Charity? Perhaps the doctors who worked with these sisters donated their time for this hospital (or did it for vastly reduced rates).
As I recall, the “insurance” scheme used by the Knights of Columbus, when originally founded, was that if a brother died, each brother in the council would pony up a dollar or two to support the widow and children. Plus take care of them afterwards (help around the house, help with purchases, etc). In the mid 19th Century, 100-200 bucks could really make a difference...
Now the Knights run one of the biggest insurance companies in the country. The benefits payout is a lot larger...but I wonder what it would be if they still did what they did in the beginning.
Maybe if we Christians had been more charitable we wouldn’t be plagued by this nanny state today. It is a curse we’ve brought down on our own heads.