There was no hospital on the base.
Yes there was. Please read the article and look at the evidence.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/05/john_mccains_birthplace.html
"The birth certificate was signed by Captain W. L. Irvine. I have now checked that name against the Naval Register for 1936."
If you follow the link regarding "William Lorne Irving" you will see that he was stationed at the "Submarine Base Coco Solo C.Z." (Canal Zone.)
I think IAGeezer 912 make 3 good points. What, he didn't want his BC to list him as negro? Why? When? One has to admit that the POS released by Obummer is a highly suspect electronic document that bears highly suspicious taints and suggests it is not real, genuine or original in nature. Why would SM be so quick to doubledown on OHomo's document when none of us have ever seen ANY documents, real paper hard documents available for investigation ON ANY TOPIC! The guy literally doesn't exist for God's sake!
The large "new" hospital was built after McCain was born, but that doesn't mean there wasn't some sort of medical facility. I'd be quiet suprised to find that there was not. Large ships had doctors and "sick bays" for goodness sake, so it's hard to imagine a shore station of much size not having a medical facility.
But babies need not be born in a hospital, and back before WW-II they often weren't. My mother was not and I don't think my mother-in-law was either. (Mom 1927, MiL 1929)
They can be born at home, or they can be born in the "dispensary", which was often a very small hospital. There was a doctor at the base at that time, and McCain's father was an officer, and his grandfather was an Admiral at the base. The doctor *would* have made a house call.
The large "new" hospital was built after McCain was born, but that doesn't mean there wasn't some sort of medical facility. I'd be quiet suprised to find that there was not. Large ships had doctors and "sick bays" for goodness sake, so it's hard to imagine a shore station of much size not having a medical facility.
But babies need not be born in a hospital, and back before WW-II they often weren't. My mother was not and I don't think my mother-in-law was either. (Mom 1927, MiL 1929)
They can be born at home, or they can be born in the "dispensary", which was often a very small hospital. There was a doctor at the base at that time, and McCain's father was an officer, and his grandfather was a senior officer at the base. The doctor *would* have made a house call.