These people were to receive all necessary care at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital, where she endowed several rooms and a surgical suite. All the bills were sent to her and she paid them quickly and privately, without referring them to her business manager. The arrangement was made on condition that her name not be used, and that she receive no credit or publicity for her charity in any way; years later, when this bequest was discovered and Joan was openly praised, she feigned ignorance of the entire matter. “In the two years after 1937, more than 390 major surgeries were completed,”
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