Hospital care
The hospital
The need to immediately treat diseases and emergencies, such as work accidents, imposed the construction of a hospital within the settlement. A patient record was kept for all workers, with an extensive description of all cases, from the most insignificant cases, in which first aid was provided, up to the few serious cases which had a fatal outcome. The press covered the accidents caused by the use of electricity as well as the ministerial interferences asking Ulen & Company to take immediate measures to ensure the life and health of the dam’s workers. A clinic, housed in the administration building, was established for the settlement’s residents who were taken care of by a doctor and a nurse. But before the outbreak of World War II, the hospital was transformed into a home for families and unmarried workers. According to the oral testimonies of a tenant, her family lived in a quarter of the house, while a large exterior was given to them to use as a garden. The rest of the building, which included facilities such as a laundry room and about 10 rooms, was for the unmarried workers. During the German occupation, these grounds were used by German soldiers and then by the gendarmes.
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Marathon dam: Life at the settlement
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