Columbus Radium Hospital, c. 1920s

Columbus Radium Hospital began in 1920 on the site previously occupied by Protestant Hospital. Bed capacity was 25 with approximately 6 beds for emergency. Its goal was to be the only free clinic of its kind between New York and Chicago. Drs. Edward Reinhert, U. K. Essington, E. H. Chapen and R. R. Kahle made up the staff. They treated patients with radium and provided x-ray observations. In 1938 this hospital became Doctors Hospital.