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§ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Tuesdey, Mey 29, 1962 NEW WING PROVIDE ad § E |zens. S BACKGROUND FOR ATTRACTIVE NURSES Opening Of New Wing Marks Latest Chapter In Hospital's History Another chapter in Oshawa General Hospital's 52-year his- tory will be written tomorrow: afternoon when E. H. Walker, president and general manager of General Motors of Canada Limited, and an honorary vice- president of the hospital board, officially opens its most re- cent addition. With the opening and staff- ing of this new wing, Oshawa General Hospital will become one of the major hospitals in the province and the city's sec- ond largest employer of labor. The new six-storey structure, built on the Alexandra street side of the 1954 wing at an es- timated cost of $2,700,000, will provide Oshawa and district residents with an additional 226 patient-care beds. OTHER FACILITIES Not only the beds but essen- tial services for the preserva- tion of health and rehabilitation facilities for those recovering from illness have been provided. However, most of the six floors, with the exception of the first, part of the fifth and sixth, are all patient floors. All new-wing patient rooms are decorated in pastel shades, equipped with the most mod- ern beds (Hi-Low) available and all have a patient-tonurse call system. Use of this new system is becoming common in larger hos- pitals, of which Oshawa General is now one, Its major advan- tage is that it saves time and steps for the nursing staff when a patient is in need of medical attention. And all new rooms are equipp- ed with washroom facilities for) the patients' convenience. DOUBLE CORRIDORS The new wing has been built on the double corridor plan, as was the last one, with the ser- vices (nursing stations, doctors' write-up and utility rooms and drug rooms) in the middle and patient accommodation around the outside. There are no private rooms as such in the new wing with the exception of two in the iso- tional main operating rooms,jatory on the sixth floor, an iso|for patients suffering mild men- thus giving Oshawa Generaljlation unit for patients suffer-|tal disorders. Hospital seven main OR's and ing infectious diseases (hepati- The penhouse houses air con- two in its emergency depart-jtis, spinal meningitis, pneumon-|ditioning and air duct equipment. ment. ia and polio suspects) has been All new wing corridors are The former recovery room|provided and a six-bed psychia-|finished with glazed tile and has been replaced by a well-lit,/tric unit has been establishediacoustic tile ceilings. pastel decorated 12-bed recov- ery room in the new wing, only steps away from the operating theatres. NEW ELEVATOR New automatic elevators have been installed in the new wing. Both new elevators may be op- erated manually during "rush hour"' traffic to expediate pas- senger travel throughout the wing's sixth floors. On every floor, stretcher and wheelchair bays have been in- stalled adjacent to the eleva- tors. Every floor has been provided with modern, comfortable visit- ors' waiting rooms. These too, are in the elevator areas. Elsewhere in the new wing (sixth floor) may be found a new bacteriology laboratory, school of nursing classroom fa- cilities (basement), a new chap- el, donated by the Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital Women's Auxil- iary (first floor), doctors' i- brary (first floor), medical re. cords room (first floor), doc- tors' lounge (first floor), nurs- ing administration offices (first floor), general purpose lecture room, used primarily for school of nursing purposes, medical staff and hospital board meet- ings (first floor), and a brand new physio and occupational therapy department, also on the first floor. PAEDIATRIC WARD The second floor has been de- voted to a much needed paedia- tric ward. It is already being taxed to capacity and it includes an isolation unit, also in use. The third floor has been put into use as a surgical patient wing. The fourth floor is used for maternity patients. The fifth floor houses the re- covery room and has patient rooms for urology and gynaecol- ogy patients. In addition to the new labor- lation units and one in the sixth- floor psychiatric unit. However, two-bed semi-pri- vate rooms will be converted into private wards for seriously ill patients. These rooms will be those closest to the nursing sta- tions and will house only pa- tients requiring constant medi- cal attention. BED CAPACITY Six three-bed rooms, 11 four- bed rooms, three five-bed wards and 71 semi-private comprise the new wing's total bed capa- city. While new wing construction was in progress, 12 beds were lost temporarily during "opera-| tion break-through". However, all but three of these beds have been put back into service. Three four-bed rooms have now been converted into three-bed -rooms. SEEKS VISITORS VANCOUVER (CP) -- Jim Hughes, an official of the Greater Vancouver visitors' and convention bureau, is making a six-week tour of Canada and the United States in a bid to get for this area a larger share of the conventions held annually in North America. There were 85 such gatherings here last year. DEPLORES HYPHENS MONTREAL (CP) -- Cana- dians are 'too hyphenated," Prof. Marcus Long of the Uni- versity of Toronto told the} Women's Canadian Club here, mentioning such terms as French-Canadian and Irish - Ca- nadian. "While it is not neces- sary for us to desert our cul- The "A" wing (1954 west wing) recovery room has now been converted into two addi- tures," he