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Discharge Unit (Continued from page 1) You may send ads to "Trading Post" Box 3354, Hospital. Ads are printed free, but we do not advertise real estate, personal services or commercial enterprises. Please give your home telephone number. Duke extensions will not be listed. FOR SALE-Maple bed complete; kitchen table and chairs; den couch and chairs; trunk; chest of draviiers; and dachshund puppy. See at 101 E. Maynard Ave. or call 477-5011. FOR SALE--Antique oak four drawer dresser with mirror, original hardwood, $40, and spool cabinet desk, oak. with stand, $120. Call 477-6926 after 5:30 p.m. WANTED-Registered Persian kitten, preferably male, should be old enough to take from mother cat by Christmas. Call Allison Clark or Louise Green, night or day, at 477-6467. FOR SALE-1969 Pontiac Catalina Ventura, A.T., A.C., P.S., P. disc. B., 2-dr. hardtop, light green with vinyl top, fully maintained, excellent condition, $1,200. Call 682-6510 evenings or weekends. FOR SALE-Super-sized custom built stereo speaker enclosures, 32” wide by 49" high, 15" tweeter in each enclosure, 50 watts per channel, pre-amps in cabinet. Call 489-9762 after 5:30 -p.m. and weekends. FOR SALE-'72 Dodge pickup, 'A ton, AM-FM, A.C., P.S., P.B. carpet, tool box goes with truck, red and white with black interior. Call 477-2905 after 6 p.m. WANTED TO BUY-Used avocado electric range. Call 688-8500, Monday to Friday, after 6 p.m. FOR SALE-1964 Oldsmobile Jetstar, 4-dr., A.T., V8, P.S., P.B., good driving condition, best offer. Call 682-4028. WANTED—One white kitten before Christmas, Persian preferred, will consider others. Call Priscilla Byrd at 477-6421 after noon. FOR SALE-Boy's 5 speed Schyvinn Stingray with good speedometer, $50 or highest offer. Call 489-2897 on Sundays and after 5 p.m. FOR SALE--Old oak kitchen cabinet; wardrobe; small rocker; captain's chair; refinished p>ine trunk; large bottle; singletrees; and glass and steel shelves. Call 489-7525 after 5 p.m. FOR SALE-AM/FM radio, model 2120, Kenwood tuner; 210 model Garrard turntable; and two medium Lancer speakers, in excellent condition, 1-year old, reasonable price. Contact Gail Lloyd. FOR SALE—Heath HW-16 ham radio cw transceiver, with crystals, extras. Perfect novice rig, $100 or will trade (plus money) for small motorbike. Call Ted Glusman at 489-3172. FOUND-One book — "North of Slavery" by Leon F. Litwack. Found in the SPDC Insurance Office, come by and pick up. FOR SALE-Oueen size mattress and box spring with solid oak mediterraniean headboard and footboard. Southern Cross Chriopractic, excellent condition, reason for selling, bought a king size bed, asking $100. Call 489-8067 after 6 p.m. FOR SALE-Registered AKC and FDSB Brittany spaniel puppies, 7 males and 4 females, beautifully marked, dual champion background, will be ready for homes just tjefore Christmas, excellent pets or bird-dogs. Call 471-2258 after 6 p.m. FOR SALE-30" gas range, very reasonable price. Call 596-3101 after 5 p.m. FOR SALE--Ford Gran Torino Squire station wagon, this car loaded with everything, 7,000 miles, sticker price is $5373 but will sell for $3750. Call 383-2209. Employe Drowns In Boating Mishap A medical center employe and his brother-in-law drowned the day after Thanksgiving in a boating accident on the Pamlico River near Washington, N.C. Dead are business office admitting officer Danny F. Brooks, 26, of Durham and Joseph Tripp, 27, of Core Point. Mr. Brooks had worked at the medical center for nearly four years. His widow, Mrs. Jackie Tripp Brooks, is a secretary in the Surgical Private Diagnostic Clinic. In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Carolyn and Susan, both of Route 2, Woodsdale; one sister, Mrs. Kent Nelson of Rt. 1, Woodsdale; and four brothers, Donald E. Brooks of Cavel and Billy J. Brooks, Clarence E. Brooks and Charles F. Brooks, all of Roxboro. Graveside services for Mr. Brooks were conducted on Nov. 27 at Person Memorial Cemetary by the Rev. Hoyt Rutledge. rooms —two with hospital beds for patients who are not ambulatory and the third which will serve as a private area where a physician can confer with the patient or his family immediately before discharge. The carpeted lounge will have reading material, television and piped-in music. How will a discharge unit help speed up patient admissions? Here is a typical example: Mrs. Jones is to be discharged today, but her husband must work until 4 p.m. and is unable to make arrangements for anyone else to pick her up. Just because she does not have transportation available at the 11 a.m. discharge hour, it is unreasonable to require Mrs. Jones to pay for an extra day while staying in her hospital room. It is even more unfair to the incoming patient, who is going to occupy the room Mrs. Jones will vacate, to make her wait until evening, after Mrs. Jones' husband has come and the room has been cleaned and the bed prepared, before she can move in. With the opening of the Discharge Unit-which is expected to take about Neurosurgical Unit New faces in the unit include assistant head nurse Diane Kessack and clinician Maureen Callahan. Since April a total of 14 new RNs and eight new LPNs have joined the unit. . . .RN Ann Bartz left on Oct. 26 for active army duty as a pediatric nurse In Denver, Colo Jean Hanson transferred to Matas .... The