VOL. XI NO.2 MAY, 1983PUBLISHED BY THE ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL

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"This facility will be a major con-tribution to the quality of health carein Allentown and the surroundingarea," said U.S. Representative DonRitter during his remarks to severalhundred guests at the The AllentownHospital's new wing ribboncuttingon Sunday, May 1,1983. The guestsenjoyed the out of doors ceremonywhich preceded tours and a reception.

The program included remarksfrom William C. ROberts, chairmanof the board, The Allentown Hospital;Darryl R. Lippman, president of theHospital; Theodore L. Donmoyer,M.D., president of the Hospital'sMedical and Dental Staff; GeneCesari, Ph.D., chairman, HealthEast,Inc., the Hospital's parent organiza-tion; as well as David K. Bausch,Lehigh County Executive and Con-g ressman Ritter.

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The climax of the ceremony waswatching Mr. Roberts and Congress-man Ritter hoisted aloft in a buckettruck to cut the four-story high blueribbon which had been hung on theface of the building. The buckettruck was donated for the occasionby Roy Smith, Atlantico, Inc.

Mr. Roberts spoke of the Hospital'ssignificance to the city and to theLehigh Valley. He cited its role inproviding a substantial amount ofthe various medical and surgicalservices in Allentown and the manyspecialty services, such as the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit, the Cancerprograms, and the Renal Dialysisprovided for a regional area.

Mr. Roberts also thanked theBoard of Directors for their untiringefforts needed to see the projectthrough to completion. He also

recognized Mrs. Robert L. Schaefferin the audience and remarked thatshe has attended every ribboncuttingsince the Hospital's founding.

Mr. Lippman's remarks includedextending deep appreciation to theHospital Fam ily - the Board ofDirectors, employees, Medical andDental Staff, the Auxiliary, the JuniorAides, the Nursing Alumnae Asso-ciation, the Red Cross volunteers,the M.O.R.A. Club and all otherHospital volunteers. He said, "Wehave often emphasized that ourgreatest asset is our people. Theirprogressiveness, dedication, enthu-siastic support, guidance and theirpatience have turned a dream into areality."

He also thanked the staff and

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Hospital Elects New Board Members, Officers

Donald T. Shire

The Hospital has welcomed threenew members of the Board of Direc-tors and elected new officers. Theelection was necessary followingthe formation of HealthEast, Inc.,the parent corporation for the Hos-pital and the Lehigh Valley HospitalCenter.

New officers now are: Alfred E.Douglass, III, second vice chairman,vice president at Merrill Lynch,Pierce Fenner and Smith; Robert E.McNabb, third vice chairman, presi-dent, Allentown Roofing and SheetMetal Company, Inc.; and CharlesD. Schaeffer, M.D., secretary, Allen-town surgeon. William C. Roberts,president, Allentown PneumaticGun Co.; Abram Samuels, chairman,Automatic Devices Company; andWilber J. Slocum, executive vicepresident, First National Bank, con-tinue as chairman, first vice chair-man and treasurer respectively.

The new members of the Hospital'sBoard of Directors serving two yearterms are Donald T. Shire, Mrs.Helen Potts, and Honorable MaxwellE. Davison.

Honorable Maxwell E. Davisonwas born in Schuykill County in1932. He graduated from LafayetteCollege in 1954. He received his lawdegree from Dickinson School ofLaw, Carlisle, where he was ArticlesEditor of the Law Review.

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Helen Potts photographed by Dick Mantz courtesy of the CaU-Chronicle Newspapers

Mrs. Helen Potts

cember of 1971, serving two yearsbefore being elected to a full ten-year term on the Lehigh Countybench. He was then a trial judge inthe Civil, Criminal and JuvenileCourts. In addition, he serves asAdministrative Judge of the CivilDivision of the Lehigh County Courtof Common Pleas.

Judge Davison is involved inmany civic organizations, includingthe Cedar Crest College Board ofTrustees, Muhlenberg College Boardof Associates, Kiwanis Club, UnitedWay of Lehigh County, and theBoard of Directors of the Boys Clubof Allentown.

