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Thursday, May 15, 1969
Hospital Addition Should
Be Ready In 2-3 Months
In observance of National Hos
pital Week (May 11-17), Robert
Mitcham, Jr., Newton County
Hospital Administrator, was the
guest speaker at the May meet
ing of the Covington Newton Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
Herewith is the speech given
by Mr. Mitcham:
When we agreed to present
the program today, we had hoped
that we would be able to tell
you that our new addition at the
Hospital was completed and in
operation. Unfortunately it is not
completed and it will probably
be two to three months before
it will be completed.
The Newton County Hospital
is a non-profit community hos
pital, owned and operated by the
Newton County Hospital Authori
ty for the benefit of the citi
zens of Newton County. The mem
bers of the Hospital Authority
receive no pay for performing
this service for the community.
The Hospital Authority is com
posed of the following members:
S. A. Ginn, Chairman; Leon
Cohen, Vice-Chairman; Herbert
Vining, Secretary & Treasurer;
Mrs. Ruth Sherwood, Robert
Fowler, Jimmy Morgan, Bill
Hoffman, Dr. G. G. Tuck, mem
bers.
Today I would like to tell
what services are being added
in our new addition at the hos
pital, but before I go into that
I would like to bring you up to
date on the growth of the hos
pital. In 1954 the hospital open
ed as a 34 bed hospital. We
are proud of the fact that we
still have four employees with
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us who started with the hospi
tal when it first opened. They
are: Mrs. Peggy Moss, Direc
tor of Nursing, Mr. Doyle Bai
ley, Engineer, Mrs. Doris John
son, Operating Room Technician
and Miss Elizabeth Branham,
Dietition.
In 1961 a 21 bed addition was
completed making it a 55 bed
hospital. This addition proved
inadequate so the hospital autho
rity assisted by Mrs. Dickinson
began planning for another addi
tion. Ground was broken in
January 1968 to add an additional
38 beds and to enlarge other
areas that had become too small
for the workload demanded of
these departments, and to pro
vide the services needed by our
patients.
The new addition will have 28
private rooms and 5 semi-pri
vate rooms for a total of 38
beds. Making us a 93 bed hos
pital.
We will have a complete new
laboratory that should be large
enough to support additional beds
that will have to be added in
the future as our community con
tinues to grow. And in order
for a community to grow it must
have adequate health facilities to
attract new residents.
Our X-ray department will be
enlarged, a new X-ray examina
tion room will be added where
our present laboratory is locat
ed. This area will be equipp
ed with some of the most modern
equipment available, making it
much better for our patients.
Our kitchen has been remodel
ed and new equipment installed
bringing it up to date and in
compliance with existing food
service regulations. We will
have a new system of serving
food to our patients which we
feel will be a big improvement
over our present system. We
hope that when this new system
is installed that even sick peo
ple will have to say that we have
good food at the Newton County
Hospital. We will also have a
new cafeteria that will be able
to accommodate the increased
number of employees that will
have to be added to our staff
when we open this new addition.
We anticipate having to add a
round 40 employees when our
additional beds reach full occu
pancy. Our big problem is go
ing to be in finding these addi
tional people that we will be
needing.
We will also have a nice new
area for our medical records
department which is badly need
ed. As the State Law now reads
we are required to keep medical
records for a period of 25 years
before they can be destroyed. We
would like to not ever have to
destroy any records for lack of
storage space, because you never
know when some of this infor
mation may be needed. We are
very fortunate in having a medi-
cal and dental staff that believe
in having good medical records.
Another new area that we are
very proud of is our new phar
macy. This is one of the nic
est pharmacies that I have ever
seen in a hospital. With this in
creased space in pharmacy we
should be able to reduce our drug
cost thru quantity purchases.
A morgue is also included in
the new addition, this is some
thing that we have not had in
the past, but has been needed
for many years.
We have also provided a 150
KW Emergency power system to
provide power when we have an
interruption from our commer
cial source.
Another item that we have
been short of is storage space,
and fortunately we will have an
additional supply storage room in
this addition.
I would also like to report
that we will have piped oxygen
and suction in all of our new
patient rooms and each room will
have its own aft- conditioning
and heating system, this means
that each patient will be able
to have their room at a temper
ature that will be comfortable
for them.
After this expansion is com
pleted you will have over 2 mil
lion dollars invested in your hos
pital. This has cost the citi
zens of Newton County appro
ximately 670,000 dollars. The
State and Federal government
contributed the remainder thru
the Hill-Burton Hospital Con
struction Program, m the future
these funds may not be availa
ble since congress is consider
ing dropping the hospital cons
truction program, they now feel
that government insured loans
will be the best way to get hos
pitals constructed.
