Page 19 The campus at College Miseric glia has been tran- sformed’into a large evacuation center with over 1500 flood evacuees being housed, fed, clothed, and provided with medical treatment within the college’s facilities. Early Friday, Nesbitt Memorial Hospital personnel were the first to arrive on campus to prepare Alumnae Hall, a girl’s. dormitory, to receive hospital personnel, patients, and equipment as the hospital evacuated its Kingston location later in the day. Within hours, Alumnae Hall literally became Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, complete with emergency room, wards, nurses stations and an ob- stetrics wing. One of the latest pieces of equipmengy; to arrive for Nesbitt’s ¥¥se was an Army operating unit to be used as an emergency operating room. i The ' self-contained unit is available if'rieeded but has not been us yet, according to a hospitalfspokesman. In other areas of campus, the flood victims are being housed in dormitories. Dining facilities are available in Merrick Hall, the dining area for the college. Red Cross and volunteer cen- ters are also located there. + Mercy Center on campus, run by the provincialate of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, is also part of the Civil Defense operation of campus, caring for hundreds of flood victims. A geriatric ward has been set up at the center, according to director Sister Marie Turnbach, as well as food and clothing distribution centers. A part of the center consists of fully- equipped hospital rooms which are being used for bed-ridden victims. The center maintains a cafeteriador those who cannot reach th&dNnain one at Merrick Hall. : The college is being supplied by military helicopters as well as some privately-owned trucks. All supplies are adequate at this time, ac- cording to a college spokesman. wl Photo by Bob Bossart The labor force of the college has been supplemented by volunteers from throughout the Back Mountain area, civil defense personnel, Red Cross workers, and volunteers from among the evacuees. There is no problem with obtaining volunteer workers, according to Sister Miriam Teresa, RSM, president ‘of the college. Everyone involved has rolled up their sleeves and pitched in to do what ever had to be done, she said. The main administration building is being used to house the Armed Forces personnel still on campus. For the next few days, the college has no immediate plans other than to continue to provide food and shelter and medical aid. Some efforts are underway to improve com- munications to allow more messages to be transferred between separated families, but control the situation in regard to placement of evacuees. Morale at the college, where a sense of concern and security has prevailed throughout the disaster, is high. Classes Postponed At PSU Campus All classes scheduled to begin on or before June 26 at the Wilkes-Barre Campus of Penn State at Lehman have been postponed until July 10, Dean John R. Murphy has announced. The postponement includes courses scheduled by the college at Wyoming Valley West High School and Tunk- hannock High School as well as at the Llehman Campus. Students who have been scheduled for pre-registration counseling are requested to contact Dean Murphy at the campus for additional in- formation about re-scheduled sessions. } THE DALLAS POST, JUNE 29, 1972 College Residents Photo by Bob Bossart Volunteers keep watch at security desk at Misericordia’s Alumnae Hall, set up to accomodate evacuated hospital patients. Photo by Bob Bossart Photo by James Kozemchak Nesbitt Memorial Hospital patients arrive via ambulance at Youthful security guard mans door at Nesbitt Memorial Hospi- College Misericordia in Dallas. tal’s Dallas headquarters on the Misericordia campus. AZNONDTIT Tian Photo by. James Kozemchak A patient is removed from a U.S. Navy helicopter, which landed at College Misericordia, where Nesbitt Memorial Hospital was Photo by Bob Bossart evacuated, : The admissions office at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital had moved to Alumnae Hall at College Misericordia by Friday, when rising flood waters threatened the safety of patients at the Kingston. facility. Hospital in Dallas Countless cartons of medical supplies arrived at College Miseri- A typhoid innoculation program was conducted Monday at cordia Friday to accomodate patients moved to the higher Dallas Senior High School for persons who ingested polluted ground in the wake of the flood. water. ee ee TT TE RET Ci TT A fT Tm ay per reg Ss a tor Te 1 Tar 1raea lr Prove aT TT I TE TT HT 2 ET TH I a a EE I i a a EN EE A a oi along. wom FOE,
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