§ 5.52.010 DEFINED.
   For the purpose of this chapter a HOSPITAL shall mean any institution or place used for the reception or care, temporary or continuous, of two or more sick, injured or dependent persons, or used for the treatment of two or more persons suffering from or afflicted with any mental or physical disease or bodily injury, including all hydropathic and massage institutions.
(`83 Code, § 5.52.010)