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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.
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' 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
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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
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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.
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« 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
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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
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'••» « 'h e c a rt o v e r th e p .U e r
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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,
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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 ’
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