Page 8, Portland Observer, May 27, 1987 OHSU Celebrates New Pediatric Intensive Care Unit It was just the flu Or th a t’s w h a t the y th o u g h t at first, u n til 13 year old A m y Ryan from M c M in n v ille becam e severely ill fo r som e u n k n o w n reason Her fam ily physician fe lt the uniqueness o f her situ a tio n required ad ditiona l health care expertise He called fo r the O regon H ealth Sciences Univer sity 's em ergency tra n sp o rt system to rush A m y to D oernbecher C h ild re n ’s land J u n e 1 for a 7 p m public bearing at G rant High S ch o o l cafeteria They w ill hear a g ro u p o f lo w in co m e people, casew orkers and oth er so' al service a g en cy w o rke rs tell w h at th e y th in k m ust be done to m ove lo w in com e p e op le to w a rd s self s u ffic ie n c y The hearing w as organized by the P ortla nd C hapter o f th e O regon Hum an R ights C o alition (O H R C l and P ortla nd Public S cho ols H eadstart Parent P olicy C o un cil The tw o g ro u p s have also in vite d a nu m b e r o f state le gislators C o n tra ry to m an y people s im age o f w e lfare recipients, m any w a n t to yet daughter back to life and back to her fam ily A year later, A m y is n o w an active and health high scho ol stud ent Her parents say it ’s a m iracle Yet, she is just one exam ple o f the m any children from the N o rth w e st servod by the pro fe ssio nals o f the Pediatric Intensive Care U nit at Doernbecher Begun in 1966, the unit was the first of its kind m the state o ff the rolls and m ove to w a rd s self su ffic ie n c y But they c a n 't t>ei ause o f flaw s in the w e lfa re system For exam ple, curre nt rules do n o t a llo w child A C e le b ra tio n o f C o n tin u e d E x c e lle n t P e d ia tric H e a lth C a re N o w critica lly ill childre n like A m y w ill have the advantage o f n e w state of the art tech nolog y and expanded pediatric health care services w h e n the renovated Doernbecher's PICU is o ffic ia lly opened w ith a cere m on y May 27th, 10 a m . at U n ive rsity H ospital (south), floor 13B A m y and her fa m ily w ill be there to help celebrate, as w ell as other patients the health care professionals and co m m u n ity su p p o rte rs o f Doern becher Dr Leonard Laster, O H SU president, w ill present an hono rary key o f the PICU to A lyce Cheatham , the president o f the D oernbecher Chil d re n ’s H ospital G uild D o na tions m ade th ro u g h the D oernbecher G uild and the C hildren s M irar le N e tw o rk Telethon provided m ore than half the fu n d mg for th e ne w unit i are pa ym e n ts w h ile m othe rs on w e lfa re are receiving s ch o o lin g Neither do the y a llo w w e lfare m othe rs to get volun te er experience tra in in g w hile still rece ivin g w e lfa re gra nts Such rules hinder these w o m e n fro m gam ing These situ a tio n s w o u ld be rem edied under HB2760 It is up fo r a vo te in m id June A n o th e r fa cto r w h ic h discourages w e lfa re recipients fro m g e ttin g a jo b is a rule w h ic h c o u n ts m on ey the state pays for childca re as part o f incom e So w h e n w e lfa re re cip ie n ts take in itia tiv e to m ake som e in com e , they o fte n lose rem a ining p a rtia l w e lfare gra nts This m eans the y m ay a ctu a lly reduce then in com e by g o in g back to w o r k . and reduce t to a p o in t w h e re they ( an no lo ng er su p p o rt their fam ilies A n o th e r bill su p p o rte d by OHRC, HB2319 w o u ld re m o ve ch ild ca re sub sid ies fro m in co m e c a lc u la tio n s , as m arke ta ble |ob skills a bill s u p p o rte d by O HRC P rivato and P u blic S e c to rs Jo in E ffo rts to H elp N W C h ild re n w ell as increase the subsidy rate fro m 93 cents to one dollar an hour It is also c o m in g up for a vo te in June O ther w e lfa re re fo rm legislation su p p o rte d by O HRC w ill likely be dis cussed in the hearing It includes All funds for the PICU ren ova tion were derived fro m p rivate c o n tn b u tions No s tille fu n d s were user) M ore than 5750,000 w as p ro vid ed by the c o n trib u tio n s m ade th ro u g h the Doernbecher C h ild re n 's H ospital G uild am i the C h ild re n ’s M iracle N e tw o rk T elethon The re m a in in g fu n d s were ob tain ed from p rivate g ifts m ade to the O HSU de sig nate d in su p p o rt of Doernbecher C hildren s H ospital N e w T e c h n o lo g y a n d E x p a n d e d S e rv ic e s The N ew fai ility, exp an de d from 1,800 square feet to 4.000 square feet, offers im proved iso latio n capabilities and m ore fa m ily and s ta ff support ■.pai e Ttie unit s new te ch n o lo g y includes an u p d a te d cen tra l m o n ito rin g system , a u tom ated b lo o d pressure