said, "'too often we} cling to the past when we ought to be challenging the future." Through the 52 years of oper- ation of Oshawa General, many Oshawa and district citizens) have donated sufficient funds to underwrite the cost of furnish- ing rooms or providing pieces of _|awa and the visitors' 'y equipment. To acknowledge these gener- ous gifts to the hospital through the years, the Oshawa General Hospital board of directors has seen fit to attach five-by-eight inch brushed chrome plaques, suitably engraved, to the doors of rooms furnished by these citi- Almost all "F'" wing rooms (the most recent addition to be opened tomorrow afternoon) are now equipped with these com- memorative plaques . NAMES LISTED Following is a list of those who have provided sufficient funds to-furnish a room or a department in this new wing. On the first floor: 'Visitors' waiting room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. J. Haas; physiother- apy gymnasium, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Lovell, Mrs. E. A. Lovell and Everett Lov- ell. Second floor, Room 2000, a two-bed room, furnished by the Rotary Club of Whitby; Room 2002, a four-bed room, furnish- ed by the Rotary Club of Osh- awa; Room 2004, a five-bed ward, furnished by the Kinsmen Club of Oshawa; Room 2006, a five-bed ward, furnished by the Kinsmen Club of Oshawa; Room 2008, a five-bed ward, furnished by the Kinsmen Club of Osh- awa; Room 2010, a two-bed room, furnished by the Kiwanis Club of Westmount, Oshawa; Room 2012, a two-bed room, fur- nished by the Rotary Club of Oshawa; Room 2014, a two-bed room, furnished by the Rotary Club of Oshawa; Room 2016, a six-bed ward, furnished by the Kiwanis Club of Oshawa; Room 2018, a two-bed room, furnished by the Rotary Club of Oshawa. Room 2013, a three-bed room, furnished by Corinthian Lodge 61 of the Independent Order of Oddfellows, Oshawa; Room 2011, a three-bed room, furnish- ed by Cliff Mills Motors, Osh- awa; Room 2009, a three-bed room, furnished by Jacob and Sodie Shoychet; Room 2007, a three-bed room, furnished by Al- ger Press Limited; Room 2005, a! two-bed room, furnished by Plaques Display Names Of Donors and Mrs. J. H. Beaton; Room|* Room 3016, a two-bed room, Mrs. C, E. Schofield. 3004, a two-bed room, furnish- ed by Unit 42, the Canadian Corps Association, Oshawa, On-| > tario; Room 3006, a two-bed room, furnished in memory of Mrs. George Hart; Room 3008, a two-bed room, furnished by Tom and Grace Russell in memory of Mr. and Mrs. George Russell, Sr.; Room 3000, a two-bed room, furnished by B'nai B'rith Lodge, Oshawa; Room 3012, a two-bed room, furnished by Oshawa Public School Teachers; Room 3014, a two-bed room, furnished * by Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Storie; furnished in memory of Mr. and Room 3022,a four-bed room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Walker, Room 3015, a four- bedroom, funrnished by Branch 43, Royal Canadian Legion, Oshawa; Room 3013, a two-bed room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Storie; Room 3011, a two-bed room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Collacutt; Room 3009, a two-bed room, furnish- ed by Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Gay; Room 3003, a two-bed room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Storie, Room 3001, a two- bed room, the McClellan Ward and the waiting room, furnished by Sydney and Helen Shoychet. ON FOURTH FLOOR On the fourth floor: Room 4000, a four-bed room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Alexand George Storie; Room 4002, a two-bed room, furnished in honor of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Hatch; Room 4006, a two-bed room, furnished in memory of Col. J. E. Farewell; Room 4010, a two-bed room, furnished in memory of Miss Fannie E. Hislop; Room 4022, a four-bed room, furnished by Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. Storie; Room 4015, a four-bed room, furnished in memory of Mrs. S. J. Storie; Room 4007, a two-bed room, fur- nished in memory of Mr. James and Mrs. Maria Robinson; Room 4005, a two-bed room, furnish- ed in memory of Mrs. Henrietta Garfatt and the visitors' waiting room, furnished by Abraham A. I, and Betty Waisglass. On the fifth floor: Room 5002, a four-bed room, furnished in memory of Arthur H. Allin; Room 5004, a two-bed room, (Continued on Page 10) NEW BACTERIOLOGY LAB ON SIXTH FLOOR Woodview Park Community Centre; Room 2003, a two-bed room, furnished by the Oshawa District Shrine Club, 1960, Room 2001, a two-bed room, furnished by the Kiwanis Club of Osh- waiting room, furnished in memory of Dr. Charles E. Wilson. ON SECOND FLOOR On the second floor: Room 3000, a four-bed room, furnish- ed by the employees of the Pub- lic Utilities Commission of the City of Oshawa; Room 3002, a two-bed room, furnished by Mr. OFFICIAL OPENING OF THEIR NEW WING It was Our Privilege and Pleasure to Have Played a Part in its OUR and to the on the Ereciion. Congratulations Best Wishes OSHAWA GENERA HOSPITAL HAROLD R. STARK Plumbing, Heating and Engineering LIMITED 255 SIMCOE STREET SOUTH 725-3521 We of the would like to express our appreciation to the many people in Oshawa and District who contri- buted and supported this very worthy addition to the Oshawa General Hospital. Another MILESTONE ACHIEVED . . In The History Of THE OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL TOMORROW the Newest Wing of This Great Institution Will Be Officially Opened! Ideal Dairy Products Limited IDEAL DAIRY PRODUCTS LTD. 390 RITSON RD. NORTH 728-6241