Mrs. Helen Potts was born inNorth Carolina and was graduatedfrom the University of North Carolina- Greensboro in 1939. She servedoverseas with the American RedCross Clubmobile Service from1942 until 1945 and returned to theUnited States to act as the executivedirector of the Lehigh County GirlScout Council for three years.

Mrs. Potts has been active in theUnited Way of Lehigh County servingcurrently on its Admissions andAllocations Committee, and hasserved as secretary of the Women'sEducational Liaison Division (WELD).She is a member of the board of theGreat Valley Girl Scout Foundation,Inc., and is a member of the Y.W.CATrustees, the Allentown Women'sClub and the Muhlenberg College

Honorable Maxwell E. Davison

Board of Associates.Mrs. Potts was the consumer

representative on the first Board ofLicensure for Nursing Home Admin-istrators in Pennsylvania and pre-sently serves as a member of theadvisory committee for Lehigh ManorNursing Home. She is a trustee ofPresbyterian Homes, Inc. and chairsits Finance Committee.

Donald T. Shire is Vice President- Energy and Materials for Air Productsand Chemicals, Inc. He joined AirProducts in 1957 as an attorney, waselected corporate secretary in 1964and assumed the additional dutiesof assistant general counsel in 1975.

He is a graduate of Boston Uni-versity's School of Management andits School of Law.

Mr. Shire has been active incommunity affairs in Lehigh Countyfor a number of years having servedon the South Whitehall TownshipZoning Board, as well as its PlanningCommission. He was a founder,former president and director of thePlanned Parenthood Association ofLehigh County, director of Familyand Children's Service of LehighCounty and trustee of the ParklandCommunity Library.

He currently serves as a memberof the Board of Di rectors of theIndustrial Development Corporationof Lehigh County and is a trustee ofMuhlenberg College.

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board of the Health Systems Councilof Eastern Pennsylvania, the HBECorporation, architects, and sub-contractors.

Particularly, Mr. Lippman recog-nized several people including Mr.Roberts, Morton I. Silverman, M.D.,immediate past chairman of theboard; Robert McNabb, BuildingCommittee chair; Wilber Slocum,Finance Committee chair; and Drs.C.D. Schaeffer and Stanley Snyder,past presidents of the Medical andDental Staff.

Following the ceremony, gueststoured the new seven-story wingand the sixth floor medical/surgicalunit. Stationed throughout theseareas were thirty-five Hospital de-partment heads and volunteers whodonated their time to help with thisspecial event. After the tours, every-one enjoyed the refreshments whichhad been decoratively set up in thenew Physical Medicine Departmentby the Dietary staff.

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PoisonPreventionWeek Observed

"What Most People Don't KnowAbout Poisons ... Can Kill A Child",was the theme for this year's obser-vance of National Poison PreventionWeek, March 21-27, 1983. Localcommunities, organized by the LehighValley Poison Center (LVPC) at TheAllentown Hospital, emphasized thedangers of accidental poisoningsand stressed preventive measuresas well.

Duri ng National Poison Preven-tion Week, Mr. Yuk stickers, pamphletsand posters were on display in over60 pharmacies, located within theLVPC's 20 member treatment hospitalregion in Pennsylvania. Other poisonweek activities included a poisonprevention poster contest, in which123 elementary schools in Lehighand Northampton counties wereinvited to participate. The LehighValley Pharmaceutical Associationdonated $500 in cash prizes, six firstplace $50 prizes, and six secondplace $25 prizes. Certificates ofrecognition along with redeemablecoupons were donated by McDonald'sCorporation to every winner andrunner up. First place poster contestwinners were: Jeff Karp, first grade,St. Elizabeth's, Whitehall; Eric Moli-toris, second grade, St. Peters,Coplay; Erik Bond, third grade,Kernsville Elementary, Schnecks-ville; Renee Cassidy, fourth grade,St. Thomas More, Allentown; ScottBandics, fifth grade, George WolfeSchool, Northampton; Diane Wadusky,sixth grade, Coplay Middle School,Whitehall. Second place winnerswere: Joanne Hoderer, first grade,Kernsville Elementary; AnthonyPerdick, second grade, St. John the

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Baptist, Northampton; Brian Sinclair,third grade, Kernsville Elementary;Julianne Parrish, fourth grade, St.Elizabeth's; Audrey Selaney, fifthgrade, Kernsville Elementary; BrianNissen, sixth grade, St. Elizabeth's.

