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PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITALS PROPOSED Diagnostic And Treatment Center j Center Under Construction Presbyterian Hospital is about to begin construction of a three-story, $12.5 mil lion addition to its Diag nostic and Treatment Cen ter of Fourth Street. When the project is com pleted in late 1965, Pres byterian for the first time will offer open-heart sur gery supported by a new heart catheterization lab oratory and acute psych iatric services. The new addition also will hotae a new labor aad delivery suite, a new neonatal inten sive care unit (NICU) and an enlarged Respiratory Therapy Department. we are extremely pleased that we will aooo be offering theae new and im proved services,” says Presbyterian Hospital PreaMsat Byron L. Bul lard. “Services like these demonstrate our commit ment to superior patient care and our flexibility to meet changing ibmauit in a coat effective way.” Witfa almost 5,000 births annually, Presbyterian has the second largest obstetric service in the state. The existing labor and delivery suite, which opened in 19W, is overcrowded and located on a separate floor tram the post-partum unit and ihciMgMry, With the new suite, all newborn services will be on the Sixth floor. The now suite is designed to pro mote family centered maternity care. In the low . risk ana, all rooms will be designed so that labor, de livery, recovery and bonding may take place in the same location. There also will be a special high risk area for cesarean and wunpiiMtfH deliveries located adjacent to an expanded tOhed in tensive care nursery for critically iH newborns. During the three-stage construction period, 'ex pected to take about 16 months, all sendees will continue aa usual in the existing areas. The Diag nostic and Tteatmeot Can ter currently bouses Pres byterian's inpatient and outpatient surgery suits*, the Emergency Depart ment, the labor and de livery suites and intensive and coronary care units. Stage one involves site preparation. In stage two, two high tower cranes will sweep over the building Irocn their positions at 4th Street and near the bos INVITATION FOR BIDS V ■ - '< ->• 1 ■ ■' -51 . .The City at Charlotte will receive bids for NEELY STREET AND SKYLAND AVENUE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS until 2:00 P.M. (DST) an the 30th day at June, 1984, in the fourth floor conference ~ room of the Cameron Drown Building, aot South McDowell Street, Charlotte, North Caroline asm, at which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids are Invited on the several items and quantities of work as fallows: 15”, 15”, 34,” 50,” 35” R.C. Pipe Culverts, ••2:. Class III 4” Concrete Paved Ditch Brick Masonry Drainage Structures > ■ * Other Related Items Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications, are on fUe at the office of the City Engineer at 301 South McDowell Street, the local A.G.C. office; and the Dodge Plan Room. Copies of the Contract Documents may be obtained by paying 55M8 to the City of Charlotte for . each set of documents obtained. A certified check Or bank tkraft, payable to the Order at the City of Charlotte, negotiable U.S. Government boode (at per value), or a satisfactory Bid Bood executed by the Bidder and an acceptable surety, in an amount equal to five percent (5 percent) of the total bid shall be submitted with each bid. Attention is called to the fact that tbs contractor must ensure that employees and appticaata for employment ere not discriminated agaW hrirsneri of their race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Bids may be held by the City of Charlotte far a period not to exceed sixty (50) days from the date of the opening of bids for the purpooe of reviewing the bids and investigating the qualifications at bidders, prior to swarding of the Contract. The City of Charlotte reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in the biddli*. All Bidden are hereby notified that they must have proper licensee as required by State law at the time at submittal at bids. Bidden are advised that this contract contaiiw provisions requiring the contractor to document that sufficient good faith efforts have bean made to provide equal opportunity for Minority and Women Buetnaes Enterprise* to participnt* in the sub contracting andmaterial supplier opportunities eiallehie under this contract. A pre-bid