Many Benefit from Gifts Given by Auxiliary
Several years ago, there was
a small boy on Rankin Ward
who came to Duke as a long
term patient. The Auxiliary
took him under its wing. They
helped him pass the time with
a new tricycle and toys. On oc
casion they even helped to
clothe him. But toys, tricycles,
and clothes do not always an
swer the needs of a sick, and
often homesick, child. He
needed his family, but thej'
lived in Virginia and could not
afford a trip to Durham. The
Auxiliary again stepped into
the picture and brought the
child’s parents to Durham for a
visit with their son.
Over the years, the Hospital
Auxiliary has given thousands
of dollars to the medical center
in eiuipment and thousands to
wards projects.
There are very few who do
not benefit in some way from
this generosity.
Pediatric patients benefit who
use the equipment and school
supplies given to the in-hospital
teaching program and the
many, many boxes of crayons,
the clay, coloring books and
countless toys that are bought
annually for the children’s
playroom.
Nurses and doctors benefit
who use the donated pressure-
point pads, Aquamatic Ther-
mia equipment, prosthesis tubes
R. Rundles
PROFESSIONAL NEWS
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DR. R. WAYNE RUNDLES, Professor of Medi
cine, was elected president-elect of the American
Society of Hematology at a winter meeting of the
Society held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Others in attendance at this meeting were Dr.
John Laszlo, Dr. H. R. Silberman, Dr. William
B. Kremer, and Dr. Michael Seigelman.
Dr. Rundles visited the Queens Hospital in
Honolulu, location of the University of Hawaii
Medical School, in January in reference to the
training program in hematology supported by the
N.I.H.
DR. ROY T. PARKER, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, and DR. JEROME S. HARRIS, Chairman of the
Department of Pediatrics, participated in a workshop on projects
of maternity and infant care and child health programs authorized
under the “Medicare” bill. The workshop was sponsored by the
Children’s Bureau and Maternal Welfare Divisions of H.E.W.
During February, Dr. Parker also spoke on “Dysplasia and
Genesis of Cervical Cancer” at the Norfolk General Hospital in
Norfolk, Virginia.
DR. JOHN M. RHOADS, Professor of Psychiatry, participated
in February in a Postgraduate Course in Applied Office Psychiatry
and Psychosomatic Medicine, which was sponsored by Temple
University Medical School and held in Philadelphia. During the
course, Dr. Rhoads spoke on “Death, Death Fantasies, and Sui
cides.” He also spoke to residents in psychiatry on the topic of
“Exhibitionism.” He participated in the staff seminar during the
course, at which time the general topic of impotence and frigidity
was discussed.
RAY E. BROWN, Professor of Hospital Admin
istration, has received an award for outstanding
writing in the field of hospital administration
from the American College of Hospital Adminis
trators.
Professor Brown was chosen for the award
for an article he wrote a year ago for The Modern
Hospital, a widely circulated United States maga
zine that focuses on administration and operation
of hospitals.
The article, “Administration Is Not a Num-
R. Brown Game,” was chosen from hundreds published
in eight journals relating to the health and hospital field.
In the seven years the A. C. II. A. has been giving this award,
this is the third time Professor Brown has won it.
for hydrocephalic patients, and
Jefferson ventilator.
Students in obstetrics and
gynecology benefit when they
hear one of the ten sound tracks
bought for films used in class
room teaching in that depart
ment.
Many will benefit from the
$38,500 given by the Auxiliary
for the new Hospital Chapel.
Nursing students benefit who
are selected as recipients of the
$600 scholarship given annually
by the Auxiliary to a deserving
nursing student.
Many burned cliildren benefit
who are given shoes by the
Auxiliary.
Patients on Rankin, Matas,
Osier, Long, McDowell, Nott,
Strudwick, Campbell, and Pre-
vost wards benefit who are en
tertained daily with television
sets purchased by the Auxiliary
and given to the wards.
Visitors sitting in the main
lobby indirectly benefit from
the several thousand dollars
given by the Auxiliary towards
the furnishings and decorations
in that popular waiting area.
And those waiting to be inter
viewed in the Outpatient De
partment can sit in an area
Avhich has been spruced up con
siderably with several hundred
dollars worth of artificial flow
ers, also purchased by the
Auxiliary.
Patients on Rankin, Meyer
and Cabell wards benefit when
they use any of the cards, card
tables, ping-pong sets, or games
donated by the Auxiliary.
And countless patients bene
fit from the Auxiliary’s gener
osity in other ways. Many
“small” requests, too numerous
to list, are answered by the
Auxiliary every day. These re
quests come from patients whose
own pocketbooks cannot afford
the items. The requests have
included emergency bus and
taxi fares, room and board for
visiting families, personal toilet
articles, and even packs of
cigarettes. Six hundred dollars
is also given annually to the
Chaplain’s Discretionary Fund
to be used towards items re
quested for indigent patients
through the Chaplain’s Office.
And it is to be remembered
that all of this is made possible
by an unobtrusive benefactor
through the thousands of hours
given voluntarily by her mem
bers.
Miss Covington, Head Nurse on INU, adjusts tlie Aquamatic Thermia pad
whieli is part of the Aquamatic Thermia equipment bought for the hospital
by the Hospital Auxiliary. With this equipment, doctors and nurses are able
to control as well as change body temperature and therefore can be prepared
to handle acute temperature-control problems when they strike.
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