The LVPC also introduced newMr. Yuk child-resistant caps duringPoison Prevention Week. The child-resistant caps feature the NationalPoison Center Network's green,nasty faced, poison warning symbol,Mr. Yuk. Three sizes of caps havebeen manufactured to fit most con-tainers of potentially harmful pro-ducts - the "pretty products" thatare not packaged with safety caps.

"We urge families who haveyoung children to read all containerlabels carefully and become awareof the products that are potentialdangers. Use a capable Mr. Yukwhenever possible ... on otherharmful products, use a Mr. Yuksticker. Teach children that Mr. Yukmeans 'NO, DO NOT EAT OR DRINK',"said Patti Weber, educational coordi-nator of the LVPC. The use of Mr.Yuk stickers and caps is the key todiscouraging children from touchingcontainers which store harmfulproducts. Mr. Yuk stickers helpparents, too, because each symbolcarries the telephone number of thePoison Center.

LVPC bookmarks, stickers, pos-ters, fact sheets and official Mayoralproclamation declaring March 21-27 as National Poison PreventionWeek were distributed throughouteach member hospital. Area pedia-tricians offered a supply of Mr. Yukstickers for patients.

Poison CenterAdds New

Member Hospital

The Lehigh Valley PoisonCenter (LVPC) recently signedon its newest member hospital,Delaware County MemorialHospital in Drexel Hill, Penn-sylvania. The LVPC was organ-ized in 1977. Each of the me rn-ber hospitals is connected tothe LVPC by a telecopier forreceiving information. The ex-tensive research library avail-able in the Center consists of the"Poisindex" with 250,000 pro-ducts and chemicals on micro-fiche, a card file of 70,000identified products and chemi-cals and continuously updatedtoxicology journals and books.The LVPC staff also has at theirfingertips the hotline phonenumber to various manufactur-ers for immediate access toinformation.

Last year over 10,000 emer-gency calls were received overthe LVPC's hotline numberwhich is 433-2311.

The twenty member hospi-tals currently are: AbingtonMemorial Hospital, Abington;The Allentown Hospital, Allen-town; Allentown OsteopathicHospital, Allentown; LehighValley Hospital Center, Allen-town; Coaldale State GeneralHospital, Coaldale; Easton Hos-pital, Easton; Gnaden HuettenMemorial Hospital, Lehighton;Grand View Hospital, Sellers-ville; Muhlenberg Medical Cen-ter, Bethlehem; North PennHospital, Lansdale; PalmertonHospital, Palmerton; PoconoHospital, East Stroudsburg;Pottstown Memorial Med icalCenter, Pottstown; Quaker-town Community Hospital, Qua-kertown; Sacred Heart Hospi-tal, Allentown; Sacred HeartGeneral Hospital, Chester; St.Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem;Suburban General Hospital,Norristown.

CCCC Begins New ProgramsMAKE TODAY COUNT, a self-

help program sponsored by theComprehensive Community CancerCenter (CCCC) of The AllentownHospital and Lehigh Valley HospitalCenter, is doing extremely well.MAKE TODAY COUNT is a supportgroup for people of all ages with life-threatening diseases, as well as theirfamily and friends. It is affiliated withthe national organization and wasinitiated by the CCCC in October,1982.

According to Mrs. Tish Isack,director, CCCC, the program is"growing; people are coming backevery month. We're pleased becausethis indicates that the group isdeveloping cohesiveness."

There are about 25-30 men andwomen attending the program. It isfor people with any life-threateningdisease, not just for cancer. MadgeJacobs, supportive services coordi-nator and a former cancer patient, isgroup leader of the meetings.

Mrs. Isack, MSW, and Mrs. JeanWagner, M.Ed., explain that thegroup can be beneficial to anyonewho joins. It helps members realizethat they are not alone in this exper-ience, and that their reactions to thetrauma of their disease are not allthat different from someone else in asimilar position. Members can sharetheir feelings and feel less isolated.

