Cone Hospital review [March-April, 1969]

              MOSES CONE HOSPITAL
REVIEW
Vol. IV, No. 1
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
March-April, 1969
Symposium Set
The 22nd Annual Medical
Symposium, sponsored by the
Greensboro Academy of Medicine, is to be held Thursday,
March 27, at Jefferson Standard
Country Club.
Registration begins at 10:00
a.m. Faculty members of seven
Schools of Medicine will speak
during the day.
Social events will include a
luncheon set for 12:15 p.m., a
social hour at 6:00 p.m. and
dinner at 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Benjamin Vatz is president of the Academy; Dr. Edward P. Benbow, Jr., vice president; Dr. Alfred Garvey, secretary and Dr. Robert L. Phillips,
president-elect.
Moses Cone Hospital is one
of the sponsors who make possible the yearly event.
New Group Plan
Has Many Benefits
On May 10, an improved Blue
Cross-Blue Shield group insurance
plan with much more liberal benefits will go into effect for all hospital
employees enrolled in the present
plan.
All benefits under the former plan
will continue and additionally the
new plan provides benefits for nursery changes on the family certificate, intensive care, coronary care,
newborn care in hospital, and radiation therapy. Previously none of
these were paid for, except for $100
toward newborn care. Now all of
these will be covered.
Admissions for tuberculosis and
mental illness were limited to 30
days in a general hospital. Now an
admission can be for up to 70 days
in a general hospital and TB sanatorium or mental hospital. Also, 30-
day benefits will be paid for admis-
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Trustees, Department Heads
Are Studying Expansion Plans
For many months members of the
Joint Planning Committee, composed of Trustees and Medical Staff
representatives, have worked with
various department heads studying
possible improvements and expansion in areas on the operating wing
and first, ground and basement
floors of the east wing of the hospital.
Each of these areas has expanded
its work load to take care of increased numbers of patients but the
employees, meanwhile, are working
in crowded space, waiting areas are
Clown To Visit
Emmett Kelly, Jr., is to pay a return visit to Moses Cone Hospital
April 8 from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.
Last Fall an announcement of his
scheduled visit was made Unforeseen circumstances caused a cancellation, much to the regret of
many who enjoyed him before.
In mid-March, the representative
of his sponsoring firm called to
make a new date.
So mark the date of April 8 on
your calendars and don't be surprised if your picture is snapped
with a clown who suddenly appears
by your side.
full, and storage space is short both
for equipment and for needed records.
Early studies showed that removal
of the present laundry from the
main building would offer the best
key to expansion of many other departments housed in that same
section.
Recently the Trustees authorized
J. N. Pease Associates, Architects-
Engineers, in Charlotte to obtain
firm cost estimates for a completely
new laundry area. Projected plans
call for the department to be located
in a separate building near the
steam plant and be connected with
the main building by tunnel. The
preliminary estimated cost is $375,-
000.
Studies of a second part of a renovation and expansion plan were
authorized in late February. Again
the architect was instructed only to
draw up working plans and firm
cost estimates.
The second part of the plan, after
removing the Laundry, involves
these departments: Operating rooms,
Emergency rooms, X-Ray department, Physical Therapy, Admitting
office, Accounting, Pharmacy and
Central Supply, Storeroom, Personnel and Medical Records. The consultant's estimate for the work on
these departments is $2,678,427.
A great deal of study, both of the
plans and of securing funds needed
for financing such a program, is still
to be done. No contracts have been
let to date.
But the Trustees are aware that
with the constant growth, both in
the number of hospital patients and
in the area's population, expansion
is necessary. Their aim is to achieve
expansion in such a way that present and projected needs will be
taken care of for a number of years
ahead.