I believe that as soon as we
occupy our new addition that it
will not be very long before we
will have to begin planning for
another addition if we are to
meet the needs of our communi
ty. lam sure that the Hospi
tal Authority will continue to try
and meet the needs of our com
munity and with your support
they will be able to do this.
Next week May 11-17 is Na
tional Hospital Week. Its theme
this year is “Your Hospital Path
way To Progress In Community
Health”. I should like to give
you some National statistics on
the demand for hospital services.
Hospitals are now rated as
being the sth largest industry
in the nation. Last year total ex
penses rose 16.6- percent to a
total of 14.7 billion dollars 62
percent of this sum was for pay
roll expenses. Almost 28 mil
lion patients were admitted to
5850 hospitals registered with the
American Hospital Association.
For every inpatient admission
there were four outpatient visits.
Medicare has had a powerful
impact on hospital utilization.
On any given day in 1968, one
third of all patients in general
short-term community hospitals
were medicare patients. Na
tionally, it takes 272 employees
to care for every one hundred
patients.
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CHATTER
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High School. . . and this office
Boy was the Catcher. . .we have
one scar to prove it. ..one big
joint on my middle finger on the
right hand. We might confess
all too.. .when we saw those young
people playing guitars and
banjos it brought back mem
ories. • .don’t laugh now. .but
your Office Boy and his Shadow
uster play. • .she the Guitar and
and we the BANJO in a Glee
Club. . .Happy days those days
were. .Funny, but they seem so
long ago! They all came back
when we watched them playing
those Instruments at our church
with the Folk Songsters.
Wow! What a pretty table at
the Business Meeting, or last
meeting of Covington Woman’s
Club. All In pink and white...
A beautiful May Day, May Pole
in Pink tulle centered the table,
and was topped with Dainty Bess
pink roses. • .Pink tulle stream
ers from the top of the pole
were fastened to the four corners
of the table and ties were center
ed with the dainty pink roses.
Mrs. Richard George and her
co-workers have truly had a won
derful year in promoting the work
of this Club. . .The club house
has been renovated, new curtains,
fine gas logs placed in the huge
open fireplace, Boxwoods planted
in front of the club and orders
placed for Dogwoods to be planted
in the Fall, around the clubhouse.
We challenge every home owner to
place an order now for four foot
Dogwoods to be planted in
the Fall. . .it’s too late to plant
them and hope for success now.
Pat LaHatte, promotion man
ager of Atlanta Journal and Con
stitution, who is one of our fav
orites, has been elected President
of the International Newspaper
promotion Association. NO finer
person for this position could
have been found anywhere, and
we are wishing her much hap
piness in this work.
A wheel chair outing for all
children in wheel chairs will be
held at Rock Eagle. It is the
23rd semi-annual Family Camp
Weekend open to any family in
Georgia. Read, elsewhere in
today’s paper about the “Wheel
chair Outing at Rock Eagle.” How
your youngsters and others will
enjoy this! It is provided with
funds YOU, dear Newton County
Citizens, have helped to provide
with the dimes and dollars you
gave to the Easter Seal Fund.
Thanks to you again for this.
Thanks again to all who helped.
Wow! It’s half past time of
quitting, .so we are on the run..
who? YOUR OFFICE BOY. .
without even doing our
“SWEEPIN’ UP.”
Rotary Club
(From Front Page)
the program.
Mr. Harper stated that it would
cost the City of Covington and
Newton County approximately a
half million dollars to build a
comparable water storage area
to that which will be provided
by the project for around
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E. G. Lassiter, Chairman of the
Membership Committee, Inducted
Sam Clare and Bill Coker into the
club under the classifications of
Fiber Manufacturing and News
paper, respectively.
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By Lanier Hardman
Did you ever hear of a doc
tor giving a patient a “cock
tail”? The “Atomic Cocktail”
is used in goiter cases. Radio
iodine is administered in a
glass of water.
The result Is
that the radio
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the thyroid
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goiter.
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in the new field of atomic
medicine. Who knows, some
day the atom may come up with
a cure for the common cold.
Until they come up with a
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with medications to relieve
the symptoms-and make you
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THE COVINGTON NEWS
On Sunday, May 18, 1969, at
6 p.m. in the Washington Street
Cafetorium, the East Newton-
Washington Street Elementary
Band will present its annual Sp
ring Concert.
More than a forty piece con
cert band will perform under
the direction of Mr. Roy Ches
ter, Band Director.
Some of the selections to be
featured will be The Battle Hymn
of the Republic; Pacific Grand
eur; Avon Overture Prelude in
C Minor; Theme and Finale;
Bunker Hill; The Westerners, and
others.
The public is invited.
Members of the band are:
Willie R. Henderson, Sh
amette Benton, Avis Wil
liams, Belinda Freeman, Jul-
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