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VOLUME 19, NUMBER 5
FEBRUARY 11, 1972
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
ME FIRST—The newly renovated Blood Bank officially re-opened Feb. 3
with its first donor, James Roberson of Butner. Included in the department's
refurbishings are reclining chairs like the one above, so that donors will be in a
better position for giving blood. Pictured with Mr. Roberson is RN Martha
Parrish, (photo by Lewis Parrish)
Workmen Busy With Construction,
Renovation Around Med Center
In keeping with the accelerating
advancements in patient care,
construction at the Medical Center is
moving at an ever-increasing pace.
The Civitan Building for Mental
Retardation and Child Development has
just been completed, while the Hanes
addition and Alexander Sands Building,
(sometimes called MS1-B) are currently
underway. The three-level parking
garage is on its way up, and plans call
for the Eye Center to be completed in
February of 1973.
Another major building project,
presently in the planning stages, is the
Communications Center and Library to
be located near the Bell Building. The
96,400-square foot facility is scheduled
to house the Medical Center Library,
equipment for utilizing modern
information techniques, and 7,500
square feet of unfinished space for a
future Continuing Education Center.
The cost of the building is estimated at
$5.3 million.
Also planned is a parking lot
adjacent to the Sands Building.
While these new facilities are being
built, a large amount of renovation is
occuring in areas within the Hospital.
Some of the construction will
provide needed office space for a
number of departments. Work began
recently on a roof-deck structure over
the top of Howland Ward to house
office space for the division of nuclear
medicine. Office areas are also being
provided for the Department of
Anesthesia on the fifth floor of the
Hospital and on the first and ground
floors, east wing, of Baker House; for
the Department of Surgery on the
third floor, in Clinical Research I; and
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Auto Registration
To Begin Feb. 15
Automobile registration for Duke
employes will begin on Tuesday, Feb.
15.
When an employe completes his
registration, he will receive a new
parking decal, since those now in use
expire Feb. 29.
Five different locations have been
set up on the University campus to
handle the registrations. Two of these,
at the main Hospital and at the
AROD-Computer Center Building, are
designed mainly to serve Medical
Center personnel.
At the time of registration, the
employe must present a valid driver's
license, a current vehicle registration
card, and proof of liability insurance
coverage if the auto is licensed in
another state. If the employe wishes to
register more than one car, he must
present the vehicle registration cards of
each.
The registration point for employes
working in the main Hospital will be
located in the basement in a corridor
adjacent to the Medical Records
Department, Red Zone. The area will
be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Feb.
15-18, Feb. 21-25, and Feb. 28-29. For
employes working the night shift, the’
registration area will re-open from 10
p.m. to 1 a.m. February 15-18.
Employes who work in the Bell
Building, the Maintenace Building, the
AROD-Computer Center Building, and
the Nanaline H. Duke Building should
register their cars at the AROD
Building main lobby from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Feb. 15-18.
Employes who work at Medical
Center locations not specified above
should go to the nearest point-either
the Hospital or AROD—to register their
car.
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