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Show Memorial Hospital Gifts Resulted in Equipment The family of Ida M. Taylor ! reports that the donations , made to Allen Memorial t Hospital in her memory have 5 been used to purchase a geriatric chair and a portable bedside toilet. In addition to these items, there will be enough extra money to purchase a stereo for the Solarium, with tapes for the pleasure of the patients, said Clara Gerhardt, daughter of Mrs. Taylor. Said Hospital Administrator J. Kay Hawks in a letter to Mrs. Gerhardt regarding the fund, "We appreciate your concern and thoughtfulness in assisting us with our continued cfTorts to improve patient care and comfort." This is just one instance of the general public support of the hospital. A number of families establish such memorial mem-orial funds. Recently the Mars Pope Tund was used to install a window in the nursery, and the Hdna FAkcr Robison fund was used to pay half the cost of a movie projector, for other example SV lu the" case of the movie projector, the other half of the cost came from the hospital jj, employees' fund. This fund generates revenue from rental of television sets in the ) hospital, and all the monies go to buy new equipment, etc. In addition to memorial funds, there are other dona- tions which are utilized at the hospital. Most notably, the ' general public, businesses and organizations of this area gave ' a total of $18. (XX) last year to U complete and furnish the solarium addition to the hospital. A television set for that room was given by the Moab Rotary Club. Beta Eta chapter of ESA donated a treatment light for jaundiced newborn babies. Southeast Elementary students raised money for paging units for the ambulance ambu-lance crew. The Points and Pebbles club donated money to help purchase equipment in the cardiac intensive care unit. Annually the Arches Shrine Club gives money for special needs in the pediatric ward. These are just a few examples of the much-appreciated public pub-lic support given the local hospital, concluded Hawks. |