there could be no white to black or vice versa. Also, there was a physician and nurse policy. African American physicians could only get privileges in black hospitals. Also, African American nurses were not allowed to supervise white nurses but you could not receive care from physicians the same race. Another thing was that black nurses were only called nurses nothing else. Patients that could pay for treatment and care had private rooms and there was a whites only children's ward. From all of these rules, hundreds had
The Grady Memorial Hospital, also known as The Gradies for the separate but no so equal hospital, is one of the biggest hospitals in the US. It is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has been open since June 2, 1892. Before the Grady Memorial Hospital was segregated, it had 4 wings, also known as wards or halls, that seperated the blacks patients from the whites. Wings A and B faced the city and was for whites. Wings C and D faced the back dumpsters and was for blacks. Finally, in 1962 the hospital desegregated an everything was equal in 1865. This was one of the first hospitals to desegregate and it progressed the civil rights of people. It was in Atlanta, Georgia and was on of the biggest hospitals in the United States. It was also one of the busiest Level 1 trauma centers. A trauma center is a unlimited care unit where anyone in a horrible accident can get the best care possible. On 80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE, Atlanta you can find the Grady Memorial Hospital. This hospital was named Henry Woodfin Grady because he was the editor of the newspaper that promoted the hospital. The …show more content…
Wing E connects all wings which was the only wing where all races were allowed. The blood rule had killed most patients. It was that only blacks could get blood form blacks and whites could only get blood from whites (Friedman). The rule was that there could be no white to black or vice versa. Also, there was a physician and nurse policy. African American physicians could only get privileges in black hospitals. Also, African American nurses were not allowed to supervise white nurses but you could not receive care from physicians the same race. Another thing was that black nurses were only called nurses nothing else. Patients that could pay for treatment and care had private rooms and there was a whites only children's ward. From all of these rules, hundreds had