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GLEAMING STAINLESS STEEL KITCHENETTE ARE PAR Adelaide McLaughlin, 4\and president for 50 years of To fulfill the wish of the late founder the Women's Auxiliary, Oshawa ?|General Hospital, a small com- €\imittee of the auxiliary, met, planned, considered and direct- ed the furnishing of a chapel in the hospital. Mrs. McLaughlin had fre- quently expressed her belief that a place of santuary, a re- treat from public view, would "+ |be appreciated by patients, doc- T OF NEW WING 'cal records room. }iphone from home, or office, or *\the hospital, into one of four re- _|doctor for research and study §\pital came into being, are still tors, the bereaved and the :|clergy. Such a place, to be known as '|the Adelaide McLaughlin Mem- -jorial Chapel, was incorporated in the plans for the extension 'and enlargement of the hospital. With this knowledge the .|Women's Aixiliary undertook to iiprovide the furnishings and a committee was appointed with '|/Mrs, H. B. James as convener. This committee was composed of Mrs. C. D. Russell, Mrs .R. W. .Bassett, Mrs. A. W. Arm- strong, Mrs, F. J. Rundle and Mrs. C. H. Vipond, until she and her husband, Dr. C. H. Vi- Chapel Designed For Use By All in gold, which complements the| Italy. The committee color scheme would be con- ductive to a "'quiet" room with- out being depressing. Because the chapel is for the free use of all denominations, signs and symbols connected with any one faith could not be used to adorn) the altar. | A happy solution was found) in a carved "Tree of Life'. The chapel will be available to) all churches for services and to| the public for meditation. Rev. Canon Clinton D. Cross, then rector of St. orial Anglican Church acted as sociation. | Points of consideration in the new chapel include a door wide! enough to admit a hospital bed,| a tiring room for ministers and| in the narthex, three lockers which will be assigned one to) each of the three faiths, Pro-| testant, Roman Catholic and Jewish, in which to keep their} ritual vestments and religious) pond left Oshawa for Malaya, "Y\was engaged for over a year ¢\in planning and securing the appointments. Bleached oak was chosen for the panelling. and chairs which are uphoistered in a soft, dark green with matching kneelers. The entire floor is carpeted In addition to Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital, almost simultan- eous with the construction of the ' |hospital's new wing, was the in- stallation of a new central dic- tating system. This system, already taxed al- most to capacity, has become the subject of much praise from} |the hospital's medicai system. By making use of this time-| saving system, doctors are able to dictate case histories by tele- from various locations within | corders. | Information recorded is then) '|transcribed by skilled medical! typists. Then, doctors' confiden- tial case histories, which must) be submitted within 24 hours of| |a patient's admission, becomes a matter of record NOT DIVULGED" It is available to the patient's | land none of it is divulged to} lanyone without the. written con-| sent of the patient. Three of the four central dic- tating machines are located in the new wing medical records\@V¢Tage day, to have at least|Partment. room and the fourth, for receiy-| ing outside calls is' in the switchboard room. The medical records room, it- self, is one of the most interest- ing departments in the entire hospital. . In this room, staffed by eight \full time employees, and a part| time typist, medical records| are stored, many of them on mi- crofilm, that date as far back} as 1923, when Oshawa doctors| first started keeping medical re-| cords of patients in hospital. | The medical records room is| equipped with a _ microfilm viewer - printer and camera equipment which is operated by its staff. At present, medi- cal records from 1923 until the end of 1952 are on microfilm. Eventually all medical charts will be on microfilm io within five years of the present year. Charts, both microfilm and actual charts are kept here mainly for doctors' research. And old ledgers, dating back to 1910, when Oshawa's first hos- to be found around the medi- It is not uncommon for medi-| |ornaments, | It is hoped that in 'the future ithe four windows, at present} plain glass, will cast rays of! color into the chapel and other lrefinements in memory and gratitude, will be added at the! |discretion of a standing com- mittee. Doctors Praise cal records room workers to re- iceive enquiries from persons far removed from Oshawa, to confirm their births at Oshawa General Hospital. Part of the medical records room is devoted to the medical staff for use as a write-up area. In this area is a table, equipp- ed with telephones and two) booths for those wishing pri-; vacy while writing histories, charts or patient orders, has been provided. } All records pertaining to like cases are cross-indexed in the new medical records room. New Recover | This reredos of gold brocade ve hoped the! George's Mem-} advisor for the Minsterial As-' we f lu PATIENTS cvontines 'IN NEW WING TWO-BED Physio-Therapy Gets More Room eqiupped gymnasium, with spe- cial resilient floor covering, a large five-bed patient depart- ment, separate hydrotherapy room with dressing cubicles. Dressing rooms complete with locker facilities and dress- R THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, Mey 29, 1962 uk OOM one short wave machine, two ul¢ tra violet ray lamps, two whirl- pool baths, a rowing machine (used in the gym for strengthen+ ing injured arm and leg mus- cles and joints) eight exercise mats, four walkers and two jing cubicles have been provided wheelchairs, Physiotherapy is described as| In January this year, the de-|for both men and women. A a branch of physical medicine.