There are no dues forthe meetings.Members are not obligated to talk,unless they want to share theirfeelings and experiences. Informa-tion shared at the meeting is confi-dential. Although referrals to themeetings can come from anywhere,the most valuable ones come frompeople already participating in thegroup.

The next meeting will be on June14th in The Allentown Hospitalcafeteria conference room. Themeeting starts at 7:30 p.m. andconcludes at 9:30 p.m. Refreshmentswill be served afterwards. If the

meeting is cancelled for any reason,it will be announced on radio stationWAEB. When someone needs trans-portation for the meeting they shouldcontact the CCCC; a carpoolingnetwork is in the process of beingarranged.

The CCCC is also sponsoringseveral seminars this spring. Theyare: "Oncology Core Courses forNurses", a ten-day course whichbegan on March 16th and ran throughApril 15th, 1983. The course, coordi-nated by Elissa Sauer, R.N., MSN,was designed for professional nurseswho deal with cancer patients andtheir families. The teaching facultyincluded professionals with expertisein cancer management, includingphysicians, nurses, social workers,clergy and dietitians.

"Cancer Update 1983: CancerDetection/Skin Cancer", was heldon Wednesday, April 13th, 1983, inthe LVHC auditorium. Guest speakersfor the program were David Prager,M.D. and Alan Schragger, M.D.

"Cancer Update 1983: BreastCancer", was held on Wednesday,April 20th, 1983, in the LVHC audi-torium. Guest speaker for the programwas Joseph Prorok, M.D.

"Head and Neck Cancer Update1983", was held on Wednesday,April 27th, 1983, at the AllentownHilton. Guest speakers for the pro-gram included Hugh Biller, M.D.;Theodore H. Gaylor, M.D., F.A.C.S.;Jerome Goldstein, M.D.; Vincent J.Hyams, M.D.; and George T. Simpson,M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.The conferencewas sponsored by the Departmentof Otolaryngology and the CCCC.

"Cancer Update 1983: Pain Con-trol", was held on May 11th, 1983, inthe LVHC auditorium. Guest speakerfor the program was Michael Levy,M.D.

For more information concerningfuture seminars or MAKE TODAYCOUNT, please contact the CCCCat 821-2582.

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DieteticInternshipat Hospital

A new dietetic internship at TheAllentown Hospital has brought fourstudents to the Hospital betweenJanuary and June of this year. M.W.Wood Enterprises, a major foodservice company in the Lehigh Valley,is the sponsor of the internship atboth this Hospital and the LehighValley Hospital Center.

The complete internship, the firstin Northeastern Pennsylvania andonly the second one in the state, isten and a half months long andprepares interns for the nationalexam to become a registered dietitian.

The program is a general intern-ship with therapeutic and manage-ment, as well as community exper-ience in all phases of dietetics, in-cluding nutritional management ofpatients with acute and chronicdiseases, and additional experiencein food service systems, personnelmanagement and administration.Students will rotate through healthcare and college facilities in theLehigh Valley area as part of theirtraining.

The interns' affiliation at TheAllentown Hospital, under the super-vision of Patricia Wenner, R.D. chiefdietitian, includes varied experiencesin the obstetrics and pediatric clinics,newborn nursery, post-partum care,Neonatal Intensive Care Unit andthe Pediatrics Department.

Four students have receivedappointments to the program. DoreenVidakovich, a graduate of IndianaUniversity of PA, was welcomed bythe Hospital staff and fulfilled herinternship requirements here duringthe week of January 31-February 4,1983. Donna Freiler, a graduate ofImmaculata College, Philadelphia,began her internship on May 16th;Helene Musiker, a Penn State grad-uate will begin on May 30th; andCarol Schindler, a graduate of theUniversity of Rhode Island, willbegin her training here on June 27thof this year.

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Maternal andChildren's Center

The first four programs for theMaternal and Children's Center1983 program series were very wellattended. A near standing-room-only audience gathered in the Hos-pital auditorium on March 16 forPasquale J. Fugazzotto, M.D., activestaff, Department of Pediatric'sprogram on "Discipline in Child-hood: From Thumbsucking to Pipe-smoking."

