Cone Hospital review [August-September, 1969]

              MOSES CONE HOSPITAL
REVIEW
Vol. IV, No. 3
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
August-September, 1969
Hospital To Raise    "Population Explosion Effects"
Wages and Rates   Herman Cone Lecture Topic
A raise in the minimum wage paid
by Moses Cone Hospital will become
effective October 5 in all departments.
The new minimum will be $1.80.
This is an increase of 20# from
the present minimum of $1.60 which
in turn has been raised twice in the
past twelve months.
Rates to be Raised
In order to cover this raise and
the constant rise in all operating
costs of the hospital, the rates
charged for several services and
rooms will have to be raised.
Progressive Care room rates will
be increased $2 per day, making
them $16 and $20. In other accommodations, the increases will be by
four and five dollars, making the
new rates as follows: four-bed rooms
$30 and $33; two-bed rooms $34 and
$37; and private rooms $41 and $45.
Fees in the Laboratory will be increased about 121/2% overall. In X-
Ray certain examinations will be
higher; overall there will be a rise
of about 10%. Operating Room
charges will be increased by about
$10 per operation, based on a time
schedule.
Below Other Hospitals
Even with this rise, Greensboro
residents will still be spending much
less for room accommodations than
most citizens of the country.
The local hospital's rates are substantially below the national average
and even below those of almost all
community hospitals in North Carolina.
At the same time Moses Cone
Hospital offers the advanced equipment and personnel needed for
treatment of critical cases.
The room rate and ancilliary service fee rises are partly brought on
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Or. Alan F. GuHmacher
United Fund Drive
Set For October
By S. Frank Johnson
Campaign Director
$1,435,774.00 — This is the 1970
goal of the United Fund Campaign
of The United Community Services.
Moses Cone Hospital's goal is set at
$14,000.
Certainly this is a lot of money
and the efforts of all people living or
working in our area will be needed
if the campaign is to succeed. We
believe it will be successful because
most everyone in the community
feels this is the best way to contribute to 35 different agencies with
only one pledge.
It has been found that most agencies will spend 10% — 50% of the
campaign dollars collected for the
campaign itself. But the United
Fund, on the other hand, has been
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Dr. Alan F. Guttmacher, president
of Planned Parenthood—World Population, is to be the speaker for the
Sixth Annual Herman Cone Lecture,
set for Thursday, October 16, at the
School of Nursing auditorium, UNC-
His topic of "The Population Explosion — Medical and Social Aspects" will reflect a professional
lifetime spent working in this field,
both in his active years as an obstetrician and gynecologist and in
retirement.
Dr. Guttmacher is a diplomate in
Obstetrics and Gynecology, a member of the faculty of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine and
Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and
Gynecology at the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine.
Until 1966, he was Clinical Professor at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons and lecturer
at the Harvard School of Public
Health.
He is the author of many scientific
and popular books and articles on
contraception, infertility, pregnancy,
twinning, and the history of medicine.
Maryland Native
A native of Baltimore and a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of
Medicine, he taught anatomy at his
alma mater and at the University of
Rochester, and after his residency
rose to be Associate Professor of
Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins.
Later he became Director of the
combined Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology at New York's
Mount Sinai, a post held until 1962
when he assumed leadership of
Planned Parenthood-World Population.
Dr. Guttmacher is past president
of the New York Obstetrical Society
and formerly chairman of the Central Medical Committee of International Planned Parenthood Federation in London.