|partment was moved to its new|separate examination room has form of treatment hasjquarters in the new wing first|been provided as well as office . Room Provid iproved so advantageous in such|floor, It more than tripled in|space for the department super- The building and subsequent) opening of the Oshawa General! Hospital's most recent addition) has provided a new 12-bed re- covery room, with increased fa- cilities to accommodate 12 post- surgical patients, It is not uncommon, during an 25 patients from the operating] theatres spend anywhere from} an hour to three or four hours in this new recovery room. |C8S€S And on occasion, surgery has| reached a high of 38 cases a |day at Oshawa General Hospital, | SMS. buil All the necessary emergency|the Oshawa General Hospital's| equipment, including respira-| tors, oxygen equipment, suc-! tion equipment and emergency] drugs have been provided in the| new fifth floor recovery room.| Patients are transferred to the new recovery room from all| eight "A'"' wing operating thea- tres. It is not uncommon to} have seven of the eight theatres| in use at one time and on occa-|° sion (when beds permit) all] eight have been used simultan-| eously. The new recovery room, which has taken the place of the| much smaller "A" wing recoy.| ery room is staffed by three} graduate nurses with additional assistance given from the stu-| dent nurses. | The "A" wing recovery room| has been converted into two ad- ditional operating theatres. Patients in the recovery room| are under. constant supagaisign, pezted in gy date from the}, 16th century BC, | until they are fully conscious. a wide variety @f cases, partic-|size, much needed new equip-jvisor and a reception depart- ularly in rehabilitation of the|ment was added, andsit is well-|ment with office facilities for injured, in fractures, in diseases|lit and air conditioned. |secretarial purposes is included of metabolism, nervous disor-| An occopational therapy unit|in the new wing department. ders and many other diseases Or) has been added and will be put} New equipment installed with conditions, that almost everyjinto' service as soon as the ne-|the opening of this new wing general hospital would find con-|cessary staff is available to run|department includes two pro- siderable reed' hed eng it. | gressive treatment units, used in and organized physiotherapy de-| is f jthe diagnosis and treatment of NEW EQUIPMENT various conditions of nerve and n : The new physiotherapy de-| muscle ailments, three infra red fered by this branch of medical) partment includes a large well-llamps, one ultra sound machine, science in properly selected) - The forms of treatment of- VARIED PATIENTS ' Both in-hospital patients and out-patients receive the services of the physiotherapy depart- ment. Patients who visit this depart. ment during a normal day of op- eration include orthopaedic cases, neurological cases, skin disease cases, patients suffering congenital deformities, persons who have suffered bone or mus- cle damage, patients having chest conditions, rheumatic con- ditions, arthritic conditions and geriatric patients. hasten convalescence, | mr 2 shorten the patient's stay in|) <7 hospital and improve end Te-| ding and opening of] new wing has enabled hospital) authorities to boast a _ well- planned and organized physio- therapy department. BETTER QUARTERS Before the new wing was added, OGH physiotherapy de-| partment workers operated in} small, dimly lit quarters in the id "E" wing. Their equipment included only) a small gymnasium, with an of-| fice in. one corner thus taking} away part of the necessary| gym space, a small four-bed| department, with a hydrother-|* apy treatment unit in one cor-} ner. | What was worse for the pa| tient, the old department was): both noisy and hot. -- ----| ANCIENT STYLES Some Egyptian fabrics. block- a 50 PRINCE STREET Congratulations and Best Wishes To The SHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL on the Opening of the New Wing!! ELECTRIC LIMITED 723-2248 | aaa } Congratulations To The OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL on the Opening of Their New Wing . EDGAR & SON Ltd. Pratt & Lambert Paints and Varnishes Were Used Exclusively On This Job! ! At this time, we, at OKE PRO- DUCE, would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the board of Directors, the staff and the people of Oshawa upon the completion of the splendid new addition to the Oshawa General Hospital, which now makes this Hospital the largest, and possibly the best equipped hospital between Toronto and Kingston, We are proud, and thankful to be one of the suppliers of this greot institution. % epee ect Sane eee eee, oo y g ia | OSHAWA } ce Pan OKE PRODUCE I z ee Soe ROT TR MRSA TR RICE --