Women in Garza County making history in healthcare

  • MELANIE RICHBURG
    MELANIE RICHBURG
  • CHRISTINE JONES
    CHRISTINE JONES
Nowadays, we don’t see much of the fight for women’s right to make history in healthcare. We have come a long way from the sanitarium built in 1912. It was claimed to have the finest facilities, including an X-ray laboratory, operating rooms, and a diet kitchen, all of which were warmed with steam heat. Dr. A.R. Ponton was the first doctor. The sanitarium became a training school for nurses; of…

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