m achine and an external cardiac (racer In a d dition, a new piped in u tility system for oxygen and air su ctio n appara tus has been added The O H S U ’s pediatric critica l care transp ort system w h ic h brings in a m ajor p o rtio n of the u n it’s pa tien ts, w ill also be expanded due to the ren o va tio n The tra n sp o rt system n o w lands on the O H S U ’s new heliport. GROCERIES BELOW WHOLESALE W igs Hairpieces NAME BRANDS and CANNED DELI FROZEN, ETC. Beauty Supplies Sale & Restyling W igland FOOD STAMPS WELCOME THE BEE COMPANY Groceries Below Wholesale • Born f R e i . o f I’.Di'. • A n d r e [), 8 0 0 N Killingsworth i i k j I. is R eform Ideas T w o P o rtla n d lo w in co m e ad voca cy g ro u p s have in vite d tw o m ajor stair* Just a fe w days after the p h ysicia n ’s referral on the n ig h t o f A pril 2 4 1986 A m y ’s heart sto p p e d one. tw o , three tim es Her parents w a tch ed in disbelief as the p e diatric he alth care team at D oernbecher b ro u g h t their N e w P IC U to Hear Welfare hu m an services o ffic ia ls to P ortland to hear w e lfare recipie nts tell w h a t they need to get o ff w e lfare Freddye P ete tt, A d u lt and Fam ilv Services head a d m in istra to r and Janis Yaden, G ove rn or G o ld s c h m id t's h u m an resources advocate, w ill be in Port Hospital. Together, the ,in v a le and pu blic sectors are do in g an o u ts ta n d in g jo b on behalf of the ch ild re n o f th is s ta te ," says Laster "These individuals md groups r a n take great pride in their in volve m en t in this e ffo rt afs Adm inistrator • H B 3361 which would provide pre-natal care to people witl • A proposed direr tive for Adult end Family Servir as tr A O kay s ig n a ls A m y R ya n . 14 as sh e s ta n d s b e s id e o n e o f th e a m b u la n c e s u s e d to t r a n s p o r t c r it ic a l c a re p a tie n ts to th e O re g o n H e a lth S c ie n c e s U n iv e r s ity A m y . n o w a s o f t b a ll p itc h e r f o r th e M c M in n v ille G riz z lie s , w a s s a v e d by h e a lth c a re p r o fe s s io n a ls a t th e P e d ia tr ic In te n s iv e C a re U n it a t D o e rn b e c h e r C h ild r e n 's H o s p ita l la s t y e a r a fte r h e r h e a rt s to p p e d th re e tim e s lo cated next to the u n ive rsity s em ergency room The new PICU is the firs t step to w a rd the re n o va tio n o t the childre n s hospital D oernbecher is a 107 licensed bed hospital p ro v id in g nearly 500 physi i rails and nurses w h o care for m ore than 20 000 ch ild re n eai ti year 13 P ortland P ublic S chools to G raduate 2,750 Seniors Som e 2 750 seniors fro m Portland Publu S chools 10 hig h scho ols and throe a lte rna tive secondary program s p a rticip a te in g ra d u a tio n exercises from M ay 26 to Jun e 5 G radu atio n cerem onies w ill be held at the C ivic A u d ito riu m 222 S W Clay St for stu d e n ts at P o rtla n d ’s large high schools and at the individu al alterative schools for stu d e n ts o f those p ro gra m s G raduation dates and tim es are Jefferso n H igh S cho ol. Thursday M .iy 28 8 p m M e tro p o lita n Learning Center Friday m ay 29 8 p m at M LC 2033 Glisan St M arshall High S chool, S unday M ay 31 1 p m C leveland High S cho ol, S unday. M ay 3 , 4 p m Franklin H igh S cho ol. S unday. M ay 31 8 p m . , M adison H igh S cho ol M onday, Ju n e 1, 7 30 p m Roosevelt High S cho ol Tuesday, Ju n e 2. 7 p m Linco ln H igh S cho ol, W ednesday. Jun e 3 8 p m Benson H igh S chool, Thursday, Jun e 4 7 p m V o ca tio n al Village, Friday, Ju n e 5. 8 p m at V oca tion al V illage 5040 S E M ilw a u kie St ‘ kins care o rg a n iza tio n s and health m a inten ance org a n iza tio n s th a t con tract to care for w e lfare recipients, so pro blem s w ith lo w in com e access to health care can be resolved • Reinstating appropriatioi I ts witl up to 133 pe rce n t o f w e lfare levels • R e insta te m ent o f 12 m o n th tw o parent w elfare • D ir e c t ' tw pen at t over I udget tax rei eipts nto the Depart o f H um an R esources rather than in to tax refunds Those w h o w ish to te s tify should c o n ta c t Olga Talley at P ortla nd Public Si hools H eadstart 280 5724 J e ffe rs o n High Reunion J e ffe rso n H igh S cho ol s class o f 1957 w ill hold their 30th year re u n io n A u g u st 14th and 15th at the C olum bia River Red Lion Inn A ll class m em hers are asked to c o n ta c t Jack S tacey, 235 8741 GAPFAGL SI P\ K I IX 11O 1 N E A lb e r ta Hollywood D istrict 2 0 1 4 ME 42nd Portland, OR PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS SPRING SPECIAL M an s 3 pi M a ris 2 (ii Since: 1957 Business is still picking up. 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