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Page 6 Duke Hospital, InterCom Post Office Services Varied One of the biggest and most taken- for-granted services in Duke IIosi)ital is the Post Office. A bigger operation than the Brag- town Post Office, the Hospital service handles stamps, packages and person al mail from every corner of tlie world as routinely and efficiently as the government post office. But tlie Hospital’s four-woman operation also adds some touches that you can’t find in a government operation. P^or instance, the Hospital service maintains a petty cash fund to take care of cards and letters that otlier- wise might have to be returned to the sender for a penny or two postage due. Employees start work at 7 :30 a.m. to make sure that mail is sorted and distributed by the time the rest of the Hospital really comes to life, and they work initil 5 p.m. to make certain that afternoon mail gets out, particu larly departmental mail. Someone also works until 3 i).m. on Saturday so that mail will not be held up. Departmental secretaries are spared the inconvenience of sealing and stamping letters. If the letters are stacked tlie way they should be, a machine takes care of the rest, sealing and stamping the letters in one opera tion—at the rate of approximately i);15()0 a month in postage. Since the machine was installed in 194o, the Departments liave used u]i more than $100,000 in metered mail alone. To mail packages, ])atients and em- ])loyees used to have to carry a pack age to the storeroom to have it weighed. Now there is a set of scales in the post office, saving former in conveniences. In addition, the post office mails and keeps records on the more than 200 vaccines and serums sent out each month by the various laboratories. In addition to delivering hundreds of letters daily for patients on the wards, the post office serves more than 1,000 medical and nursing staff, stu dents and administrators. In many cases, two people have to share one box, but 700 boxes simply can’t serve more than 1,000 people in any other way. Started as a simple 300-box opera tion for in-coming and out-going mail undei- the direction of Flint Carden, the Hospital Post Office outgrew its small quarters across from the super intendent’s office, and now its present quarters in the basement are not ade quate to do a perfect job. But patients, employees and staff' still get the best service possible. 10 Commandments ]. The patient is the most important person in the hospital. 2. The patient is dependent on us; our reputation is dependent on him. 3. The patient is not an interrujition of our work—he is our work. i. The patient does us a favor when he calls ; we are not doing him a favor by serving him. 5. The patient is not someone to ar gue with—but someone to comfort. 6. The patient is a part of our busi ness—not an outsider. 7. The patient is not a cold statistic; he is a flesh and blood human be ing M'ith feelings and emotions like our own. 8. The jiatient is a person M'ho brings us his illness—it is our duty to justify his faith in us. 9. A jiatient is deserving of the most courteous and attentive treatment we can give him. 10. Remember always, if iieojile did not become ill tliere would be no need for this, or any other hospi tal.—from “The Utiive7'sity IIos- pital Star,” University of ]\Iichi- gan, Ann Arbor. Markle Scholar (Continued from pa(je 1) ment of faculty members.” Dr. Eu gene A. Stead, chairman of Duke’s Department of Medicine, pointed out. The grant will be paid, $6,000 an nually, to the University, which will administer the funds. Currently a National Research Council biochemical fellow' at the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, Dr. Lynn al ready has contributed to medical lit erature on hormones, steroids and cholesterol, having published three Hospital Parking To Get New Look Have you thought you w'ere jiark- ing in Hillsboro lately? It w’on’t be so very long before Duke Hosiiital can offer you a space to put your car. Here are the recommendations which will go into effect as soon as possible. All the recommendations have been passed by the University Traffic Commission and signs will go up in the near future. 1. The West side of the Ilosjiital drive, directly in front of the Hos pital and extending to the Heating Plant road, will be reserved for patients and visitors. ' 2. Rows 1 and 2 in the main jiark- ing lot will be reserved for patients and visitors. 3. The present 30-minute and two- hour ])arking spaces in front of the Ilosjiital will be changed to 1-honr parking. (No changes would be made in the spaces reserved for Psychiatry or for doctors on emergency call.) 4. A new area will be develojied on the athletic field across from Baker House, east of the present parking lot. Now underway, the lot will be restricted to hospital staff parking. 5. The new' space being constructed along the road to the Men’s Graduate Center will be available for general parking. This road will be lighted and the area will hold about 100 cars. (). Arrangements will be made with the construction foreman by Mr. Whitford to furnish special identifi cation stickers for workmen on the new wing so that their parking can be regulated. 7. Parking behind 2204 Erwin Road will be restricted to patients and staff, and medical students will be asked to park in the area behind the Men’s Graduate Center. scientific papers while a member of the Duke staff from 1948 to 1952. Dr. Lynn, a native of Clarendon, Va., received the B.S. degree at Ala bama Polytechnic Institute and the M.D. degree at the College of Phy sicians and Surgeons, Columbia Uni versity.
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