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VOL. IX NO.7
PUBLISHED BY THE ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL
JULY, 1981
Second
Neonatologist
Joins Staff
Edward C. Denny, M.D. has joined
the Medical and Dental Staff in the
Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Denny
completed a Neonatology Fellowship at
Children's
Hospital National Medical
Center in Washington,
D.C. prior to
coming to The Allentown Hospital.
S. H. Carl Bear
Alfred E. Douglass III
Hospital
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of The Allentown
Hospital was occasion to welcome a
new board member and to thank a loyal
long-time member for his many years of
service.
S.H. Carl Bear, outgoing treasurer of
the Board, was elected an Honorary
Director and was presented a plaque in
recoqnition and appreciation of the 18
years he has served on the Board. He
has been very active in civic, business
and church organizations in Allentown
and recently retired as Chairman of the
Board of Directors of Merchants National Bank.
Mr. Bear was treasurer of the Board
since 1965 and is followed now by
Wilber J. Slocum, executive vice president, First National Bank, who has been
a board member since 1976.
Alfred E. Douglass III, vice president,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith,
was elected a new member of the Board
for a three-year term. He was graduated
from Lafayette
College
and joined
Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith in
1963. He is currently a member of the
First Presbyterian Church, the Allentown Art Museum, the Lehigh County
Historical
Society, and the Marquis
Society Lafayette College. He and his
wife, Jill, have two children.
Re-elected to the Board of Directors
for a three-year term were: Valeria S.
Boyer, Robert P. Fenstermacher, Jr.,
M.D., Alan H. Schragger, M.D., Morton I.
Silverman, M.D., Wilber J. Slocum and
Michael P. Zarella.
Edward C. Denny, M.D.
Wilber J. Slocum
Originally from Salt Lake City, Utah,
Denny attended high school in Shillington,
Pa. He was graduated
from
Bucknell
University
where he was
elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. After
receiving
his medical
degree from
Jefferson Medical College, Dr. Denny
completed his pediatric residency at
Children's
Hospital National Medical
Center. He is board certified by the
American Board of Pediatrics.
Henry H. Dent was appointed to
serve a four-year term to the Allentown
Class of the Allentown and Sacred Heart
Hospital Center. Walter J. Okunski,
M.D., was appointed as the physician
representative for a one-year term.
Dr. Denny enjoys cylcing and playing
the piano. He and his wife reside in
Allentown.
Business items at the Annual Meeting
included annual reports presented by
Stanley Snyder, M.D. for the Medical
and Dental Staff, Josephine Ritz, R.N.,
director of the School of Nursing, Ellen
Weller for the Junior Aides, Sallie
Schaeffer for the Allentown
Hospital
Auxiliary,
Hazel M. Kramer, director,
Volunteer Services and Darryl R. Lippman,
president of The Allentown Hospital.
Forrest G. Moyer, M.D. has been
named Educational Coordinator for the
Department of Pediatrics, a new position at The Allentown
Hospital. His
duties will include teaching of residents,
and other personnel, developing pediatric continuing
education programs,
and coordinating the pediatrics clinics.
Officers of the Association this year
will be Morton
I. Silverman,
M.D.,
chairman; William C. Roberts, first vice
chairman; Abram Samuels, second vice
chairman; Michael P. Zarella, third vice
chairman; Darryl R. Lippman, president;
Valeria S. Boyer, secretary; and Wilber J.
Slocum, treasurer.
MOYER NAMED PEDIATRIC
EDUCATIONAL
COORDINATOR
A resident of Allentown, Dr. Moyer is
a graduate of Muhlenberg College and
Temple University Medical School. He
served a pediatric residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in 1946. A
year later, he served a pediatric residency
at Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago,
Illinois.
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on page 3
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President's Corner:
On the New Fiscal Year
The Hospital has begun a new year.
July 1 is the launching of a new fiscal
year, one that promises to be important
and exciting to the Hospital.
Already there are several "beginnings" we can point to. The fund raising
campaign for the modernization project
has begun for the Hospital Family. The
Board of Directors, employees, Medical
and Dental
Staff, Auxiliary,
Junior
Aides, Volunteers, and Nurses Alumnae
Association
are participating
in the
current phase of the campaign.