The April 20th program featured"What Are Pap Smears and What DoThey Mean?," presented by Larry R.Glazerman, M.D., active staff mem-ber, Department of Obstetrics andGynecology.

The May 18th program entitled"Anorexia Nervosa" was presentedby John L. Bulette, M.D., chairman,Department of Psychiatry.

The next lecture will be June 15,1983 on "Alternate Birth Options,"given by M. Bruce Viechnicki, M.D.,vice-chairman, Department of Ob-stetrics and Gynecology.

The Wednesday evening programwill begin at 7:00 p.m. in the secondfloor auditorium at the Hospital andwill be open to the public free ofcharge. Reservations are handledthrough the Public Relations De-partment, 821-2581, Monday throughFriday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

National Nurses Day

Nurses throughout the Hospital were treated to receptions on eachshift Friday, May 6 to celebrate National Nurse's Day. The DietaryDepartment prepared specially-decorated cakes. Fruit, punch, coffee andtea were also available to snack on. Nursing supervisors and administratorsattended various sessions to distribute the red and white carnationspurchased by the Hospital Medical and Dental Staff for the nurses.

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DentalResearchProject

A clinical research project isbeing conducted in The AllentownHospital Dental Clinic under thedirection of Howard S. Selden,D.D.S., Chief, Endodontic Divisionof the Department of Dentistry.Begun on March 3, 1983,the researchwill consist of a review of a numberof cases. Avulsed teeth (teeth thathave been knocked out) will bereplanted by the resident with priorenzymatic treatment. This experi-mental procedure has been officiallyapproved by The Allentown HospitalResearch and Scientific Advance-ment Committee, headed by RichardL. London, M.D., active staff, Divisionof Internal Medicine, Department ofMedicine.

Encouraging animal researchhas been conducted by Alan J.Nevins, D.D.S., Director of DentalResearch, Nassau County MedicalCenter, East Meadow, N.Y., who willactively supervise and guide thestudy.

It is well recorded that if anavulsed tooth is replanted within 30minutes, there is an excellent possi-bility of establishing a normal reat-tachment without subsequent rootresorption. Teeth replanted after 30minutes invariably undergo rootresorption usually leading to loss ofthe tooth anywhere from a fewmonths to five years.

For this research study, onlyteeth which cannot be replantedwithin 30 minutes will be accepted.In addition, presently, only anteriorteeth will be treated.

Inquiries and referrals should bemade directly to the Hospital's Den-tal Clinic at 821-2245.

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Herbert L. Hyman, M.D., gastro-intestinal section of internal medicinedivision, Department of Medicine, wasnamed to the National DigestiveDiseases Advisory Board by the U.S.Secretary of Health and HumanServices. The Board works to assureeffective use of resources related todigestive diseases and advises andmakes recommendations to Con-gress. Dr. Hyman recently completeda four-year term on the NationalArthritis, Metabolism and DigestiveDiseases Advisory Council at theNational Institute of Health. He issecretary of the Pennsylvania Societyof Gastroenterology and a pastgovernor for Pennsylvania in theAmerican College of Gastroen-terologists.

Judith A. Yost, AdministrativeTechnologist, Lab, is listed in the1983-1984 issue of Who's Who inAmerican Women.

Christine A. Messina, director,public relations, has been appointedto the United Way CommunicationsCommittee as special events co-ordinator.

Tish Isack, MSW, director, Com-prehensive Community CancerCenter, was selected as president ofthe Lehigh County HomemakerHome Health Aide Service, Inc. toserve a two-year term.

Marie T. Seyfried, R.N., instructor,Medical-Surgical Nursing, has beenappointed to the Professional Edu-cation Committee of the AmericanLung Association of Lehigh Valley.

