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Progress Report:
Concrete and reinforcing steel give a progress report on construction of Jennie Edmundson Hospital's new addition. The $2,100,000 project is scheduled to be in operation by March of 1963.
JEH Uncovers Cornerstone Box Placed In Addition 56 Years Ago - Memories Are Revived As . . .
Historic Documents . . . found in box behind cornerstone are read by Mrs. Clara Hart Corbin and Mrs. W.K. Steeve.
150 Persons Hear Gov. Erbe At Dedication Of JEH Addition - 'Citizens Have Right To Be Proud'
Original Cornerstone . . . taken from 1905 building is inspected by Gov. Norman A. Erbe and Mis Dorothy Christensen. The old cornerstone will serve as a plaque in the new addition.
'Brain Wave' Department Into New, Larger Quarters At JEH - Now On Second Floor
Operating Electroencephalogram . . . at Jennie Edmundson Hospital is Miss Mary Jo Franks, a staff member. The patient is in the adjoining test room.
End Of Buidling:
The old laundry building at Jennie Edmundson Hospital was being torn down Wednesday. The laundry has been moved to the new hospital building and is now in operation. Champney Wrecking Co. of Topeka, Kan., is doing the work. Champney is a…
Ribbon Event Opens New J.E. Hospital
Cutting Ribbon . . . at Jennie Edmundson Hospital ceremony is Mrs. Walter Steeve.
Open House Day At Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Central Supply . . . houses the autoclave which is in continuous use processing sterilized materials to supply the entire hospital. Mrs. Marguerite Stephens and Mrs. Dollie McQuinn, both nurse aides, are shown removing surgical packs from the heated…
Open House Day At Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Built-In Cameras . . . are featured in the overhanging lights directly above the operating tables. Pictured in one of the seven operating rooms located in the new wing are Miss Carol Scott of Avoca, a junior student in the hospital's school of…
Open House Day At Jennie Edmundson Hospital
This Spacious Lounge . . . sets the modern trend of the new addition to the hospital. Large picture windows to the north overlook the broad patio front entrance which separates the entrance and the pediatric wing of the older section. The gift shop…
Quiet Room:
Richard D. Hogan, minister of First Christian Church and president of the Council Bluffs Ministerial Association relaxes in the Quiet Room at Jennie Edmundson Hospital. The Quiet Room is a special parlor sponsored by the Ministerial Association to…
Doctors Give $15,000 To Refurnish 8 JEH Rooms - Memorial To Dr. Treynor
Admiring New Furnishings . . . in a room at Jennie Edmundson Hospital are Miss Dorothy Christensen, and Drs. M.P. Margules, Fred Beaumont and Donald Stroy.
Collective Bargaining Move To Be Studied By JE Hospital
Marching To Meeting Room . . . are Jennie Edmundson nurses Mrs. Luetta Petersen, Mrs. Florence Burke and Mrs. Diantha Haney and INA President Mrs. Virginia Galbreath. Walking behind Mrs. Haney is nurse Mrs. Alberta Anderson and INA consultant I.J.…
Hosptial Receives Top Accreditation - Jennie Edmundson
Pathologists . . . Dr. Walter Hathaway, left, and Dr. M.H. Kulesh check results of chemical tests made in Jennie Edmundson Hospital laboratory.
Hosptial Receives Top Accreditation - Jennie Edmundson
Blood Bank . . . includes supply of human blood (left) and equipment for blood typing and testing. Working in lab is Mrs. Robert Ross, co-chief medical technologist.
Hosptial Receives Top Accreditation - Jennie Edmundson
Reading Cultures . . . in Jennie Edmundson laboratory is Mrs. Bruce Wright, co-chief medical technologist.
New Machine Does Blood Count Tests
Operating Machine . . . which makes complete and accurate blood count is Dr. M.H. Kulesh and Miss Rannells Phyliss at Jennie Edmundson Hospital.
'68 Was Year Of Accomplishment For Bluffs Hospitals
Jennie Edmundson Administrator Edward Lynn . . . walks along the bluff overlooking his hospital which is now expanding its facilities.
Coronary Care-Intensive Care Unit At J.E. Has Open House
Nurses Monitoring Station . . . of new coronary care unit at Jennie Edmundson Hospital is checked by Dr. Nosrat Massih, director, with Mis Lois Gordon, RN, area supervisor at left, and Miss Vasthi Christensen, RN, coordinator of coronary care and…
Hospital Offers 'Medi-Bus' For Out-Patient Transport
Arriving At Hospital . . . for treatment are G.H. Smith, 1514 S. 6th St., and Ivan Monrad, 214 S. 34th St., in wheelchair. Dick Christensen, the 'Medi-Bus' driver, helps Monrad down the van's ramp while Raymond Uhlhorn, physical therapist, holds the…
Big Hole In Parking Lot Reveals Old Brick Tunnel
Viewing The Gaping Hole . . . near the Jennie Edmundson Hospital driveway entrance is David Holcomb, assistant administrator.