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4 - Port Orford N eva, T h u n J «y, N ovem ber 19, lRog N i, W A P k a te Curry General... F e a t (i & j An Emergency. Doctor M ANA P A TIFN TS , such as a ccid e n t and p o iso n in g v ic tim s see this room in s ù E m ergency, o - th e ir a r r i v a l at Curry C enerai. Sesidcs em ergency e xa m in a tio n s , it c a n also be used lo r an a ...xil a.- s.irg e n room A reg iste re d Nurse is a l- vvayt assignee to r em ergency d iitx . Patient P leasin g X R ay Your County Hospital Well Equipped Main Surgery The Doors Are Never Closed Probably the last thought a vone would want when they arise in the morning would lw that the next 34 hours was going to cost them a cool $50C. The txistnessman would no douH put hfs mind to balancing >hls sum sgatnst dally re ce ip ts--th e la) m an's problem wouldn't be that sim ple. Rut a lot of working folks in C u rrv County are actually engaged In a business that has an overhead of ,50 0 per day These people are fondly referre d to as those “ nice ta x p a y e rs ." And th e ir business, only one of • any, is the operation of c u r r y General Hospital at Gold Reach. County taxpayers went into ihe hospital Isistness in 1932, by a popular vote of the people, tn fact thev were so enthused with the p ro je ct that they donated, above taxes, a probable 50 percent of the in itia l cost of the 14-bed hospital Iwilldlng. IX'natod funds s till play an Im portant ['a rt tn the hospital pro, ran-, accordln. to ad m in istra tor Ken Thompson. After fou r years of operation, C u rry G eneral was In creased to 22 beds and four y e a :- la te r to its present 23-l>ed s ire , including a new maternity wing. T h is wtng has already seen 13“ new babies get th e ir fir s t look at the wxirld, tn 1964 alone. Helping with the new a rriv a ls , and the many other patients that pass through the hospital doors, are .W h ill and p a rt-tim e em ployees, who provide services from custodial through professional care 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There have been problem s at C u rry G eneral, the same as with most Isislnesses, H it thu • s are looking b e tte r, says a d m in istra to r Thompson, who may, at tim e s, be found with a carpenter’ s apron on assisting with re p a irs , as w ell as w o rrying M a n e t. I'"' ■■ rs o i s.u a in January two years ago 86 lab procedures were processed. I” ' ' i f is . .1:, is- ..■■ . p r o i, s- 1. in 1963 the hospital saw an average of 8 4 patients per day, last month the avetage was 16 patients per day. These increases refle ct Improved se rvice s, Thompson per ted out, by our professional and technical staffs, and with the in sta lla tion of more modern t quipn ent (see photos). C u rry G enetal is In charge ot a h o a r d o fd tr e c to r s s e - K- • K ilim , chai an, B rookings. Cy ,’ le g le r, Eton Dunham and Vera K '1. , Gold Reach; and X01 m Raker, P ort O rfo rd , meet once a month to conduct routine lu slue ss and plan fo r fu tu re needs of the hospital. v'rne of the m ajor e ffo rts of the hoard, and Thompson, has been the increase In the m.<dlcal staff from tour doctors two years ago to a present star of seven. These Include Doctors David B row n, Robert Sch- i ll, Dorothy 1 eReouf and W illia m I eBeouf, of B rookings; E a rl M inty and John B a ile s , Gold b, and c. o . Boots, Port Orfoi 1. (M roctoi o f M a r w a t a M rs A rlena H all of Gold Reach. R eferring to hospital problem s again, Thompson did point out that C u rry G eneral, as with many oth er hosj ita ls , suffers periodic shortages of Re. istered Nurses. A m ajor reason for th is, he said, is that a ood many RN’ s today have th e ir own fa m ilie s and are not a le to devote fu ll tim e to th e ir profession. But life at C o rry General . ground the clock, seven days a week. There are no holidays. MALN SIIRC1 R Y U fu lly equip, -ed « ith a team of in 0« I cm m achines that m i l J r the best in natsant care. Not »hgm 11 m the pictu re, however, is the t r a il) im p o rta n t team . surgeons, te c h n ic a l 41*11 tants and nurses, «hoae com b in ed skills insure the dedicated care patients gal at Cure) General A Nurses F riend o \ NEW ADDITION u C iu rj G e n e ra l is th is c t ilin q - m o im t e d X-Ray iu ' ii being d e m o n strate d b\ h o sp ita l a d m in is tra to r Ken T h o m (<so i, h o ld in g th e e le c tr ic c o n tro l in his riig lit hand th a t raises a n d lo '. c r j th e X -R av 1 • c l n * ran* on fT a cksth a t p e rm it it to be m o v ed a lm o s t a * p la c e in th e ro o m . It can also he set at an an g le fo r o b liq u e p ictu re s. T he ta b le also ca n he a.' isted at angles. Both o f these teat ires e lim in a te ex cessive m o v in g o f th e p a tie n t, i tu ov erhvad tracks also p e rm it th e ta k in g o f p ictu re s w ith o u t tra n s te m n g a p a t i e n t to the ta b le . A t the le ft, b e h in d the X -R ay head is a m o b ile f lo u r i- scope. .. . . 1 1 ,, , , 1 -i , « im i i iio n n r p a tie n t c a rt. N o Ion a p a t.a n t p u lle d fro m his bed and s lid o n to a c a rt, « h e e le d to surgery or X -R a y . s lid o ff tf f “ ' “ '7 C ‘ h e p r H ^ , ‘ 'r c “ d ^ a c k t o b * d» N e w , • p a tie n t sch e d u le d to t iu c h re r v .e e * . w ho 11 not a m i la fo n can be tra n s fe rre d fro m an a m b u la n c e to th is c a rt and « h e e le d to a bed A w h ite sh, el h *. ia e V o " L N ll7 ° " , ‘ ,r i l‘ h th o ld * • h # n d ,‘ , h ” '••» « 'h e c a rt o v e r th e p .U e r - h a e i .h T ° n t |‘ U ° f , h ‘ t<u1 P * " " ' 1* l , " ‘ - T h e p a tie n t .. lo w e re d to th e bed and . b la c k sheet is u n d a m p e d , then th e c a rt it raised ag a in and re m o ve d . When th e p a tie n t has to ™ ' t r t ’ R , / ‘ ^ p r o c e s s IS s im p h rep e a te d . . . w ith the p a tie n t h a rd ly d is tu rb e d and one m in e at to p e rfo rm th e task s in g le -h a n d e d . Patients Get The Bird Ih e Food L aboratory THIS "LA B O R A T O R Y " is co n sidered by m any patients to he of p rim e im p o rta n c e ,, . and an) co m p la in ts about its fu n ctio n is usu al') considered to be a sign Hint a pa tien t it « e ll on the r o a d to re co ve r). This is the kitc h e n of Curry General, th a t, leedsCiUT) count) fa il prisoners as w e ll as hospital patients. I lere, a nurse's aid prepares a nigh t tra y. In the d a ) - tim e it is one o f the busiest places in the hos p ita l. fiin e ri L c P'rator. hough sim p le ..cu g ii, m is m acnine can assume the co m p le te bri fu n c tio n of a patient, and induce m e d ica tio n in to the lim e* alone w ith lre.1, ” 1 1 O''t k U e ,im in a ' * s- ' " thv " ’ » lo t " ) of cases, the need to introduce tubes in to thu tu n e r o f 11 does th*c'rey*?. ,” ' VCtiO” i> W“ H ’ ‘ h "p V « .n d T h ^ , J I
