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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1972)
ew health center planned yCAROLE KEY A&M soon will be able to boast me of the most up - to - date ealth facilities of any university round. The idea of a new Student ealth Center originated in Jan ary, 1970, says Howard S. Perry. The talk phase began with mmmittee meetings and discus- ions. A New Hospital Advisory ommittee was made up of four tudents and four members of he university staff and faculty. In the summer of 1970, the :ommittee listed requirements nd desired objectives. The uni- ersity hired an architect to draw ip the preliminary designs, hese were approved by the oard of Directors. The final plans were submitted ,nd approved and the board au- orized the committee to seek ids for the proposed center. A ontract was awarded in Febru- iry, 1972, to Thurmond and ance, a local contractor cur- mtly doing some other con- itruction on campus. “Hopefully the center will be ;omplete for the 1973 school pear,” Perry said. It will be a two-story struc- ure with a full basement. It is o be built where the remains of ilitchell Hall now stands. •ats Perry explained that the base- nent will contain space for the ood service, the X-ray lab and great deal of storage space. The out-patient clinic will be ocated on the ground level floor, le continued. Here will be the idmissions desk, the doctors’ ex- mining rooms, an eye, ear, nose md throat clinic, various labs, ireatment rooms and an ortho- )edic lab. The second floor will house the n-patient area. In-patient rooms, in acute room, an isolation ward md a mental health area are in he plans. Each of the 20 in- latient rooms will hold two per sons. The living quarters for the resident staff will also be on this floor. Perry said the health center will have space available for seven doctors, although that number will not be hired for the first year. As the university grows and the need arises, staff additions will be made. “The plans are designed to serve an ultimate enrollment of 22,000 here at A&M,” he added. For the initial school year, there will be a director and an associate director. Counting the director, there will be four full time staff positions, all medical doctors. “Three M.D.’s are being em ployed and we have four or five applications for the other two positions,” Perry said. He added that a couple of the applicants specialize, but no decisions have been made about hiring them. The hospital will have space for an orthopedist, a psychiatrist, a gynecologist and an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist, but not all can be hired with the cen ter just beginning. Contract physicians from Bry an will also be employed part- time at the center. At the present facility, all but the director are contract physi cians Perry said that a gyne cologist comes out to the hospi tal two days a week. Other spe cialists and a surgeon make rou tine calls each week and are on call as needed. A psychiatrist also is on call. The new center will have reg istered nurses, licensed vocation al nurses and nurses’ aides. The current night duty staff consists of one registered nurse and a few nurses’ aides, as well as an on-call physician. In comparison the new center will probably have two registered nurses plus the aides on that shift. “How ever,” Perry said, “this may de pend on the patient number and the demand.” The new center will have its own cooks. Thus, special diets can be prepared on location. The food will not be the pre packaged frozen dinner type that some hospitals serve, Perry said. “The new center will be one of the best of its kind around. It will not be a full-fledged hos pital as such because major sur gery will not be performed,” he explained. A&M now offers more health services without extra charge than do many other schools, Per ry said. Part of the student serv ice fee required of all students covers such services. Included are: medical and minor surgical care, in-patient care up to 10 days, unlimited consultations during clinic hours, lab services, routine X-rays, most medicines and 24-hour nursing and ambu lance service. Most schools charge for labs, medications, X- rays and for patient rooms. Perry said the current hospital services are good. “The trouble is that one does not hear about the good—just about those who feel they were mistreated,” he remarked.” All students will be able to use the new center. The university staff and faculty will not use it except for some physicals which they will pay for and in emer gencies. “The Student Senate voted in the fall for a $3.50 per semester building use fee to build the cen ter. The money collected is to retire the bond indebtedness of the hospital, not to operate it,” Perry pointed out. MY VOTE FOR GOVERNOR WILL GO TO BRISCOE, A MAN TEXANS CAN TRUST! Charlie Crawford Pd. Pol. Ad ; SECRETARY Texas A&M University has several positions immedi ately available for Secretaries. Varied responsibilities require independent judgment and maturity, accurate typing and shorthand. On-campus experience preferred. University employees who meet the above minimum requirements, have been in their present job nine months, and anticipate residence for at least two years may apply for promotion consideration. Apply in person at University Personnel Department, Room 13, System Administration Building. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE BATTALION Thursday, May 4, 1972 College Station, Texas Page 5 ROLAND SEARCY IS THE ONLY CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO KNOWS TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY He is the only candidate who is a graduate of Texas A&M, and is also a former instructor of management. He has practiced law in Brazos County for nearly eight years — more than three times longer than any other candidate. In this time he has learned much about Brazos Cbunty and its problems. He's been involved in over 100 criminal court proceedings, and is the only candidate who has participated in a contested criminal court proceeding. This office requires that the County Attorney be experienced and knowledgeable if we are to have a low rate of crime here. Roland Searcy is the only candidate for County Attorney who can offer you this ex perience. If you want to be assured Texas A&M will be represented in the County Attorney's Office, MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT FOR EXPERIENCE VOTE ROLAND SEARCY FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY V Paid for by Students for Roland Searcy—Jim Mobley Chairman - ' ’ ■ ^ , p ^ r 4 4 -t- .-v . . s v ; to the o-fault| host of' reductifl Plan afte and atli [ion. of the [ional ai now pn Texas ■nvironirt cil on Mi tal Reso 11 t of the to devet Trade 0 op inctt South A» /erningf) studentl "exas tot seeking very can strative? or in hh 1 ergetic, 15 o effect" Jgement ce. lopme^ ights of d 21. .ai gainf neeting" produt lillion J er office ichers If e before ve Frief' nd hasp 1 accidee' of the c orograr 11 * hing t° r 5 in cm mattery program Comn^ ougho ut to hear He Understands Us And Will Listen 1. 2. 3. 4. ED STEPHENSON’S Platform Moral Code For Legislators Stop Rising Taxes Welfare Reform Equal Education - Without “Forced Bussing” ED STEPHENSON’S Qualifications Age 40-Married 5 Children 7 Years College Korean Yeteran-U. S. 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