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Sunday, January I, 1958 . MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
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GIVE THE NURSE THE BEST modern scientific equipment and ample nursing facilities in
order that she may reach out and give the fullest measure of skilled service to the community.
SHE HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE to the care of the sick and the injured; her time to soothing
the pain of the body; her very existence to facing death again and again helping others less
able to face it. Her work is hard but she will not flinch nor turn back; her life is dedicated to
serving you when the time comes.
THE LEAST WE CAN DO is to give her the most modern equipment and adequate hospital
facilities that her work may be EASIER AND MORE EFFECTIVE.
Never in the Field o Sacrificial Service is SO MUCH
owed by so many to so few!
How do you describe the work of the hospital
auxiliary? Which of the many services performed
should be emphasized and how can one place a
value on. volunteer hours of work given unselfishly to
make a patient more comfortable, and to speed his
recovery?
If you have had a loved one in Rogue Valley
Memorial Hospital during the past year, you may be
sure that some of the linens used in his room were
made by the auxiliary sewing group. If he was taken
to surgery, he was covered with a sheet hemmed by
that group; the surgeon's towels were sewed by them.
He may have awakened in his own room again to
see cheerful draperies at the windows, also made by
the unpaid volunteer sewers.
In the days that followed, he saw auxiliary work
ers going about the hospital in their uniform pink
smocks. Some one came into his room daily to wafer
and care for his flowers and plants, and each after
noon a cart was brought to his bedside to offer free
magazines.
If you visited that patient during the morning,
you encountered the same cart, this time circulating
among visitors and hospital staff members to dis
tribute free coffee.
Your loved one may have been so ill, or his in
juries may have been such that he was unable to
feed himself in this case, a volunteer worker prob
ably came to the hospital at mealtime to assist the
nurses by feeding him. Nurses must eat, too, and
. mealtime often finds the hospital short of hands when
too many patients require individual help.
Every volunteer worker has completed a course
of instruction given by the superintendent of nurses,
before she is allowed to enter a patient's room. If she
is feeding patients, she has been instructed in the
proper procedure. Under no circumstances may she
report for duty if she has any symptoms of illness,
and her actions are strictly supervised by the regis
tered nurse on duty. She is particularly schooled in
rules of hospital etiquette, and knows that she cannot
discuss patients' illnesses with outsiders.
There are nearly always one or more children con
fined to the hospital for lengthy periods of treatment
many times other children in the family prevent the
mother from spending as much time with the small
patient as she would like. Auxiliary workers are
always glad to come in and read to the child, play
games and give him other special Attention to keep
him happily amused.
No one who has ever had to spend the Thanks
giving or Christmas holiday in a hospital will deny
that there is always a little feeling of neglect and
sadness at missing the usual celebration in the warmth
of your own family. Nothing can fully compensate
for this loss but visible proof of "personal" interest
helps! Picture the delight of a little boy or girl who
has a very special Christmas tree set up in his own
room by "the lady in the pink smock." Visualize, too,
the spiritual lift given to adult patients and staff
members by the sight of holiday decorations through
out the building. Each Christmas season, the auxiliary
also sees that patients are serenaded by groups of
carolers.
If your loved one was in the hospital on a holiday,
he was cheered to find an appropriate tray favor it
may have been a colorful Valentine, or a delicate
May basket. These favors are made by various youth
and adult groups, and are given through the auxiliary.
If you received a note from a patient in the hos
pital, it may have been written by an auxiliary
worker, following his directions. Any small service
which will add to his comfort and speed his recovery
receives the attention of the volunteer.
Perhaps you had no relatives in the hospital dur
ing the year, but if you visited the institution during
National Hospital Week you were guided by an aux
iliary worker, and the tea given then was arranged
by the group as a service to the hospital, and the
community.
Regular hospital office employees directed the
efforts of volunteers who came in to help maintain
complete files on all patients.
All of . these "services" make up the work of the
auxiliary along with many hours given by indi
viduals who organize and administer the projects.
Certainly no monetary value can be placed on them.
The hospital staff carried on efficiently before the
auxiliary was formed, but staff members and patients
alike are enthusiastic in their praise of the work ac
complished, of the morale boosting "extra attention"
each patient receives. Most of the services performed
are vitally necessary, and time given by the auxiliary
workers enables nurses to devote their efforts to more
skilled professional work. Other duties add to the
comfort and happiness of patients and their families.
Auxiliary workers represent every major religious
faith in the community. The only requirement for
membership is that the person indicate an interest in
the hospital, and a willingness to accept responsibility
for the group's work. With the added facilities
planned in the proposed new Rogue Valley Memorial
Hospital, even more services will be added.
SHE IS ALWAYS READY TO ANSWER
HUMANITY'S CALL ARE YOU?
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Under this title in the public lobby of the hospital will be listed the memorials, the names of
all firms and individuals who contributed any sum of money, and the volunteer workers
of the money-raising campaign -all who made this new hospital possible . . their names
will live! Be a founder in order that future generations will know that YOU helped build
this hospital.
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THIS WILL BE - - -
To
Establish a Living Memorial . for your business,
yourself or a loved one . . . wife, husband, mother, father, son or daughter, sister or
brother will be honored, and his or her memory perpetuated by this service
rendered the community. Establish a memorial for yourself or your loved ones by
making a really sacrificial gift. You and they will continue to, live -year after
year, you and they will live active day and night, relieving human suffering
saving human lives.
NAMES WILL BE ON PLAQUES IN PUBLIC LOBBY
Maternity Department $30,000
Nursery 25000
X-Ray Department 15,000
Isotope Department 10,000
Surgery Suite 20,000
Major Surgeries 15,000
Minor Surgeries .8,000
Pediatric Department $15,000
Laboratory 10,000
'Chapel-.'. 10,000
Physiotherapy Department 5,000
Record Room 3,000
Nurses Lounge . 3,000
Rooms, (each) 2,000
Beds (each) 1,000
Bassinets 500
Emergency Surgery 5,000
The Board of Directors expresses its appreciation of Special Memorial Gifts from
Alfred S. V. Carpenter and Helen B. Carpenter, and John R. Tomlin.
ONE VOTING MEMBERSHIP
R $100 OR MORE SUBSCRIBED
Associate Membership Less Than $100
NAMES WILL BE LISTED ON PLAQUES IN PUBLIC LOBBY
DONATIONS ARE DEDUCTIBLE FROM INCOME TAXES
YOU PAY IN INSTALLMENTS AFTER CAMPAIGN
CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS 28 SOUTH BARTLETT STREET
PHONE 3-4579
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