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Duke Hospital, InterGom Page 5 A DUKE HOSPITAL EMPLOYEE gets a bonus in treatment for minor illnesses and on- the-job injuries at the Employee Health Office in Room 019. Here Mrs. Thelma Peele is getting treatment for a sore throat from Dr. Donald Merritt and Mrs. Lucille Kluttz who are on duty during hospital working hours A BIG BONUS Employee Health Office A Duke irosj)ital patient may have traveled a tliousaml miles to get treat ment—or only a few steps. One of the most important benefits Duke employees have is Room 019, where they are treated for minor iilnesses and on-the-job injuries. An intangible addition to the monthly salary cheek, the Health Office service in the hospital basement provides the best of Duke’s medical care quickly and easily for all employees. In addition to treatment for minor illnesses and on-the-job injuries, first aid and immunizations are given, special diagnostic work or treatment is given upon reeonunendation of the Health Office Physician; and all medi cines stocked by the Health Officer are given free of charge for a limited period of time. . Routine examinations, treatments and medicines i)rovided hy the Health Officer within its e.stablished policies, ai'e provided free. An employee nuist only report to the supervisor or de- partment head, who will refer him to the Health Officer. Any injury while working, no matter how small, must be reported to the Health Office im mediately. Employees reporting to Emergency or the Health Office with oflf-job in juries or illnesses not normally cared for in the Health Office are res])onsi- ble for the cost of their medical care. Among the services NOT i)rovided in the Health Office are dental care and dental x-rays, j)rescriptions for glasses, orthopedic appliances, ])re- natal examinations and care, ])re-em- ployment examinations for work else where or drugs. A registered nurse is on duty at all times during office hours, 8 ;I5() to 12 and 1 to 5 Monday through Friday, and 8:;5() to 12 on Saturday. A doctor is in attendance from 9:30 to 10:30 each Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, and is available at other times if the employee’s condition warrants the service of a doctor. On holidays, nights and weekends, emer gency cases are handled in the Emer gency Room. All regular employees on the ])ay- rolls of the hospital, clinics or ]\Iedical School, ])lus House Staff, administra tion interns, practical nurse students. x-ray technician students, dietetic in terns and pharmacy interns are eligi ble for the services offered by the Health Office. For the first 30 days of enijjloyment, however, only job injuries and illnesses which have de veloped since employment at Duke will be treated. Graduate nurses obtain health ser vices ill the Nurses’ Health Office in Hanes House, directed by Mrs. F. X. Schumacher. Student nurses have their own Health Office, also located in Hanes House, under the direction of Mrs. F. X. Schumaclier. Students who pay the general fee of the University are cared for by the University Student Health Office. They include medical students, medi cal technology students, physical tlierapy students and medical record librarian students. Director of the Student Health Office is Dr. E. L. Persons. This ’n’ That Harriette Amey, Lennie Muse, and Dolph Hess, attended the National Conference of Social Work in St. Louis the week of May 21st. Miss Amey attended special meetings held for consultants in Health Dejiart- ments.—Janet ^Vien X-Ray Members of the x-ray office force gave a party May 19 for ]\Iiss Jennie Hall who is leaving us to go to Florida. We are very happy to welcome back to the x-ray department Mrs. Alberta Keith who has recently moved to Dur ham. We are also hajjpy to have ^liss Betsy Scott in the department. —Barbara Vannady Bacteriology Faydeaii (Mrs. Sam) Roberts of the Serology Laboratory gave birth to a boy on Jlay 21. He lias been named Richard Bryan Roberts. Susan Gower Abernathy, grand daughter of Dr. and Mrs. David T. Smith, was born ilay 1-1 to Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Abernathy in ]\Iinne- apolis, Minn. Aileen Ledford, nurse instructor in f)b-Gyn, and Lewis Affronti, graduate student in Bacteriology, were married Saturday, June 2.—Jane Parker
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