Within the next three months there
will be two dedications - the Muriel and
Philip Berman Radiation Therapy Center
and the Neonatal (Newborn) Intensive
Care Unit. These mark the beginning of
two additional sophisticated
regional
services that The Allentown Hospital is
providing for the greater Lehigh Valley.
These will be followed by the ground-
Parking Solutions
For the Fair
To alleviate the parking problems
associated with the Allentown Fair, the
Hospital has developed an innovative
plan that will be tried this year.
Beginning Tuesday, August 18 the
spacious Calvary Temple parking area
located at Winchester
Avenue and
Cedar Crest Blvd. will be available for all
day shift employees. Four vans will
provide transportation
to the Hospital
beginning at 6:15 a.m. After returning to
Calvary, the vans will leave at 10 to 15
minute intervals until 9:30 a.m. In the
afternoon the first van will leave the
Hospital at 2:30 p.m. and at 10 to 15
minute intervals making the round trips
until 6:30 p.m.
An additional small lot is available at
the Jewish Community Center at Tilghman and 22nd Street. This lot may be
used by anyone wishing to park and
walk to the Hospital. Several drivers
might consider meeting here and carpooling the last mile to work.
Security will be provided for both lots
during the day.
The lot at the corner of 17th Street
and Chew Street will be used for
patients, visitors, Medical and Dental
Staff and 3:00 p.m. -11 :00 p.m. and 11:00
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breaking ceremonies for the modernization project. In addition, other new
areas are being explored as the Hospital
continues to fulfill its important health
care role in the community and region.
The Allentown Hospital is in a period
of growth and transition. At the same
time, government is pursuing methods
to further reduce reimbursement
to
hospitals. This means that the Hospital
must continue its efforts in cost effectiveness, while placing greater emphasis
on additional revenue generation through
such means as higher utilization of
facilities and services, development of
needed programs and philanthropy.
I
am confident that the Hospital will be
successful in all of these areas in fiscal
year 1981-82.
P.E.S.T.
Is CODling
p.m. - 7:00 a.m. employees. The remaining spaces in this lot will be used as
guaranteed parking for carpoolers of
three passengers or more. Any employee
may obtain a color coded card for a
guaranteed
space in the Personnel
Office. The guard at the lot will check for
the card and three passengers.
This parking plan will be in effect
from Tuesday, August 18, until Tuesday,
September 15, 1981.
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We're putting a bug in your ear - the
P.E.S.T. bug, of course! All employees
with a buzzzz on should turn original
ideas into cash awards ... anywhere from
$10.00 to $500.00!
Beginning September 1 the Personnel Department will accept suggestions
to improve the Hospital's overall cost
effectiveness. Areas of concentration
include improvement in patient services,
equipment operation, systems and procedures, processing
or handling of
materials and supplies. Also consider
reduction of cost, waste and safety
hazards. Another area might be ways to
increase operating efficiency and productivity.
All employees are eligible except
certain management officers specified
by the President. Department Heads will
be eligible to submit suggestions outside their own area of responsibility. If
two employees submit substantially the
same idea at the same time, the idea
received first will be considered.
Watch the August PROBE for the
details of this new program.
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P.E.S.T.
P.E.S.T. IS COMING ...
-Comprehensive
Community Cancer
Center Announced
Rubella
Program
Instituted
The Allentown
Hospital and the
Allentown and Sacred Heart Hospital
Center have announced the formation of
the Comprehensive Community Cancer
Center (CCCC) to provide sophisticated
multidisciplinary
cancer care for the
over 32,000 people in the Lehigh Valley
area with cancer and the 3300 new
cancer patients in the region each year.
This comprehensive program brings
together both Hospital's services and
community
resources to provide the
best possible care and accessibility for
cancer patients and their families, as
close to home as possible. The Cancer
Center provides the most up-to-date
equipment and methods for diagnosis of
cancer and the treatment of cancer
patients, total support for the needs of
cancer patients
and their families,
access to rehabilitative and continuing
care services, education and training for
health care professionals, clinical research
and evaluation of care, outreach programs
which assist other hospitals and health
care organizations in the delivery of
cancer
care and consultation
and
resource personnel for area physicians
and health care professionals.