conference will be held on June IS, ISM, at 10:00 A.M. in the fourth floor conference room at the Ctmeron-Brown Building, SOI South McDowell Street, Charlotte, North Carotins, for tbs purpose at discussion of questions pertaining to the project. Bidders, prospective bidders, end other interested parties art encouraged to attend. An IldUfciili will be issued subsequent to this meeting for clarification or revision at bid documents as r6Qinn!u . i . CITY OF CHARLOTTE O. WENDELL WHITE CITY MANAGER pital’s auditorium en trance, facing Caswell Street. At times, one lane of Fpurth Street may be blocked between9 a m. and 4 p.m. weekdays. During this stage, the roof of the existing building will be removed. . •„ in stage three, the outer wall structures will be ssraSBtsuss ■ General contractor U' P C. Godfrey, tar Electric Company of MooresviHe is the elec trical contractor. ;-' I m n‘.'r — 8 Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined Thet Cigarette Stroking Is Dangerous to Your Health ; — ■ Residents of Southeast Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Southwest Union Coun ty are invited to a ribbon cutting and grand opening on Sunday, May 27, for Presbyterian CarePius, an Urgent Care Medical Cen ter in Matthews. Officials of Presbyterian Hospital and the Town of Matthews will participate in the ribbon cutting ce remony at 2 . p.m. Open House will be held until S pm. ‘..... Presbyterian CarePlus, which opens for business on Monday, May 38, at 8 a m., will offer treatment for minor to moderate illness es and injuries. It is lo cated in the Medical Cen ter of Matthews at the in tersection of Highway 51 (Matthews Street) and Sam Newell Road. n>e Presbyterian Care Plus staff and physicians will be doing free blood pressure checks, giving balloons to children and providing refreshments to everyone. Also available will be free “Authorisa tions For Medical Treat ment of Minors” forma for use by grandparents or babysitter* in case child ren need unexpected me dical treatment and pa rents or guardians are not available. ' “We are tremendously growing part of our com munity,’-: said Byron L: Bullard; Presbyterian Hos •-<'>■ - * n -i.iTi;I ri Etttblth'- care institutions Presbyterian CarePlua is dadlteta# to providing the same high quality of care. a walk-in, no appointment basis with minimum wait ing time. if, tone of the illnesses and injuries that will be treated are flu, sore throats, ear aches, allergic reactions, colds, minor infections,/ sprains, etc. We encourage patients with major emergencies to ■ go directly to a "hospital emergency department,” said. “We are, however,, equipped-to deal with lifer threatening emergencies including cardiac and re spiratory arrest - for those peopl* who find we are the closest medical care avail able.” At all times, Presbyte rian CarePlus will have on staff an emergency physi cian, a specialist in emer gency medicine. In addi tion, it will have on duty at aO'ffmes registered nurses and other support person nel. If patients prefer, how ever, the staff at Presby terian CarePlus will call a family nhysician. Presbyterian CarePlus is staffed by the same group of emergency physicians who have been at Presby terian Hospital’s own Emergency Department since 1979 - the Mecklen burg Medical Emergency Associates. They are all board-certifMMor board qualified emergency phyti-. “Our coat will be sub stantially less than those at a hospital emergency de partment,” said Bullard “One reason is that our overhead will bd less, an other is that we will ask that services be paid for when they are rendered. This will eliminate the added cost of billing.” Cash, check, Visa and other major cards will be. accepted. “Another advantage of Presbyterian CarePlus win be the cooperation of the Emergency Depart ment at Presbyterian Hos pital,” Bullard said. “If you have an emergency that requires baepttadixa tion or further treatment beyond what Presbyterian CarePlus can give, we can make arrangements for TTaiwfo «rt ■■lin n-_i~*i_ rrflloyialUi tVQflUS ownea ana oparatM oy The Presbyterian Medical Care Oorporstloti, an af filiate of Presbyterian Health Services Corpora tion, a not-for-profit bold ing company which also owna Presbyterian Hospi tal. « ■ Internal Medicine and 1406 Becmllls^Sdf Charlotte, N C 28216 By Appointment : 'Mon. SM. 2 - 6 . Sot. lQ:3CL-_] ;Q|CL BtiA ■■->. -V —
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