Women in Garza County making history in healthcare

MELANIE RICHBURG
MELANIE RICHBURG

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 co…