Several Allentown Hospital phy-sicians appeared on the weeklyhealth program shown on Channel39 WLVT- TV, Allentown, on Mondayevenings at 7:30 p.m. Stewart A. Fox,M.D.,cardio-thoracic surgeon, divi-sion of department of surgery, andNorman Sarachek, M.D., internalmedicine division of department ofmedicine, were physician panelistsfor "Pacemakers: Electric Heartbeats".The program on "Hypertension: TheSilent Killer" featured Joseph Guzzo,M.D., Chief of Renal Service, depart-ment of medicine and Robert Kovacs,M.D., internal medicine, division ofdepartment of medicine. Peter J.Barbour, M.D., division of neurology,

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Department of Medicine, lent hisexpertise to a program on "SpeechBarriers". "Lasers: Scalpels of Light"was the title for a program whichfeatured Paul H. Schenck, M.D.,ophthalmology division, departmentof surgery, and Jared Sholehvar,M.D., otolaryngology division, de-partment of surgery. Raymond Alex-ander, M.D., and Larry Glazerman,M.D., members of the department ofobstetrics and gynecology, discussed"Pregnancy Over 30". Edward C.Denny, M.D., associate director,neonatal intensive care unit, andGregory J. Radio, M.D., departmentof obstetrics and gynecology, werefeatured in a program on "PrematureInfants." During the segment, videofootage of the Hospital neonatalintensive care unit was shown. TheOn-Call series ended for the season.The 1983-1984 season opens in Oc-tober. A list of upcoming programswill be issued in September.

Honor Roll status was achievedby the following Allentown HospitalSchool of Nursing Class of 1983students at the end of Level III, Term4 in their nursing program specialties:Brenda Bartholomew, Suzanne De-Marco, Sonya Fischer and RonaleenLetko, maternity nursing; JamesD'Alfonso, Kathleen Dixon, LauraM. Klase and Carol Morrow, nursingof children; Sharon Roman, criticalcare nursing; and Mary Lechner andLynn Manly, psychiatric nursing.

These Class of 1984 studentsearned Honor Roll status at the endof Level II, Term 3 in thei r Medical-Surgical Nursing III program: JaneKerstetter, Elizabeth Koons, LaurieKuhn, Alice McDonald, MargaretRhoades and Nancy Tretter.

Judith A. Braun, R.N.,coordinator,nursing of children, was guest speakeron child abuse at the Lehigh Town-ship Lioness Club and at the EastPenn School District Inservice duringMarch.

Howard L. Weiner, M.D., associateprofessor of neurology, HarvardMedical School, reported new find-ings regarding the use of immuno-suppression drugs in treating multiplesclerosis at Internal Medicine GrandRounds recently. Dr. Weiner was

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invited to this hospital by LawrenceP. Levitt, M.D., chief, neurologydivision, Department of Medicine,who co-authored two books Neu-rology for the House Officer andPediatric Neurology for the HouseOfficer.with Dr. Wei ner. Speaki ng toa standing-room-only audience, Dr.Weiner stated that "we don't knowthe causes of multiple sclerosis andwe don't know who is susceptible toit, but we can still try to treat it."

Patti Weber, educational coordi-nator, Lehigh Valley Poison Center,was recently elected to serve on theExecutive Board of the PennsylvaniaHealth Education Association.

Patti Weber, educational coordi-nator, and Peg Parry, R.N., coordi-nator of Lehigh Valley Poison Center,appeared on a March segment ofGrandview Hospital, Sellersville,community health television showwhich highlighted the poison center,its function and educational activity.The one-half hour program, whichaired on Suburban Cable Television,also featured special events thattook place during National PoisonPrevention Week March 20-27.

The monthly Allentown HospitalPsychiatry Department clinical con-ference for April featured Leona L.Bachrach, Ph.D., professor of psy-chiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Re-search Center, University of MarylandSchool of Medicine. Dr. Bachrachspoke on "The Chronic Mental Pa-tient: Service Delivery Issues in the1980's. The program, which wasopen to the public, was attended byover 50 people.

The following physicians recentlypassed their specialty boards and arenow certified in their respectivespecialties: Paul Church, M.D.,American Board of Urology; GeraldGroff, M.D., American Board ofRheumatology; Jay Kaufman, M.D.,American Board of Pulmonary Med-ici ne; Arthur Levine, M.D., AmericanBoard of Nephrology; and Kerry D.Miller, M.D., American Board ofRheumatology.

The Allentown Hospital Schoolof Nursing Student Association

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Thank You, VolunteersEach April, The Allentown Hospital

recognizes the many dedicated andgenerous individuals who volunteertheir time to provide priceless serviceto the Hospital.