The CCCC is one of only seven
cancer programs in the United States
that are designed to bring the most upto-date methods of cancer diagnosis,
treatment
and rehabilitation
to the
cor.pmunity. In 1977, two years after The
Allentown Hospital and A&SHHC applied
to the National Cancer Institute for
federal funding to improve cancer care
in Allentown and surrounding communities, the Multidisciplinary
Clinical
Oncology Program began. It was so
successful that in 1979, federal funding
was extended for two more years.
Computer Update
Basic Order Entry has begun in
Physical Medicine. W-1 was the first
nursing floor to place physical therapy
orders through the computer. By the
following week all nursing stations had
joined this phase.
Kay Fenstermaker, R.N., assistant
director of nursing, Dorothy Dengler,
R.N., nursing supervisor, Charlotte Bauer,
R.N., nursing
supervisor,
Computer
Center staff and Allentown and Sacred
Heart Hospital Center staff visited Duke
University
Medical Center, Durham,
North Carolina, to observe the use of
their hospital information system, particularly the Order Entry function. The
nursing staff was enthusiastic about the
benefits of the computer system.
Cooperation
has been excellent
during the mechanical difficulties encountered the past two months. The
large amount of unavailable time was
caused by equipment changes being
made by the Computer
Center to
accommodate future growth and increased
speed and usage of the system. As these
Changes occur, unavailable time will
decrease considerably.
As the program became recognized
as a national model, the community
provided additional support. In 1980, the
program was featured in the National
Cancer Institute's annual report.
Rubella
(German
measles) virus
infection is normally a rather mild flulike illness with fever, joint aches and
pains and rash. When acquired by a
pregnant woman, however, the disease
has a very high risk of causing
congenital abnormalities or birth defects
in the baby. Unfortunately, most rubella
in the United States now tends to occur
in young adults.
To protect all of the employees and
patients, the Hospital has instituted a
rubella surveillance and immunization
program effective this month. Although
this is most important for women of
childbearing years, the fact remains that
both men and women can acquire
rubella and spread it to another employee, a family member or to a patient
who might be susceptible and pregnant.
At no charge, and with the welfare of
the employee and patient in mind, the
Hospital will provide blood tests to
determine susceptibility. Those individuals who are shown to be susceptible
will then be encouraged to receive the
trivalent measles mumps rubella (MMR)
vaccine. Side effects, if they occur, are
usually very mild and are seldom
enough to interrupt activities.
All new employees will participate by
demonstrating proof of immunization or
non-susceptibility.
Medical and Dental
Staff members are strongly encouraged
to participate in this program.
Continued from 1
Here at The Allentown
Hospital,
patients are offered a broad range of
oncology services including medical,
surgical, gynecologic
and pediatrics.
The Hospital operates an oncology
clinic. Stoma therapy is also offered.
Comprehensive regional treatment services
including radium implant therapy and
radiation therapy is available in the
Muriel and Philip Berman Radiation
Therapy Center (which will be dedicated
on September 10). Radiation Therapy
includes the 20 MeV Linear Accelerator
and the cobalt unit.
Certified by the American Board of
Pediatrics, Dr. Moyer is a Fellow in the
American Academy of Pediatrics. He is
also a member of the Philadelphia
Pediatrics Society and the Pediatrics
Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
He is a past president of Lehigh County
Medical Society.
Dr. Moyer enjoys photography, and
has won many photographic awards.
Forrest G. Moyer, M.D.
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Annual
Resident's Dinner
The months of June and July are
significant ones in the Residency Program
at The Allentown Hospital. In June, the
Hospital, joined by the Allentown and
Sacred Heart Hospital
Center and
Sacred Heart Hospital, congratulates
those
who
have completed
their
prescribed medical residency programs
and honors them at the annual Resident's
Dinner. In July the hospitals welcome a
new class of residents into the program.
