University Daily Kansan
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Friday. Nov. 17, 1961
Watkins Personnel-
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(Continued from page 1) system of staggered shifts has been put in effect this semester for the first time.
In spite of this move, members of her staff have been working 10 and 12 hours a day almost constantly since the present semester began, Miss Detlor continued.
"YOU CAN SEE THIS works out fine for women who are married and have families to take care of," she says.
"We have four movable filing cabinets that have to be kept in the hall, and this office resembles a perpetual cyclone. We don't even have enough space for good house keeping."
Mrs. Eleanor Morgan is head of the hospital administrative staff. The shortage of centralized office space has forced the storage of health records in three different locations, she says, some in the sub-basement.
THE HOSPITAL NERVE CENTER is the small office off the first-floor entrance lobby. All patients must register here before going to an inner hall which serves as a waiting room.
During the period of peak hospital activity, the first several weeks of each semester and following off-campus holidays, the small lobby is often crowded with 20 or more students waiting to register to see a doctor.
With office personnel scrambling to pull records on such occasions the situation can resemble chaos, Mrs. Morgan explains.
To demonstrate her point she goes to one of several filing cabinets that glut the small area. She pulls the cabinet drawer full out. All traffic around the cabinet is stopped.
THE SITUATION RESULTS in
"to turnaround time later."
Asked how the space situation affected him, he answered:
"a tremendous time loss," she says. Dr. R. A. Schwegler, who practiced privately in Lawrence for more than 20 years and who has been a consultant to Watkins for women's diseases much of that time, joined the staff on a full time basis in 1958.
"The room we're sitting in is an example."
He pointed out that neither his office nor any of the others used for examining were arranged for modesty. If a student has to undress the doctor must leave the room.
"It doesn't sound like much, but when you're paying $5 an hour to doctors it becomes no small item," he said.
IDEALLY, DR. SCHWEGLER said, the hospital staff of physicians could work more efficiently and handle more students with less loss of time if each doctor had two or three small examining rooms.
"That would allow a nurse to prepare the student by performing such preliminary tasks as taking temperatures and the doctor could go from student to student without any waste of time."
Three weeks ago the hospital added a seventh physician to the staff,
Dr. Anne Svare, who came to KU from Norway.
THE ONLY AVAILABLE SPACE for an office for Dr. Svare is a small room formerly used as a medical library. Some of the books were moved out. Many are still there for lack of any other place to put them.
Through her office is also the entrance to the only women's rest room facilities on the first floor of the hospital and a closet that serves as a storage area for x-ray films.
The report of the State Board of Health last year listed figures showing Watkins Hospital, operating under its present status as a 52-bed institution, was 51.4 per cent deficient in space.
THE REPORT LISTED NO space for emergency treatment, none for employees' facilities, and none for storage. The deficiency of these facilities totaled 2,305 square feet.
Only half value was given for space in some other areas because of "poor arrangement," "location," or "makeshift provision."
"Our lack of space has not only forced a reduction in service (entrance examinations were given by the health service prior to September 1960), but the potential output of the staff is severely hampered," Dr. Canuteson says.
"Unless we can show concrete evidence of attempting to improve deficiencies, we may not be able to maintain full hospital accreditation in the future," he warns.
KU-MU Tickets Will Be Purchased
(Editor's Note: The final article of this series, dealing with future prospects, will appear in the Monday Kansan.)
A 3 to 1 profit may be reaped by students who have purchased tickets to the KU-MU game but now find they will be unable to attend.
The Athletic Department office is offering $2 for the tickets purchased by students for 50 cents, to help alleviate the shortage and meet a big demand for game tickets.
Students are urged to take any unwanted tickets to the business office in Strong Hall or the Athletic Ticket office in Allen Field House on or before Tuesday.
Observatory Open
Those of you interested in an intimate view of the moon will have a special opportunity tonight. But you will not be able to observe this view with a coed in your arms.
Why? The six-inch telescope at the KU observatory (500 Lindley), which is open to visitors for moonviewing from 7 to 10 tonight, accommodates only one at a time.
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Chest Committee Asks Support
Members of the Campus Chest committee and KU-Y are visiting presidents of Greek houses, dormitories, and scholarship halls to enlist support for the 1961 Campus Chest drive.
THE DRIVE, WITH THE THEME "$1 from you, $10,000 from KU," will get underway Dec. 2 with a kickoff breakfast for solicitors. A concert by the Dukes of Dixieland on Dec. 3 will highlight the drive.
"I think the personal contact method will really help the success of this year's drive," said Charles Hess, Kansas City, Mo., senior and Campus Chest committee chairman.
Each president was given an information sheet which is to be posted on the bulletin board in each house and dormitory floor. Each house's contribution to last year's drive will be posted, with an estimate of the amount the committee hopes the house will donate this year.
TICKETS FOR THE DUKES OF
Dixieland concert will go on sale
after Thanksgiving vacation.
Trophies will be awarded the fraternity, sorority, men's dormitory, and women's dormitory making the largest donations.
The Campus Chest is KU's only charitable campaign during the year. Donations are divided among various organizations, with the World University Service receiving the largest portion. Other organizations to receive funds include CARE, the Heart Association, Cancer Fund, Save the Children Federation, People-to-People, and other national organizations.
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