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Nursing students from University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga State, and other colleges in the region are trained at Erlanger. The hospital has always been ran using the Baroness family moto, "Rast Ich so rost Ich", in translation, "If I Rest, I Rust". In 2012, Erlanger's pediatric center received the "Hot Shot" award. This honors them for their vaccines always being the best and how their employees take care of patients. They always find out what vaccines everyone needs, and promptly give them. Erlanger has been noted as one of the nation's leaders in healthcare. It is nationally recognized in many areas from child care to mental care. Every year at Erlanger Hospital, the nurses and doctors treat over a quarter of a million patients. Baron had arrived to inspect his railroad investments in the city, and leading citizens expressed appreciation for his interest in Chattanooga by hosting an elegant banquet in his honor. [2] After Baron left the city, everyone did all they could to raise the rest of the money to build the hospital. The Chattanooga Hospital Association along with President C.D Mitchell bought a four acre track on Harrison Avenue, which is now East 3rd Street. This is where they would start building the hospital. On October 8th, 2014, Erlanger unveiled their plans for the future. They plan to build a new children and women's hospital to go along with Chattanooga's new downtown developments. Erlanger officials stated that by the end of the week a team should be put together, and they will be deciding how to fundraise tens of millions of dollars. Erlanger Hospital works closely with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. This is because they are dedicated to being a teaching hospital. The United States relies on teaching hospitals otherwise known as academic medical centers. Students in nursing and medical school do all of their clinicals along side of another doctor or nurse. When a medical student graduates from college, they become an intern for another doctor. They work as an intern for a year or so, depending on their specialty. After that year, they become a resident where they will get more responsibilities and still work along side of a doctor until they become an attending physician. In 1901, the newspaper urged Erlanger to make significant improvements due to the growing population. After the increase in population, Erlanger did not have enough beds to meet the demand. The newspaper challenged everyone to help raise 25,000 dollars by the end of the year to help with the hospital improvements. Again in 1914, the hospital had reached its capacity. In January 1914, the board of trustees announced that they would extend a bond of 100,000 dollars to improve the hospitals services and upgrade the facilities. At the same time, hospital management was appointed to Dr. W.E. Raht who was a well decorated man from Germany. He had been the manager of many companies. Before the great depression, Erlanger's advances in medical science had greatly reduced the spread of many diseases such as typhoid fever and malaria.