1981R
Gregory J. Radio, M.D. accepts
the Obstetrics/Gynecology
Teacher of the Year Award
from Claire Bernardin, M.D., a
1981 graduate in the OB/GYN
Residency Program.
This year The Allentown Hospital
filled all Residency openings for Housestaff for 1981-82. This includes eight
new Internal Medicine residents, four
Transitional
(PGY-1) residents, two
Obstetrics/Gynecology
residents, and
five Surgery residents. In addition, there
are 39 continuing residents for a total of
58 doctors in the combined Residency
Program here and at A&SHHC.
In addition to working with A&SHHC
and Sacred Heart, the Hospital has
instructed interns from Allentown Osteopathic
Hospital
who have rotated
through our Department of Pediatrics
since 1977 due to our exceptionally high
volume of pediatric patients. Last year,
ten Osteopathic
interns trained
in
pediatrics. They were: Lauren Argenio,
Craig Christine, Patti Gabriel, Michael
Harmelin, Rick Houdershed, John Royalty,
Edwin Runkle, Drew Stetz, and Jill
Yorgey. For the 1981-82 year, eight
interns will be on rotation here in
pediatrics.
This year's Resident's Dinner, hosted
by he Allentown Hospital, was held on
Friday, June 12, 1981 at Holiday Inn
East, Bethlehem.
The sixth annual
dinner was co-sponsored by A&SHHC
and Sacred Heart Hospital.
Dean F. Dimick, M.D., chairman of
the Combined Education Committee,
and of the Department of Medicine at
The Allentown Hospital and Allentown
and Sacred Heart Hospital Center, was
chairman for this event. Forrest G.
Moyer, M.D., Pediatrics, The Allentown
Hospital Medical Staff, was Master of
Ceremonies.
The Alumnus of the Year Award was
presented to Dominic A. Donio, M.D.
Following his graduation from Hahnemann
Medical College, Dr. Donio served his
internship at Sacred Heart Hospital in
1934 and was then chief resident. He
served as Chief of Rheumatology from
1937 to 1949. After completing
a
residency in Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation at the New York UniversityBellevue Medical Center, he returned to
Sacred Heart Hospital where he established
the Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation
and served as its
director until 1980.
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Charles F. Kelly, M.D., (left) accepts the Teacher of the Year Award for Pediatrics from
Kenneth Kovalsky, M.D., a 1981 graduate in the Family Practice Residency Program.
Paul Schwarzbach, D.D.S.,
(left) a 1981 graduate in the
Allentown Hospital's Dentistry
Residency Program presents
Peter T. Davis, D.D.S. the
Teacher of the Year Award for
The Allentown
Hospital
Dentistry Program.
esident's Dinner Gala Event
Also honored at the event were
Teachers of the Year chosen by residents
from each of the programs for outstanding
contributions to the educational programs.
These awards were presented to: Obstettries - Gynecology, Gregory J. Radio,
M.D.; Internal Medicine, Paul R. Bosanac,
M.D.; Family Practice, Alan W. Johnson,
M.D.; Pediatrics, Charles F. Kelley, M.D.;
Surgery, Takeo Yamashita, M.D.; Dentistry (The Allentown Hospital), Peter T.
Davis, D.D.S.; Dentistry (Sacred Heart
Hospital), Timothy J. Brendel, D.M.D.;
Pathology, Joseph P. Horstman, M.D.;
and Radiology, Allen J. Weinstein, D.O.
A special presentation was given in
honor of Marshall D. Chefetz, M.D.,
active staff, The Allentown
Hospital,
department of Obstetrics/Gynecology,
recently deceased. Obstetrics and Gynecology resident Stephen K. Klasko, M.D.
presented the plaque to Marlene Chefetz,
Dr. Chefetz's widow.
Robert Riether, M.D., (right), a chief surgical resident
presents the Teacher of the Year Award for Surgery
to Takeo Yamashita, M.D. The audience gave Dr.
Yamashita a standing ovation in recognition of his
many years of service to the. Hospital.