National Volunteer RecognitionWeek was celebrated April 17-23 thisyear. On Wednesday, April 20th theadult volunteers were feted at theAllentown Hilton for their annualappreciation dinner.

Numbers of volunteers have in-creased nearly 14% over last year, inaddition to logging 4000 more hoursof service. The number of hoursrecorded at the end of April, 1982was already surpassed in March thisyear.

This year, volunteers are partici-pating in the newly formed grand-parents program which was intro-duced earlier in the year by Hazel M.Kramer, director of Volunteers.Centered around the pediatricsdepartment, "grandparents" giveand receive tender loving care andboth "grandparent" and child feelspecial.

Another program initiated thisyear involves the placing of currentmagazines in waiting areas aroundthe Hospital. This involves gathering,sorting and circulating hundreds ofmagazines each month.

Hospital volunteers include theJr. Aides who concentrate thei rettosts on the pediatric floor; PatientRepresentatives who visit patientsand families on specific floors of theHospital under the supervision ofLorraine A. Fenstermacher; and the

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Auxiliary which operates the AlcoveGift Shop, and gift cart.

The voluntary Board of Directorsalso provides hundreds of selflesshours to the Hospital. Other groupsthe Hospital is fortunate to havevolunteering are members of theAmerican Red Cross, the Men ofRetirement Age (MORA) Club andthe School of Nursing AlumnaeAssociati on.

A special thank you is extendedto the fifteen adults and teens fromCongregation Keneseth Israel whovolunteered time on Christmas Day,1982 to help cover the InformationDesk, talk to families in the waitingarea of the Emergency Room, sortand deliver mail and other duties.

The Hospital also has candy-stripers who range in age from 14years to 18 years old and can beseen in all areas of the Hospitalseven days a week.

The generosity of all Hospitalvolunteers is a priceless commodity,one that cannot be equated in dollarsand cents. We thank each and every

one of our capable volunteers whoseconcern and caring offer such a vitalservice to the health care team.

(Clockwise) Lois Keller,Gertrude Shephard, Nan Schmoyer,Florence Reinsmith andNancy Stiegler, Bulk Mail Team

Lester Hixson, Medical Records

Norma Minsky (left) and Belle Azeff, Gift Shop11

Robbins Property PurchasedThe State Department of Health

recently approved the Hospital'spurchase of the Robbins Door andSash property. This property islocated directly north of the Hospitalalong Gordon Street between 16thand 17th Streets.

The Robbins property is approx-imately three acres in size. It includesan existing 40 year old one-story brickwarehouse of 104,000 square feet.Also, there is a parking area for 69vehicles.

The purchase of this propertywill resolve several problems for the

Hospital, including additional neededparking spaces. At the same time,this acquisition helps to assure theflexibility to move forward and developneeded programs in the future.

There are a number of optionsfor development of the propertyunder consi deration. Particu larly,the Hospital will investigate this as asite for a Medical Office Buildingand a new parking lot.

The property has been acquiredfor a net purchase price of $1,200,000.With customary closing costs andinterest rates the total will be$1,316,700.

The Robbins property located at thecorner of 17th and Gordon Streets.

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installed officers for 1983-1984.Miss Susan Steward, R.N., coordi-nator, Fundamentals of Nursing,installed the following officers:Margaret Rhoades, Oley, class of1984, president; Linda Marks, Allen-town, class of 1984, vice-president;

THE PROBEDarryl R. Lippman

PresidentChristine A. Messina

EditorPaula J. Campbell

Staff AssistantScott Dornblaser

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Renee Williams, Bangor, class of1985, secretary, and Beatrice Zaraca,Tamaqua, class of 1985, treasurer.

Employees of The AllentownHospital Laboratory celebratedNational Medical Lab Week April 10-16, 1983 which recognizes the pro-fessional in clinical laboratory science.

Mrs. Sallie Koch Schaeffer2170 Lehigh parkway No.A11entONl1, Pa, 18103

During the week each area hospitalconducted tours of their laboratoryfacilities to educate others in thevalue and function of hospital labor-atories. Allentown Hospital lab em-ployees wore green ribbons attachedto their name badges in observanceof the week.

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