PAGE SIX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1955 PAGE ~IX THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1955 HOSPITAL RENOVATED: UBuilds Multi-Million Dollar Medical Center 'U' Facilities Expanding To Meet New Demands U~ AERIAL VIEW, shot from roof of Outpatient Clinic, shows completed shell of Children's Pisychiatric Unit. To be opened in July, 1955, unit will cost two million dollars. Funds are being provided by the state legislature from their mental health bond issue. Outside of building will be faced with light tan brick to harmonize with Outpatient Clinic and Kresge Research Center. Millions of dollars are being> spent to modernize University( medical facilities and to provide1 much-needed additional space, ac- cording to John Zugich, assistant director of University Hospital. t When completed the expansionI program will provide the Universi-( ty with one of the country's larg-( est medical centers. "Eventually," Zugich said, "all medical facilities will be located in the immediate proximity of Uni-I versity Hospital." Planning in the field of medicinet at the University has revolved around the concept of a medical center. Dr. Walter Nungester, chairman of the Medical FacultyI Building Committee, described "medical center" by saying it was a "geographical concept" and said1 all medical facilities would be lo- cated in the same area (around the Hospital). In 1948, Zugich explained, the1 University had five essential med-; ical units in addition to the medi- cal and nursing schools. They were: University Hospital, Simp-I son Memorial Building, Veterans Readjustment Ceter, a neuropsy- chiatric unit and Contagious Hos-t pital, the latter a frame building. Long Range Plan A long-range plan envisioned from that point on construction off a Women's Hospital, an Outpa- tient Clinic, a Children's Hospi- tal, a research building and a pre- clinical building.- Increased enrollment and nor-, mal depreciation of buildings later1 forced the University to include1 renovation of University Hspital and an addition to Couzens Hall in their plans for medical expan- sion. The total plan, when evolved, was supposed to cost in the neigh- borhood of $20,000,000, Zugich said. Rising cost of living and in- creased building expenses later caused an upward revision of the original estimate to $26,000,000, not including renovation of the hospital or the Couzens Hall addi- tion. Dr. Nungester said plans for ex- pansion had to be integrated to meet needs and requirements of the Medical School, the University and University Hospital. Integra- tion is accomplished through the Medical Faculty Planning Com- mittee which has four faculty representatives, a hospital repre- sentative and a member represent- ing Kresge Medical Research In- stitute. Dr. Nungester, Dr. Alexander Barry of the anatomy department, Dr. Adam Christman of bio-chem- istry and Dr. James French of the pathology department represent the medical faculty on the Plan- ning Committee. Associate Direc- tor of University Hospital Dr. Roger B. Nelson repr-sents the Hospital while Robert O. Cleveland serves on the committee for Kres- ge. Since 1948, a good part of the long-range plan has already been realized. In February, 1950, Women's Hospital, formerly called Materni- ty Hospital, opened with 74 beds, 40 bassinets, two delivery rooms, one operating room and a large laboratory for research. A $4,000,000 Outpatient Clinic was dedicated in January, 1953. Connected to the Hospital on three levels, the Clinic has 18 specialized clinical divisions and a modern emergency service division. Kresge Opened in Spring Last spring, Kresge Medi-al Re- search Institute opened, bringing into closer range the realization of a modern, complete medical cen- ter. With the outer shell already completed, construction is still continuing on the two million dol- lar Children's Psychiatric Unit, slated for completion'in July, 1955. The Psychiatric unit is part of a proposed Children's H o s p i t a 1 which will have a capacity, when completed, of 291 beds. Renovation of University Hos- pital is slated to cost between seven and eight million dollars. Zugich claimed, "Our real needs are closer to $12,000,000 but they have been pared down." Long-range plans for renovation of the Hospital include 1. renova- tion of all private patient rooms (24 have been completed so far), 2. complete reorientation of food service and preparation areas, 3. enlargement-of the operating room suite, 4. more semi-private bed fa- cilities, 5. centralization of clin- ical and diagnostic -laboratories, 6. modernization of ancillary services (services that provide ma- terials and supplies to the pa- tient's bedside), and 7. renovation of nursing divisions in patients' units to make them more modern and efficient. Zugich gave two reasons for renovating the hospital. "First," he said, "medical science has been so dynamic, particularly within the last fifteen years, that obsolescence of facilities is a problem plaguing all older hospitals." Zugich also pointed out, as the second reason, that ' University Hospital was opened in 1925 and original planning was done in 1916-1922, making the conception of the hospital more than 33 years old. MARVIN L. NIEHUSS Vice-President of the University. and Chairman of University Hospital Board in Control .,. , NEWLY-RENOVATED private patient's room in University Hos- pital. Plans for rehabilitation of the Hospital include renovation of all private patients' rooms. CONSTRUCTION GOES ON to complete addition of Couzens Hall. University boasts country's largest nursing school enroll- ment, must provide additional facilities. T Story by LEE MARKS Pictures by JOHN HIRTZEL and NEWS SERVICE OUTPATIENT CLINIC, opened in January, 1953. Building is connected with University Hospital on three levels, has 18 specialized clinical divisions and cost 4 million. .r "BEFORE" picture of private patient's room in Hospital. All furniture has been replaced, beds are now machine-operated, radiators are recessed in walls. 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