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Receiving certificates for completion
of their
residency
programs
were:
Flexible Residents: Thomas Balz, M.D.,
Donald Butler, M.D., Joyce Petrini, M.D.,
Everett Siegel, M.D.; Internal Medicine:
Karen Bretz, M.D., Jose Garcia, M.D.,
Paul Gulley, M.D., Bruce Hall, M.D.,
John Horvat, M.D., David Laskin, M.D.,
Nat Levinson, M.D., Joseph Pascuzzo,
D.O.; Chief Medical Residents and
Fellows in Internal Medicine: Harry
Berger, M.D., Harry Matelski, M.D.;
Family Practice:
Frank Cole, M.D.,
James Flanagan, M.D., Ursula Hoffmann,
M.D., Richard Lazar, M.D., Thomas
Pierzchala, M.D.; Pathology: Christine
Kurello, D.O., Michael Sutula, M.D.;
Radiology:
Ann Marie Sledz, M.D.,
Dennis Splain, M.D.; Obstetrics and
Gynecology:
Claire Bernardin,
M.D.,
Shelagh Talbot, M.D.; General Surgery:
Anthony Brutico, M.D., Yale Kadesky,
M.D., Henry Kurusz, M.D., Michael
Najarian, D.O., Robert Riether, M.D.,
Daniel Siedl, M.D.; Chief Surgical
Residents: Yale Kadesky, M.D., Robert
Riether, M.D.; Colon/Rectal
Surgery:
Vinod Bopaiah, M.D., Chun-Nan Chen,
M.D.; Plastic Surgery: Marvin Shienbaum,
M.D.; Fellow
in Vascular
Surgery:
Gerardo Ortega, M.D.; Dentistry (The
Allentown Hospital): Paul Schwarzbach,
D.D.S.; Dentistry (Sacred Heart Hospital):
William Kozuch, D.D.S., Wistar Paist,
D.M.D.
StaffMembers-Harvey S. Cheng, M.D., Associate Staff, Department of
Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology,
earned his medical
degree from Temple University in 1977. Dr. Cheng served his
internship from 1977-78 at Wilmington Medical Center. From
1978-81, Dr. Cheng served his residency in ophthalmology at
Temple University. Dr. Cheng's office is located in the
Liberty Square Medical Building, Allentown.
Harvey S. Cheng, M.D.
Paul A. Church, M.D., Associate Staff, Department of
Surgery, Division of Urology, was graduated from Cornell
University where he earned his medical degree in 1975. From
1975-81, Dr. Church served his internship and residency in
surgery and urology at New York Hospital. Dr. Church will
practice in association with Drs. Robert H. Dilcher, Samuel J.
Silberg and Robert Wasko at 1111 N. 19th Street, Allentown.
Paul A. Church, M.D.
Joseph J. Fassl, M.D., Courtesy Staff, Department of
Community Medicine, received his medical degree from
Temple University in 1970. Dr. Fassl then served his
internship here at The Allentown Hospital in 1971. He will be
working in the Emergency Room at Allentown and Sacred
Heart Hospital Center.
Joseph J. Fassl, M.D.
Kerry D. Miller, M.D., Associate Staff, Department of
Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, obtained his medical
degree from Temple University in 1976 where he served his
residency in internal medicine until 1979. From 1979-81, Dr.
Miller served a residency in Rheumatology, also at Temple
University. Dr. Miller became board certified in Internal
Medicine in 1979. He will practice in association with Dr.
Albert Abrams at 421 Chew Street, Allentown.
Kerry D. Miller, M.D.,
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Four Allentown
Hospital doctors
received the Harry E. Bacon Foundation
Award
recently
for their
unique
approach to treating two diseases of the
large intestine.
Alexander
Nedwich,
M.D.,
Chairman,
Department
of
Pathology;
Indru T. Khubchandani,
M.D.,
chief,
Colon/Rectal
Surgery
Division of the Department of Surgery;
James A. Sheets, M.D., and John J.
