Provident Hospital, 1913-1979

Provident Hospital was a popular hospital for African Americans in Baltimore, Maryland; Provident Hospital was the first and only institution in Maryland that offered African American nurses a free field for advancement in their profession; Henry J. Whyte was the hospital director of Provident Hospital; John L. Procope was the administrator of Provident Hospital; Mrs. Benjamin Ehrlich was the chairman of the Provident hospital section of the Covenant Guild, Inc.; Mabel V. Hawkins was the Provident Hospital operating room supervisor for eight years; Bessie Hammond received the Employee of the Month award from the Provident Hospital Superintendent Dennis Gowie; Provident Hospital was founded in 1894 by then superintendent Dr. William T. Carr; The Maryland's Health Services Cost Review Commission cast serious doubts on the validity of employment and payroll figures reported by financially troubled Provident Hospital; The Provident Hospital Annual Fashion Show was held at the Baltimore Civic Center; Provident Hospital board of trustees agreed to reconstitute by the end of the courts-ordered receivership; W. Emerson Brown was the treasurer of the Provident Hospital Board; The physical therapy department at Provident Hospital was led by Lois Bethea, R.N; Attorneys for George Russell, receiver for Provident Hospital, had formally requested from the city, through Mayor Schaefer, a grant of $1 million in cash, to Provident Hospital; The Board of Trustees of the Ralph Young School distributed its funds to the Provident Hospital, the Constant Care Community Health Center and the Unity Bill of the N.A.A.C.P.; The Provident Comprehensive Neighborhood Health Center passed another milestone for a new facility to serve its patients, manifested by the purchase of part of the Immaculate Conception Church property, located at Division and Mosher Streets; A pledge for $1,000 to the Provident Hospital Building Fund was presented to Earl Hagan, co-chairman of the Clubs and Organization Division of the drive; Provident Hospital Auxiliary was sponsored by the First Annual Cabaret at the Cherry Hill Union Hall; The Provident Hospital, Incorporated, was a voluntary non-profit hospital with the purpose of furnishing the best possible medical care to all patients, independent of their race, creed, or color.; Healthcare