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10 (continued from page six) munity cooperation were a series of weekly programs on such topics as al coholism, epilepsy, cancer, TB and ve nereal disease. Health aides from Opera tion Breakthrough distributed announc ements of the program subjects to com munity residents each week. About 25 persons attended each session. In mid-June, a number of parents in Edgemont expressed regret that their children would not be able to attend summer camp because of the cost of required pre-camp physicals. After con sultation with the Durham County De partment of Health and the Durham- Orange County Chapter of the Ameri can Medical Association, medical stu dents from Duke and UNC under the supervision of licensed physicians from the UNC School of Medicine gave phy sicals and needed vaccinations to Edge- mont's camp-bound youngsters. "It became apparent at this point that some type of neighborhood facility was needed to meet the health care of the community," Bob Jones, a foun der of the Edgemont clinic and a medi cal student at UNC, said. "So in June plans were put in motion to lay the groundwork for a health clinic in the Edgemont community." A private citizen provided a vacant building for the use of the proposed clinic. Students and residents of Edge mont renovated the former beauty shop facility and set up a waiting room, four examining booths, a small medical lab oratory and an office. At first equip ment was loaned to the clinic from Duke and UNC. Before formal opening of the clinic, students made arrangements with Watts, Duke and Lincoln hospitals and with the Durham County Health Department to send patients who needed more extensive treatment to one of these facilities. The Edgemont Community Clinic opened its doors November 4 and has continued to treat patients each Mon day evening since that time. About half of the patients at Edge- mont's clinic are children, many coming in for physicals or to have treatment for one of the many common childhood diseases. "We try to, meet the needs of the community as they occur," Kent Camp bell a third-year Duke medical student, said. "We can give the community no more than what they let us know they want." The clinic is financed through a number of private contributors, includ ing medical student government soci eties at both Duke and UNC. The Duke Hospital Auxiliary recently made a $2,- 200 donation to the clinic for mainte nance costs. The Durham-Orange Coun ty Medical Society has also supplied financial as well as logistical help. A pending grant from the Regional Med ical Program will be used for administra tive and health aide personnel if it is approved. Plans now call for expansion of When you walk in, you'd think it was a circus. There's a large elephant, a giraffe, a monkey on a swing, a lion and some clowns. The animals aren't real, though, but they make a lot of children a little happier. They're part of a new mural-type decorating scheme in the playroom of Howland ward. Making the playroom look more like Public Relations Office Box 3354 Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina 27706 clinic facilities into an adjoining build ing on Angier Avenue and the institu tion of more health programs possibly including pre- and peri-natal care in structions. "We hope to be able to redefine the term 'medical' to provide broader health care for residents of Edgemont," Camp bell said. "We are trying to establish more comprehensive consultation and treatment to bring better health to the community, and at the same time learn first-hand the problems and rewards of community medicine." fun and less like a hospital was the project of the Duke Hospital Pediatric House Staff Wives organization. The women are wives of interns and resi dents at the medical center. Members donated their time and money to painting and carpeting the room, in addition to designing and making the stick-on murals. They add ed a number of toys for the children and are planning to redecorate the windows. Wives Remodel Playroom
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