St. Paul recorder., 1957-06-14
Foirview Hospital
To Dedicofe New
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have their first chance to see
what United Hospital Fund dol
lars are actually doing for our
hospitals on Sunday, June 10,
when Fairview Hospital dedicates
its new 100000 four-story
East Wing.
FairWew, located at 1912 So
9th St, Is the first Minneapolis
hospital to complete a section Of
it's HF-financed expansion pro-
gram. The hospitals new 100000
nursing school building and ply
sical therapy pool will be ready
for use in September.
Governor Orville Freeman will
be featured speaker at the 3 pm
dedication ceremonies. Also pres
ent on the speakers platform win
be Donald Dayton, United Hospi-
tai Fund director; DR.. Robert N.
Barr. director, Minnesota State
Health Department; Dale Cam
eron, director, Minnesota Com
mittee on Mental Health; Carl F.
Granrud, president, Fairview
board Of trustees; Carl N. Platou,
administrator, Fairview Hospital
Fairviep has used it's $3.50, 900
share Of UHF funds to build fac
ilities for two types of hospital
care brand-new in Minneapolis.
one is a pilot study in private
general hospital psychiatric care
while the other adds a third area,
rehabilitation. to the standard
hospital team, Of diagnosis and
treatment.
Waiting impatiently for the new
building to be completed have
Among The Is Dr. w. ID. Brown
been Fairview's l21 staff doctors.
Orthopedic surgeon Harry b. Han
Is particularly interested in the
new rehabilitation center the only
one Of it's kind in the Northwest.
Our job" says DR., Hail, will
be to take the patient who has
suffered an injury or disability
and give him back the use Of his
limbs so he can return to his job
and home in the shortest possible
time"
The rehabilitation center viii
serve patients from the 44-bed
second-floor rehabilitation unit in
the new Fairview addition, and
will also handle out-patiene ther-
apy.
Another Fairview staff member
is DR. v. Richard Zarling( who
as psychiatrist and neurologist
is vitany interested in Fairview's
new 34-bed psychiatric unit, the
only one in a private hospital in
Minneapolis.
There are patients who don't
need to go to a state hospital, but
need short-term psychiatric care"
Or. zarling says. They need to be
relieved Of making the common,
everyday decisions which get to
be too much for them while they
give some constructive thought to
their lives"
Visitors who tour the new hos
pital wing Sunday afternoon and
evening will see many advances In
hospital care, Handrails along the
second-floor corridors and wheel
chair-sized doors are intended to
encourage rehabilitation patients
TO get up and going as soon as
possible important aid to
rapid recovery,
A tiny but complete kitchen in
both the rehabilitation and psychi-
atric unit day rooms includes a
stove, refrigerator and sink so
patients can brew coffee for
guests, plan parties for special
occasions, and create homellIe
atmosphere that makes them want
TO get well sooner. A completely
equipped laundry room is another
home-liIle facility that will make
time pass faster for patients faced
with long-term disqualification.
Rooms In the new Fairview
Hospital East Wing are furnished
to make patient stays more pleas
ant and nursing care more effic-
lent, Visitors win view draperies
carefully color-keyed to calm the
psychiatric patients and cheer the
rehabilitation section. wall-mount-
ed lamps for good reading light,
built-in wardrobes, electric hing
low beds, individual Honeywell
thermostats in every room. and
a unique 2-way voice-can system
for patients to use when they call
their nurse.
Foirview Hospital is financing
its new buildings with its $3.50.
900 share Of United Hospital Fund.
Sl220oo from the Ford Founda-
tion, a S42Ss75 Hnl-Burton grant
trom the Minnesota State Health
Department, and private fiuanc-
ing.
Fairvtew Hospital is owned and
operated by the "a Evangelical
Lutheran Church congregations in
Hennepin county, Bethel, Bethany.
Bethlehem, Calvary Lutheran OF
Golden Valley. Central. Concordia,
First English Lutheran Of ST.