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The unloading platform of the old emergency entrance (at left) can accommodate only-
one ambulance; however, as many as six ambulances and other vehicles will bo able to jjark
for unloading purposes at the platform of the new emergency entrance, shown above during
construction. Tlie improvement made in the parking capacity of the unloading platform is
only one of the many fine features of the new emergency facilities that are expected to be in
use by August.
will provide “meals on wheels”
for the i)fvtieiits held for obser
vation.
It will be much easier for cars
and ambttlances to reach the new
emergency entrance. Traffic will
approach the entrance from the
direction of the V.A. Hospital.
The road leading? to the entrance
cuts across one corner of the
present visitor parking lot and
then directly in front of the
Bell Building.
The unloading platform at the
entrance is covered for weather
protection, can accommodate six
ambulances at one time, and is
flanked by ramps rather than
steps.
Parking spaces near the en
trance will be reserved for only
emergency vehicles.
“We anticipate a major in
crease in the number of patients
to be handled in the new Emer
gency Department, because of
the imi)roved facilities,” said
Mr. Jaeger.
During the fiscal year 196C
about 19,000 visits were made
to the Emergency Room. “Con
sidering the growth that Watts
Hospital experienced ■when it ex
panded its emergency facilities
and considering the general
emergency room trends in the
country, we anticipate that the
number of visits will soon dou
ble and probably stabilize at
about three or more times the
19()G figure,” stated the Depart
ment’s director.
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Twelve Honored for Many Years of Service
Several years ago the Medical Center be
gan to recognize those employees who had
served the institution for 20 and 30 years by
awarding annually ser\’ice award certificates
and pins.
To dat«, 107 persons have been recognized
for 20 years of service and 56 persons for 30
years of service.
The 1967 awards were presented in Febru
ary.
Thirty-Year Award
At a luncheon in honor of all those em
ployees having given 30 or more years of ser
vice, a certificate
and a service pin
was ])resented to
Charles S. Wall, a
member of the jani
torial staff of the
Housekeeping De-
]iartment.
Known by his
close associates and
friends as “Tom,”
]Mr. Wall has been
an employee in
Housekeeping since
1936. Mr. Wall’s
uncle, who is now
retired was also a
a Medical Center employee with long tenure,
for he eame to Durham when Trinity College
was moved here. It is for the W’^all family
that the section near Northgate Shopping
Center is named, Wall Town.
A gifted gardner, Mr. Wall is often found
in his off-duty hours at the home of Dr.
Kenneth Pickrell, chief of the Division of
Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, where he
takes care of the grounds of the Piekrell’s
liome, ‘ ‘ Kenkayla. ’ ’
Mr. Wall has a son who is presently serv
ing in the Armed Forces overseas and two
stepchildren living in Durham.
Twenty-Year Awards
At the February 20-year awards program,
eleven persons were honored at a reception
and presented certificates and service pins.
Those recognized for their many years of
service were: Mrs. Helen M. Thomas, secre
tary to Dr. Barnes Woodhall in the office of
Medical School Administration; John B.
Pickett, an instructor in Pathologj'; Miss
Charlotte Tilley, secretary to Dr. Walter
Kempner; John Maddox, Jr., assistant super
visor in Veterinary Medicine; Mrs. Zelma
Jenkins, a housekeeper in Housekeeping;
Mrs. Mollie C. Brooks, a housekeeper in
Iladiology; Robert L. Blake, Sr., an artist in
the Medical Art Section of the Division of
Audiovisual Education; Dr. Ivan W. Brown,
])rofessor of surgery; Louis B. Swanson, assis
tant administrative director; Percy Ray, an
orthotist in Prosthetics and Orthotics (Brace
and Limb Shop); and Bert R. Titus, director
of Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Charles S. Wall
VOL. 14 NO. 1/1967