| Show r J Z 1 f. f tI t I r SD Hospital Joins In Alliance For Health e if II I I k I I j I r F- F Z f l lf 1 f iii i iAh Ah 1 Ir i I tJ I L 0 k r. r J j i- i I- I r t i. i t it i G t tit i 1 K KA A modern hospital requires many devices for che checking king the condition of patients In the intensive care room at thethis the S L. L h n D C omm unit J this thic new machine checks cut avis VII y yr r r 1 JS r i r I t Y r s E 1 4 1 L f s R V f 4 V n Central supply must maintain many items bottles box box- es etc necessary in today's treatment as shown by t I k t I Ii 1 it f 4 t f r r rt t i I I I 1 MIM I II J II I II I 4 t f G GIM IM F. F r t t I It J I I s V I I I j I 1 i Another new machine at the hospital is the automatic developing machine for Xray Xray X- X ray negatives All Kaye Anglesey above has to do is drop the negative int into the the heart in a variety of ways Merilyn Van works the multitude of dials The intensive care also has many other items required for treating the very ill n Lillian Alder machine from the dark room side In a afew afew few moments it comes out all developed I dried Machine cost 1 r ii r I A. A 0 d i 4 r I 1 JI JIt t J aC I i a I k rr i. i R Rr l r Z I t. t i i t r. r M M 1 f J I i i t a r t Records are a must for the hospital Working in the vast files are left to right Kolleen Holbrook medical records Next week May 8 through 14 is national hospital week DURING THAT time hospitals all allover over the nation will open their doors a little wider than usual and Invite the public to see just what It takes to fight Illness and disease In this era The South Davis Community Hospital will join In this week with an open house on Tuesday May 10 from 10 am a.m. to 7 pm p.m. BESIDES TOURS of the hospital hospital hos- hos pital and refreshments there will be displays and information tion One booth will wUl be sponsored sponsored spon- spon by the Social Security department on medicare Those eligible for tor medicare may sign signup up between 3 and pm p.m. pm p.m. Free blood typing will be offered offered of- of also durIng the day THEME FOR the week Is Alliance Alliance Al- Al liance For Health signifying the joining together of the federal federal fed fed- eral government and US U.S. hospitals hos- hos In the medIcare program to begin July 1 The South DavIs hospi hospital tal learned last week it had qualifIed qualified fIed for medicare patients one of four thus far In Utah HOW HON MANY persons enter hospitals each year out of every eight In the nation Locally some entered I the t e South Davis Davis' Community ty I i Hospital during 1965 alone Patient Patient Pa- Pa tient number entered the local hospital on Sept 22 1965 THE PATIENTS last year used pounds or of 1 laundry and ate meals i Nurses served hours waItIng on patients The medical library at the hospital Is an Important source of Information on patients It isa Is Isa a clear concise and accurate history ot of the patients patient's life and illness Ulness written from Crom the medical medical medi- medi cal point of vIew It took hours on these records alone last year SOME ray X-ray cases took another hours while bookkeeping bookkeeping book book- keeping requIred hours Now the babies There were births at the hospital wIth wItha a mortality rate of less than six per 1000 live births the lowest mortality rate In the Salt Lake area THE LABORATORY keeps busy too tests were performed performed per per- formed units of blood for transfusing to cases babies checked for blood type and RH and testing routinely of all babies There were 1531 surge surgery r y cas cases s during 1965 types but open heart THE NATIO NATIONS NATION'S S 'S hospitals of them hired persons making hospitals third among the lar largest est employers Today the smallest hospital can carry out tests and procedures procedures dures that were unknown In the great medical centers a few years ag ago New equipment and supplies and nd new skills all contrIbute contribute con con- trIbute to better patient care Parking facilities for the hospital are located in back with ample room to grow Those going to the ho hospital may enter from the front or from librarian Dee Mitchell and Pauline Tru Trump mp t 1 J F cy J. t 1 f i T I I or o i ij j i 4 i. i T. T t S Sg g r I r M Mr r 4 i iI ii i I s II I r L A I IY Y h Babies go right into the modern hospital world as soon as they are born This new Kreiselman crib IS temperature regulated has a md suction Shown by Ella Gubler obstetrical the crib co cots 1000 I It 5 1 JA J 1 0 1 i tr i j J 1 fri r t t I t If t j a r r r 1 r 44 Ul V r I yr d dr I ITc r L Tc u. r t A I rl t ri f w w r r rw I oj 1 I ti to J J 1 f I M I. I I I I s de r t i i V Jt t 4 i c cG cY cr G Y r Ir South |
