HOSPITAL
DUKE
Soagae
Durham, N. C.
NEW WING, NEW IMPROVEMENTS
NEARING COMPLETION
The construction of the new wing
is more than 60 per cent complete.
It is estimated that the 2nd, 3rd, 4th
and 5th floors will be ready for
occupancy in November of this year
with complete occu[>ancy planned for
]\Iarch of 1957. The employee and
staff dining rooms will be closed most
on .June and July while the dishwash
ing room is remodeled and enlarged.
When we open up again the stafl'
cafeteria will be enlarged and redeco
rated, and there will be additional
s[)ace in the main kitchen.
The second and third floors which
include 80 of the additional 109 beds
as well as a new dining room for
ambulatory patients and a central
food service system, are being rushed
to com])letion. The 10 new operating
rooms on the fourth fioor are also
being completed before the entire
biulding is made available. It is
anticipated that the additions to the
Medical and Surgical Private Diag
nostic Clinics will be completed be
fore January 1, 1957 in order to com-
jilete the changes ]>lanned in the pres
ent building by the time the new
wing is opened.
All areas will be attractively deco
rated by Harold Shuttles of Ashe
ville, who is consulting with the
Building Committee. Furniture and
other equipment lists are being pre-
l)ared so purchases can be made in
the near future.
]\Iost, but not all, of the drilling
into the stone walls of the present
building is completed. The removal
of the stone walls has been done with
a minimum of inconvenience to the
hospital operation, although those
who have had to put up with the
noise the most will deny this. The
next major breakthrough will be the
rebuilding of the passageway between
the hospital and Baker House to make
the entranceway to the new clinic
administration area. During the five
or six months it will take to complete
the entrance it will be necessary to
restrict the traffic through the pass
ageway and for about two months it
will be impassable.
The main parking lot has been
paved and lines marked so the capac
ity could be increased by about 25
per cent. The elimination of mud
Student nurse Patricia Kodwell
Drake of Asheboro has been awarded
the AVomen’s Auxiliary Scholarship
for the second year, according to Mrs.
Julian ]\I. Kuffin, president.
In announcing the Auxiliary
board’s decision to renew Sliss
Drake’s scholarship, Mrs. Kiiffin said,
“After reviewing her fine record and
hearing the evaluation of her accom
plishments, the Board voted unani
mously to have her receive the Auxil
iary scholarship for another year.”
Miss Drake, a 1954 graduate of
Asheboro High School, will serve as
corresponding secretary of the Nurses
Student Government Association and
as a re]>resentative on the Judicial
Board this year. Her other activities
include committee chairman for the
holes in wet weather and dust in dry
weather is welcomed by everyone, even
those who will get tickets for park
ing on the line markers.
As a protection against fire break
ing out and also to provide better
storage space in the attic a large area
has been covered with steel decking.
This project is almost complete and
assignment of sjjace is under the direc
tion of DeWiff Wright. ‘
A portion of the new autonmtic
pneumatic tube system, which is also
connected with the existing Lamson
tube system, is being installed at the
nursing stations on Holmes, C’ushing
and .Minot wards.—L. E. Swinisun
Family Week-end Program and the
liostess committee for the Bast ('am-
pus tea. She lias also participated in
demonstrations of the team nursing
program for nearby hospitals.
The daughter of Mr. and ]\Irs. \V.
C. Drake of Asheboro, both Duke
University graduates, Miss Drake also
has a sister, ^Irs. Paul C'. Bennett,
Jr., wiio studied at Duke.
Sales Tax S. O. S.
From the Women’s Auxiliary comes a
plea—pay your sales tax cheerfully! The
Auxiliary girls don’t like the pennies any
more than the customers, but ’tis the
law, so pay up (willingly) please.
Women’s Auxiliary Scholarship