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6ukc uniucRsity mg6'icM ccntett -3 A New Chapel for the Old Lobby DUKE MECXCAL.CasTC-f? STUDY or THC.=A\a.Li_ Ct-UXF>dl_ For many years, people have been interested in and working toward placing a chapel in Duke Medical Center. The need for a chapel and its related facilities has always existed, and the desire and intent of many peo ple to fulfill that need has never waned. Recently some have been asking, "What has happened to the Chapel Project?" It was decided as early as 1957 that the chapel should be a memorial facility making the pri mary source of funds memorial and honorary gifts. This is by no means a rapid way of gathering together a large sum of money, especially when the cost of the major Chapel Project is estimated to be at least $250, 000. This project has moved slowly; at this date we have received contributions totaling $100,000, a bal ance of $150,000 yet to be raised. Different families and friends have been responsible for significant por tions ; the greater portion of that amount has been con tributed by our own hospital auxiliary for which we are deeply grateful. The major Chapel Project is planned for the first floor level of the courtyard behind the old Main Lobby. This courtyard project, which will include several other facilities, will cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars. Until the entire courtyard project can be funded, a chapel is going to be constructed in the present old Main Lobby. Construction on this chapel is imminent if not already underway by the time of this publication. This chapel being constructed is intended to be the first phase of a multi-phased plan to provide adequate religious "Sanctuary" for all peo ple who come to this medical center, whether as pa tients, family members, or employees. It is intended that this chapel be appropriate and adequate as a sanctuary for people of all religions. As other patient areas are constructed in the medical center, it is the plan of the Chapel Committee that adequate religious "Sanctuary" be provided which will be accessible especially to patients. Life too fre quently requires people to struggle with great personal tragedy, anguish, grief, and suffering. Such great struggles camnot help but be part of the routine in a massive institution such as ours which is dedicated to helping suffering and troubled people. However, we dare never let these struggles become so routine that we fail to provide some sanctuary for those involved. I know we all look forward with great anticipation to the completion of our chapel...Chaplain Aitken COFFEE BREAK FOR MT STUDENTS A semester coffee break for the Medical Technology students was held on January 25th, to give the Medi cal Center a chance to express their admiration for the devotion to educational duties displayed by these students during their rotations. In this age of med ical advances such as heart and kidney transplants, the medical laboratory has begun to claim the spot light. Routine lab tests have always been tremendous ly important in diagnosis and treatment, but "routine" now encompasses a myriad of tests, varying in complex ity, placing demands upon persons performing such tests and procedures. Duke Medical Center welcomes this opportunity to acknowledge, in a personal way, the invaluable contribution to the advancement of med ical science that these people will make both now and in the future. We sincerely hope that many of them will feel so much a part of the "Med Center Family" that they will choose to remain with us and help us to attain our ever-expanding and far-reaching goals. The Duke University School of Medical Technology is accredited by the American Society of Clinical Path ologists, and, upon completion of this 12-month prog ram, these young men and women will be eligible for examination to become Registered Medical Technologists. Mary Britt is the Registrar and Teaching Supervisor; Linda Garriss is Asst. Registrar. The present enroll ment of 20 students represents 18 colleges and univer sities in 12 states. Members of the class are; Jean- nine Creech, Pamela Hemphill, Anne Law, Cynthia Law rence, Susan Lloyd, Ann Mayers, Pauline Morris, Mary Oliver, Margaret Presley, Susan Ramsey, Kathleen Rath- manner, Martha Roberson, Elaine Scroger, Betty Thomp son, George Thompson, Mary Tyree, Mary Upperman, Pa trice Wagner, Linnea Weblemoe, and James Whitecavage. Community Health Project for Ail Robert Emslie, fourth year medical student, announc ed that his committee and the SAMA Executive Council had unanimously agreed that everyone whether he or she be a student or a medical center employee should be allowed to participate in the Community Health Project. While similar programs at other medical centers have involved persons other than medical stu dents, no other program has ever tried to involve everyone in a medical center. The Community Health Committee was orgahized late this fall. The idea is not original, but comes from similar projects set up by thfe Student Health Organi zation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the University of Chicago School of Medicine, and the University of Southern California School of Medicine. These projects have been designed to help alleviate the health manpower shortage in their area and intro duce the medical student to the current health problems faced by his surrounding community. T^e.question, 'What health problems are there in DurhaAi'that we can assist with in’finding their solu tion?' is what the committee is now studying," comment ed Robert Emslie when asked what his committee is now doing. He later stated that anyone interested in working with the committee or who had any sugeestions should contact him.
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