Stasik, M.D., both members of the Active
Staff of the Colon/Rectal
Surgery
Division of the Department of Surgery
were honored at the recent national
meeting of the American Society of
Colon/Rectal
Surgeons for innovative
treatment
for ulcerative
colitis and
Chron's
disease
which
cause
inflammation of the large intestine. Also
at the meeting, Dr. Khubchandani was
elected
director-general
of the
International
Society
of University
Colon/Rectal
Surgeons. Dr. Nedwich
also published
an article
entitled
"Carcinosarcoma
of the Cervix" in the
July 19, 1981 issue of Cancer.
David Prager, M.D., an Allentown
Hospital oncologist, was a contributing
author to the leading article this month
entitled "Treatment of Primary Breast
Cancer
with
Chemotherapy
and
Tamoxifen"
in the prestigious
New
England Journal of Medicine.
The Pharmacy Department received
a Certificate of Appreciation from the
American
Heart
Association
for
outstanding
service
in the heart
program.
The Allentown
Hospital
Pharmacy has been dispensing and
keeping
records
of penicillin
prescriptions
to rheumatic
fever
patients in conjunction with the Lehigh
Valley Heart Association as a public
service for the past 20 years. The
penicillin, which the Hospital pharmacy
dispenses, is purchased by the Lehigh
Valley Heart Association.
Peter Male, Credit Manager, was
recently elected President of the 30member Rotary Club of Allentown West
to serve a one-year term which expires
July 1, 1982.
The Allentown Hospital Association
Bowling
League
held their annual
awards picnic on May 31, 1981 at the
South Mountain Grove, Allentown. Separate awards were given for individual
achievements for men and women.
Receiving awards were: Vanessa Taggart,
Accounting, Charles Kelley, M.D., and
Janet Smith, Personnel, Championship
Trophy; Vanessa Taggart, Most Improved;
Janet Smith, 218, High Single Game; Judy
Braun, Coordinator Pediatric Nursing and
John Madaus, Operating Room, High
Series; Trudy Braun, Radiobioassay Lab,
148 and Charles Kelley, M.D., 164, High
Average. Anyone interested in bowling
during
the 1981-82 season should
contact Vanessa Taggart in the Accounting
Office (Room 307), extension 2209.
Charles ScaglioHi, M.D., Vera Krisukas,
M.D., and Carl Lam, M.D. have been
elected to the Medical Board. Outgoing
members of the Medical Board are
Samuel Silberg, M.D., David Caccese,
M.D., and Dennis McGorry, M.D.
Family Fun for Hospital Benefit
In addition, for all sales at the drivethrough window, McDonald's will give
away one ticket for the Pennsylvania
Stoners game to be played on Sunday,
August 16, 1981.
The Allentown Hospital will benefit
from the opening of the new McDonald's
at the corner of 15th 8&Tilghman Streets
by receiving 50% of the sales on
Saturday, August 15 between 11:00 a.m.
and 7:00 p.m.
The opening will be a week-long
celebration. On Saturday, ribbon-cutting
ceremonies will be held at 11:00 a.m.
with Harold G. Fulmer III, president,
HGF, Inc., and Darryl R. Lippman,
Hospital president. WSAN radio station
will have a live remote show from the
restaurant, Ronald McDonald will be
visiting during the day and the Burger
Bounce will be in the parking lot.
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Many more activities will be taking
place. Saturday, the 15th, will be a busy
day and will be very profitable for the
Hospital if everyone will come out that
day.
All week long an Ice Melt Contest,
with the grand prize a trip for two to
Hawaii, will be ongoing. Contestants
must guess the hour that week in which
the two ton block of ice will melt.
The other days the charities include
the Council of Churches, the Salvation
Army,
the Good Shepherd
Home,
L.A.R.C., the Cancer Society and the
Boy and Girl Scouts.
Luther Ziegler and Norine Shafer, new Emergency Department volunteers, stand by to help patient Eugene Ulicny dunng the completion
of his treatment by Peg Parry, R.N.
Volunteers Become Part of
Emergency Room Team
A new volunteer program was launched
June 1, 1981 after months of planning
and a special orientation program. This
new program was developed to assist
with communications between emergency
patients, their families, and the Hospital
staff. Planning included the needs of the
Nursing Service Department, as well as
the interest and abilities of volunteers.
