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CALIFORNIA
Hospital News.
—Col. Charles E. Forbes, director of the U. S. Veterans' Bureau, recently toured California in search of a suitable site for a $3,500,000 tuberculosis hospital for veterans of the World War. The proposed plans call for a 500 bed unit and the use of 250 acres of ground. Construction work will be started within ninety days following the selection of a site.—An addition will be erected at Fabiola Hospital, Oakland, at an estimated cost of $200,000.—It has been announced by the Sisters of Providence Hospital, Oakland, that a large site has been purchased for a new hospital building which will be erected in a few months at a cost of $700,000.—A new industrial building will be