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Show t s "They sure had the N':-W&' ; right touch. . . J think we are K fortunate to nave this type of facility here." - ' X ' -.'" ' ' ' ,, , - ' X : r Wendell Hansen enjoys a few moments at home after recuperating from a very serious automobile accident earlier this year. "I'm not an authority on hospitals," says Wendell Hansen, "because this was the first time I have been in a hospital, but I don't think they would have been any better anywhere else, I think we are fortunate to have this type of facility here. I :" have watched at other hospitals and I think the care here is better." Thinking back on the seriousness of his accident, Wendell said, "At one time, when the accident first happened, we were skeptical and wondered if I should be transferred, but after the first two-three days, we weren't about to have me transferred. That shows my reaction." "I was really impressed with the ICU (Intensive Care Unit)," continues Wendell, Wen-dell, "I had some really outstanding nurses there and after I was moved out of intensive care, I had really good nurses there too -- and the doctors were really special. Dr. Schefield didn't know me from Adam and he gave me the best trauma care and so did Doctors Jerry Martin, Paul Robinson and Michael Callahan." "There wasn't a day the doctors didn't come in - and it wasn't just 'Hello, how are you, goodbye,' - it was 'You're going to make it, Wendell. You are doing fine, how's your horses doing? How's little league football coming?' - always a word of encouragement, everything on a positive note." "I lived, what more can I say? I guess it was a miracle. They sure had the right touch. They consistently gave me good care and did the right thing. The ambulance am-bulance crew gave me very good service. They were 'Johnny on the spot.' " "I just feel we have a good thing going here." Your hospital in American Fork is striving to stay at the top of the health care profession by providing state of the art facilities as they are needed in this area to keep up with the remarkable advances in modern health care. To be a top quality health care delivery system, a wide range of services is required. The 16 specialties at American Fork Hospital help provide that diversity. diver-sity. For example, the physicians who worked with Wendell Hansen provided all the necessary training and expertise he needed. Dr. Jerry Martin is a full-time emergency room physician, trained to deal with the trauma of all types of emergency cases. He teaches emergency first-aid to local paramedics and occasionally teaches such things as CPR to community groups. Dr. Michael Callahan, a board certified orthopedic surgeon, deals with the problems of the bone. Dr. Callahn was the first at American Fork Hospital to place a joint cementless. Dr. Callahan does all orthopedic surgery with an emphasis em-phasis on total joints and athletic injuries. Dr. Roger Schefield, a fully trained general surgeon, helps the hospital become a full service hospital. Dr. Schefield is board certified. General surgery is a specialty dealing with all types of surgical procedures. Dr. Schefield was trained in the Bay area and served in several large naval hospitals. Dr. Paul Robinson has been practicing at American Fork Hospital for the last six years. Dr. Robinson was the only general surgeon at American Fork Hospital for five of those six years and has performed a great number of surgeries at American Fork. Those needing surgical procedures can be referred from the family physicians to the general surgeons. As important as the specialty physicians are, the care patients receive while in the hospital is also very important. The caring nursing staff at American Fork Hospital is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to help you recover from your illness. Wendell Hansen's wife, LaVon, summed up her feelings in this way, "We couldn't have asked for any better service than we received here -- we got the best - better than we could have had anywhere. The medical doctors were really qualified. They didn't haphazardly guess, they were very dependable and knew what needed to be done and did it. We were really happy with the services and facilities." Caring is our business VM AMERICAN FORK HOSPITAL 170 N. 1100 E., American Fork 756-6001 3 fa ' DOLLAR STRETCHING FOOD VALUES I Grade Almonds Gluten Popcorn 5bbag Clear Gel ( Hour 50 ,b bap Y S11 07 J6.47 J6.67 v 4774 '11.3 X sibbag CarobX s9-99 -----JDehydrator 44.95 Chips & 179 Dipping Vr-i FREE App'eV SAF ( Carob 'Mf Pafe'th X lnstantYeast ) now in f c uc jiydiup t Stock Handcrafted ssasssKKsaaat, 3.19 s.; iGfoocjOTaa. 1 Closed Wed. & Survj w Sat 10 -4 95N.200E. American Fork, UT 84003 $ 3. ' ' A |