Several departments participated in
the two-day orientation program developed by Hazel Kramer, Director of
Volunteers for the first eleven volunteers.
The In-Service Education staff, Public
Relations and the Emergency Room
supervisors provided a comprehensive
program, including review of communication and listening skills, definition of
hospital emergencies and an orientation
on transporting patients. A guided tour
of the hospital and a more intensive tour
of the community services area (emergency room, clinics, ambulatory surgical
unit) completed the instruction.
A special presentation by Reverend
William Wycoff, Chaplain, Allentown
and Sacred Heart Hospital Center,
provided the volunteers with ideas and
advice about dealing with people in
distress, such as a patient's family and
friends. Other guidance was provided by
Noreen Shafer, formerly a volunteer
director who is now VOlunteering at The
Allentown Hospital.
This volunteer program has been
created for a team of two people. One
volunteer acts as a liaison between the
patient, family and emergency room
staff. Giving directions, answering questions, informing families about patients'
progress, and offering support to distressed
families and friends are a few of the
expected responsibilities for the liaison
person. The other volunteer moves
about the department transporting patients
with staff assistance, helping discharge
patients, and accomplishing
various
other responsibilities. This is ideal for a
husband and wife team who would like
to volunteer together.
"We feel this program will benefit
both the patients and the staff," commented Hazel Kramer. "These volunteers
will be in a position to offer support and
a calming influence in an area where
stress often affects communications."
No previous volunteer experience. is
needed, but a person should be physically
able to transport patients in wheelchairs
or on stretchers. Of the first group of
volunteers, several have volunteered in
other hospitals, two have never volunteered
before and one is a Muhlenberg College
student.
Recruitment will continue throughout the summer and anyone interested
should contact Hazel Kramer at extension
2391. Orientation will be provided in
September for the second group of
volunteers.
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ALLENTOWN HOSPITAL
Memorial Contributions
In memory of Dr. Ping C. Chung
Dr. Frances C. Schaeffer
In memory of Robert Edmondson
Dr. Frances C. Schaeffer
In memory of Mr. Albert Getz
Tuesday Group. Volunteer Station
In memory of Mr. Russell J. Kembel
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Samuels
In memory of Mrs. Kerwin Marcks
Dr. and Mrs. Charles D. Schaeffer
In memory of Mr. Robert Ruttenberg
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Samuels
Contributions to General
and Special Funds
Mrs. Azalea Hickum
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey S. Zeiss
Contributions to Marshall D.
Chefetz, M.D. Memorial Fund
Judith A.H. Gibbs. M.D .• C.M.
Dr. Joseph N. Greybush
Hamilton Ophthalmology Associates. P.C.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kushner
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Mancinelli
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Rauch
Mr. and Mrs. Reade A. Roberts
Dr. Frances C. Schaeffer
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Shabrin
Mr. and Mrs. Jack R. Spencer
Ms. Elizabeth B. Talcott
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Topp
Mrs. Ethel M. Turnbach
Dr. M. Bruce Viechnicki
Mrs. Susan J. West
The division chairpersons for the Hospital Employees Gifts Campaign prepare for the drive kickoff. Standing
in front of the architect's rendering of the Hospital project are (from left): Darryl R. Lippman. president. Bonnie
Smith. director. Lehigh Valley Poison Center. and Thomas G. Seabourne, vice president for Human
Resources. Over 120 employees will be involved in the solicitation of pledges towards the employees goal of
$75.000. This phase of the Hospital Family drive will continue through August 15.
Contributions to Progress
80' s Equipment Fund
Mrs. Alice R. Erb
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Raab
THE PROBE
Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
Darryl R. Lippman
President
Christine A. Messina
Editor
Paula J. Campbell
Staff Assistant
Scott Dornblaser
Photographer
PAID
Allentown, Pa.
Permit No. 1624
Dr. and Mrs. Chas. D. Schaeffer
2170 Lehigh Parkway No.
Al1entc:wn, Pa. 18103