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VOLUME 18, NUMBER
NOVEMBER 12, 1971
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
~TALK ABOUT A PARKING PROBLEM!—It looks like even the bicycle riders are
having a tough time finding a place to park these days. This bike was chained to a
railing in the hallway of the Clinical Research II Building, (staff photo)
Blackout Causes Minor Problems;
Vital Services Not Interrupted
\Ahen the lights went out in a good
part of the Hospital last week, one
would-be comic quipped that Duke
probably didn't pay its electric bill.
That wasn't exactly what happened.
The power failure last Monday was
the result of a fault in one of the main
power cables serving parts of the Medical
Center along with some buildings on the
Duke \Aest Campus.
Four emergency generators were on
line and distributing power to vital parts
of the Hospital within 10 seconds from
the time the main cable shut down.
The emergency power system
provides electricity for all 18 operating
rooms and their support areas; the
Acute-Care Unit —Recovery Room
complex; the entire Emergency
Department; all nurseries and the delivery
suite; the Cardiac Care Unit; enough of
the Radiology Department to take,
process, and read X-rays; all stairway
lights, exit signs, and some hallway lights;
and elevators essential to patient care.
In addition, some electrical power is
pumped to every other patient care area
to make sure that essential equipment is
kept operating.
"V\fe test these emergency generators
at least once a week to make sure they
will work in a situation like the one we
had last week," Darrel Garrett, chief of
the Hospital's electrical shop, said. Mr.
Garrett noted that the vital areas affected
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Civitan Building
To Be Dedicated
Duke University's Civitan Facility for
Mental Retardation and Child
Development will be dedicated tomorrow
at ceremonies at the building located just,
off Elba Street near the Durham Child
Guidance Clinic.
The two-story structure is named for
the North Carolina Civitan organization, a
service group particularly interested in
the mentally retarded and physically
handicapped. Members of the two North
Carolina Civitan districts raised $100,000
to get the project underway.
The main speaker for the 2 p.m.
dedication will be Dr. Gerald LaVeck,
director of the National Institute for
Child Health and Human Development in
Bethesda, Md.
Dr. Ewald W. Busse, chairman of the
Duke Department of Psychiatry, will
outline the development of the facility
and recognize the contributors. Following
Dr. Busse's remarks. Dr. Samuel L. Katz,
chairman of the Department of
Pediatrics, will talk on "The Needs of
Children in North Carolina."
Representing the Civitan organization
on the dedication program are M. M.
Richards, vice-president of Civitan
International, and Carlie Sessoms, past
governor of the Civitan N. C. District
East.
The official welcome from Duke will
be made by Dr. \Wliiam G. Aniyan,
vice-president for health affairs, while
Chancellor Dr. John 0. Blackburn will
officially accept the building for the
University.
The Civitan facility, administered
cooperatively by the departments of
psychiatry and pediatrics, will house the
Developmental Evaluation Clinic where
youngsters thought to have a physical or
mental problem hindering their growth
can be checked. In addition, research
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