VOL. 5, NO. 8 FKIIRUAHY, 1959 DURHAM, N. C. 164,724 Days Make a Year "WhHt makes a yoar in the Duke Medical Center? Saj’s the ehild in ■school “365 days make a year.” In Duke Hosyiital 164,724 days of pa tient care make a year; and so do 16,761 operations; and 777,960 labora tory tests. The j-ear 1958 has been one of ^ro^vth and chan5i:e for the Hospital. The 0{)eniii!i of the new \vin>: in the late summer of 1957 was the j;o-ahead sifjnal for remodelinf? and recondition ing certain older portions of the build- iiifi;. The $250,000 Ford Foundation •irant to Duke Hospital for 1958 w'as used to effect ]>art of this renovation. Matas Ward now occupies a part of tlie former Drake Ward and has been increased from 18 to 24 beds. Old Matas Ward has been converted to j:ive additional s])ace to the Blood liauk and to provide consultation rooms and offices for in-))atient psy chiatric care. Cabell Ward—after a face-liftiu;— is in use for open-ward I)sychiatric i)atients. Meyer Ward is now under;oin" nnich-needed renova- il tion. The remainder of Drake W’ard is now oi)en and occuj)ied by medical and surgical patients re(|uiring mini mal nursing care. During the i-enova- tion of Prevost Ward, Negro Ob and Gyn ])atients were cared for on Strud- wick Ward. I’revost has been re opened as two separate wards for Negro patients: Prevost with 15 ob stetrical beds aiul Campbell with 17 gynecological beds. Ob and Gyn of fices have been moved from Prevost to Williams and Williams expanded into Holmes. Strudwick Ward is now closed for renovation. The ►Sui)erintendent’s Office, Per sonnel, Nursing, Social Service, Voca tional Rehabilitation, EKG, and Em ployee Health offices have all been re located. The Business Otlice has been redesigned and enlarged. The Wom en’s Auxiliary jnoved into ((uarters formerly occupied by the Superin tendent’s Office. The new Auxiliary (luarters include a snack bar so the coffee counter in the lobby has been disj)ensed with. The ^Medical Center now has a well-a])])ointed Conference Room near the Superintendent’s Of fice. The Ambulatory Dining Boom in the new wing is ojjen and serving j)atients who have their doctors’ per mission to be uj) aiul about. So detailed a story of the i>hysical changes does not touch the heart of the Hospital’s work. E(iuipj)ed now with 630 beds and 30 bassinets aiul staffed with more than 350 physicians, Duke Hosi>ital served 13,451 white l)atients and 5,550 colored patients in 1958. Of these 9,565 w’ere ])rivate ])atients and 9,436 were staff i)atients. They came from !)9 counties in North Continued oij j)age 6)

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