Training vets to face life aim at Sepulveda Hospital
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Original photograph has several stains. Photograph caption dated February 2, 1957 reads "Play aids in recovery. Play, in form of mild relaxation in pleasant, sunlit day rooms, helps speed recovery of general medicine and surgery patients. Sepulveda offers facilities for 80 surgical and 70 medical patients in GMS section. Veterans with other than service connected ailments are handled on basis of available bed space. Many ill veterans merely walk into hospital, others are referred by Veterans Administration. Many patients are cared for in private rooms, others in multi-bed wards."; See images #00141143 through #00141148 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Sepulveda Veterans Administration Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.) Men--California--Los Angeles Veterans--United States Hospital patients--California--Los Angeles Recreational therapy--California--Los Angeles Hospitals--California--Sepulveda (Los Angeles) North Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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