unit recently received a letter of appreciation from the Hines, Sims and Nuchurch families on the death of Fred Hines Sr. It reads as follows: "The family of Fred Hines Sr. acknowledges with grateful appreciation your many kind gestures and thoughtful expressions during the extended illness and death of our loved one." Reporter: Maureen Callahan four months to construct—patients who are unable to depart until late in the day will be transferred to the unit so their rooms can be prepared for new admissions. "Our objective is to have every patient with a reservation comfortably in bed, with preliminary doctor's orders, by 1 p.m. of the afternoon of admission," Dr. Kramer explained. "The results of routine X-ray, EKG and laboratory studies should be made available to the physician on afternoon rounds. By making the day of admission a medically useful one, we hope to enhance the patient's comfort while decreasing his total hospital costs," he added. Furthermore, the medical center clinics, now congested for hours each day by patients awaiting admission, should be able to concentrate more effectively on out-patient needs. "We will begin soon," Kramer said, "to inform the hospital community of the role of the unit in discharge planning. Upon its completion, the importance of the new admission and discharge procedures instituted last summer will become apparent." Hematology Mrs. Linda Thompson is a new secretary for Dr. H. S. Sllberman. Reporter: Martha Wheeler Nott Ward Valarie Mack was married to Luclous Burgess on Nov. 17 In the Duke Chapel. Reporter: Ruth Davis Sims Ward New faces on the ward indude GN Dgle Pratt and RNs Ann Shadwrick and Barbara Leathers. Reporter; Shirley Maya htcRcom is published weekly for Duke University Medical Center employes, faculty, staff, students and friends by the Medical Center's Office of Public Relations, Joe Sigler, director; Miss Yvonne Baskin, medical writer; Miss. Annie Kittrell. secretary. Co-Editors DAVID WILLIAMSON DALE MOSES Public Relations Advisory Committee: Sam A. Agnello, audiovisual education; Dr. Robert Anderson Jr.. surgery; James L. Bennett Jr., vice president's office; Wayne Gooch, personnel; Dr. Athos Ottolenghi, physiology and pharmacology; Richard Peck, hospital administration; Ms. Julia Taylor, RN, nursing; Dr. Tom C. Vanaman, microbiology and immunology. Calendar (continued) (Continued from page 4} president of the American Society of Cell Biology, will speak on "Cellular Interactions." Coffee and cookies will be served at 3:30 p.m. 7 p.m. Orthopaedic Bone Pathology Conference, Rm M 312, Dr. Harrelson and Orthopaedic Resident. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Orthopaedic Anatomy and Pathology Conference, Bell BIdg., Orthopaedic Residents. Friday, December 14 8 a.m. Surgical Pathology Microscopic Conference, Resident's Rm, Senior Staff. 8 a.m. Orthopaedic Surgery Sound Slide Presentation, Rm 1359. 8:30 a.m. Medicine Endocrine Seminar, Rm 2031, Dr. Lebovitz. 8:30 a.m. Clinical Ob-Gyn Conference, Hart Pavillion, Rm 1319, Dr. Parker. 10:30-11 a.m. Interdenominational Chapel Service, Hospital Chapel. Open to the public. 11 a.m. Ob-Gyn Seminar, Hart Pavillion, Rm 1319, Dr. Brame. 2 PLAQUE UNVEILING—Ax a ceremony held in the Amphitheater Nov. 16, the hospital's Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinic was renamed in honor of Dr. Lenox D. Baker, professor and chief of the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery from 1937 to 1967. Baker was the first student accepted into the newly-established School of Medicine in 1930 and the first physician to graduate after completing a full four-year course of study. In addition, he was instrumental in the establishment of the North Carolina Cerebral Palsy Hospital which now bears his name, and he was North Carolina's first Secretary of Human Resources. While Baker looks on at left, his granddaughter. Miss Debra Dial Baker, and Dr. Barnes Woodhall, James B. Duke Professor of Neurosurgery, draw back the curtains to reveal the plaque which will be displayed in the clinic. (Photo by David Williamson) Trading Post United Fund Reaches Goal "This year's United Fund Drive was the most successful we've ever had,” beamed medical center campaign chairman Wayne Gooch in announcing that contributions from the medical center have exceeded the 1973 goals. "I'd like to convey my appreciation to all United Fund contributors and a special thanks to the payroll clerks who played such an important part in securing individual pledges," he said. As of midNovember, over $40,400 had been raised at the medical center bringing the university total to more than $85,400. "Team N," which includes nurses and nursing services, was the first group to reach its projected goal. "Team M," consisting of Animal Laboratory Resources, Brace Shop, Clinical Research Unit, Emergency Room, Heart Station, Inpatient Rehabilitation, Medical Records, Operating Room, Outpatient Dept., Patient Escort Service, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy and Respiratory Therapy, exceeded its goal by tiie largest percentage. "I'm sure / spe^ for the many service organizations in Durham whose programs are made possible by United Fund giving when / thank each and every donor for his or her concern and generosity," Gooch added. Intercomments
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