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The History of McHenry Hospital In the summer of 1956, concerned citizens of this area raised funds to open McHenry Hospital as a 22- bed, not-for-profit facility with 11 physicians serving as full-time or part-time staff members. That first hospital consisted of an emergency room, major and minor surgery rooms, pediatrics, and a medical-surgical ward. The rooms were outfitted, nurses were hired, the hospital was approved by the State of Illinois, and the first patient was admitted in September, 1956. The intervening 20 years have witnessed the phenomenal growth of the hospital. A single story building with a maternity department was opened in April, 1961; the present three-story building and Bollman Pavilion followed. McHenry Hospital is now a 136-bed, acute-care facility consisting of specialized departments; medical-surgical, intensive care unit, pediatric, maternity and nursery departments, and an orthopedic wing. Three modern surgical suites are adjacent to a Post-Anesthesia Recovery room and convenient to a seven-bed Intensive Care Unit. McHenry Hospital's 11-bed Emergency Department is staffed around-the-clock by five Emergency physicians and is serviced by an "on- call" panel of 30 physicians in all specialties of medicine. From its dietary department (with two Registered Dietitians) to its model unit-dose pharmacy department (with three Registered Pharmacists), McHenry Hospital represents contemporary excellence in care of the ill and injured. Medical-Dental Staff, McHenry Hospital (Courtesy and Consulting staffs not listed here) Active Staff: George Alvary, M.D., general surgery Honeid Baxamusa, M.O., internal medicine, cardiology John L. Bowman, M.D, emergency services Gerard Dominique, M.D., ophthalmology Anlceto M P. O'Sousa, M.D., pediatrics Gregory T. Eckstein, M.D., internal medicine Nicholas Gemell, M.D., radiology Dennis L. Johnson, D.D.S., oral surgery Robert T. Kessler, M.D., general surgery Richard S. Loewenherz, M.D., general medicine Bernard G. Miller, M.D., internal medicine K.S. Mohan, M.D., emergency services Ubaidur R. Papa, M.D., pediatrics Leonard Pawlikowski, D.D.S., dental services G. Sherman Porter, M.D., obstetrics-gynecology Francis H. Richardson, M.D., urology surgery Ted L. Rolander, M.D., otolaryngology , August M. Rossetti, M.D., pediatrics Robert E. Stanell, M.D., anesthesiology Robert J. Stein, M.D., pathology, oncology Thomas G. Walsh, D.D.S., oral surgery Dwight D. Wernquist, D.D.S., dental services Edward F. Wilt, Jr., M.D., internal medicine Associate Staff: John F. Albanese, M.D., emergency services Jerry I. Brand, M.D., urology surgery Boon Charoenvinq, M.D., obstetrics-gynecology Carlos DelBusto, M.D., dermatology Stanley- S. Chmiel, M.D, otolaryngology John A. Elstrom, M.D., orthopedics Badri N. Ganju, M.D., emergency services Richard W. Gorski, M.D., orthopedics Howard Kornfeld, M.D., emergency services Roger A. Lundquist, M.D., general surgery Lawrence Levy, M.D., urology surgery Z. Gene Milic, M.D., obstetrics-gynecology James H. Mowery, M.D., internal medicine Ricardo Nabong, M.D., urology surgery George Nahra, M.D., orthopedics Parmod Narang, M.D., internal medicine, haematology, oncology Gary R. Oberg, M.D., pediatrics Basudeb Saha, M.D., general surgery James R. Skopec, M.D., internal medicine Badri Taparia, M.D, obstetrics-gynecology Dental Service: Archie A. Estey, D.D.S., dental F.M. Fitzpatrick, D.D.S., dental Robert W. Huffman, D.D.S., dental Toh Lim, D.D.S., D.M.D., periodontics O. Kenneth Johnson, O.D.S., oral surgery Walter G. Nieds, D.D.S., dental AHiliate: Gordon W. Folknor, D.P.M., podiatry Helen H. Numbers, D.P.M., podiatry Leroy C. Numbers, D.P.M., podiatry James J. Nuzzo, D.P.M., podiatry Jacob M. Rybczvnski, D.P.M., podiatry The Auxiliary to McHenry Hospital The Auxiliary to McHenry Hospital, founded in 1956 by a score of enthusiastic women, has contributed hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours to patient services; it has raised funds for hospital equipment; and it has sponsored programs of health educatiion each year-from early lectures on maternal and child health to recent programs on breast cancer detection. The first officers of the Auxiliary were Mrs. Harry P. (Mae) Stinespring, Jr., president; Mrs. Charles (Anna Mae) Cuda, secretary; and Mrs. Fred (Val) Fradinardo, treasurer. The organization's first fund-raising project was the Pink Lady Shop, a gift store now located in the hospital lobby. Opened in 1956 under5 the chairmanship of Jody Lieberson and Bea Newkirk, the Pink Lady Shop was situated in the old bank building on Green Street. Its rent and personnel were free, and its dedicated clientele assured its success. The Country Art Fair, a distinctive activity of the Auxiliary, was first presented in 1957, with Mrs. Samuel Liebesohn and Mrs. Jerome Gurewitz as co- chairmen. Still presented each June, it is now / uniquely established as a climax to the Auxiliary's annual program of activities. Volunteer Auxilians, or Pink Ladies, donate about 30,000 hours of service annually. They staff the information desk in the hospital lobby, clerk in the Gift Shop, cashier in the Snack Shop, sew linens, provide recreation therapy activities, distribute meal trays, feed patients, shop for those who need sundries, and so forth. These volunteers also help in the admitting and escort departments and are patient liaisons in the emergency department. They are an integral part of McHenry Hospital. ^Caring for you with skill MCHENRY concern • © The obstetrics department (above), through Its "Family-Centered Maternity Care, starts with prenatal lectures and takes the parents through delivery to instructions on newborn care. In the Intensive Care Unit (above), nurses are able to monitor patients constantly through telemetry, las well as offer continual visual surveillance through an "open design" concept. Three surgical suites (right), an extensive 11-bed emergency department (below, left), and an inhalation therapy staff (below, right) are among the other features of McHenry Hospital. Parents of pediatric patients make good use of the rockers (left) and other aids for comforting small patients. The hospital's Pastoral Care panel of 18 clergymen of all faiths visits and counsels patients and their families on request \ 9 I medication orders Heft, in a model wit-dose system of nre serviced go «ii departments by Central Service personnel (aWe). Losing at cards to a young patient is Gus Mass man, volunteer chairman of the Auxiliary's recreation therapy service (above left). Therapeutic dietitian Isabel Brody, R.D„ Hi tiiiteai dfetitians from Nil? confer with I patient (left). " " " " w The Outreach Committee's free diabetic screening dining National Diabetes Week tested more (than 379 persons (above) litti Bi The Trauma Center McHenry Hospital was designated the Trauma Center for McHenry County and western Lake County in August, 1972. The hospital was recommended for this appointment by the Comprehensive Health Planning Agency for McHenry County and was approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Highway Safety. As a Trauma Center, McHenry Hospital agreed to use its personnel and resources in training programs for ambulance personnel, in ongoing evaluation of their service, and in the coordination of all Emergency Medical Services in the area we serve. As the designated "Basic Hospital" in the EMS service, we maintain an Emergency department which is staffed by full-time emergency physicians and nurses 24-hours a day. Our physicians in all primary-care specialties answer the call of the emergency department as they are needed. Under the direction of James H. Mowery, M.D., medical director of the Mobile Intensive Care program, the Trauma Center conducts state- formulated courses for ambulance personnel leading to their certification as nationally- recognized Emergency Medical Technicians. After 180 EMT's had been certified, the advanced Emergency Medical Technician ft (paramedic) course was inaugurated to prepare ambulance personnel for the Mobile Intensive Care program in McHenry County and western Lake County. Mobile Intensive Care In 1975, McHenry Hospital agreed to serve as the Coronary Care Resource Center for an MICU program in which skilled, certified paramedics at the site of a heart attack or accident can resuscitate a patient following radio-transmitted directions from a hospital-based physician. Two-way radio communication, on-site medication dispensing, completely outfitted equipment have enabled ambulance personnel to save many victims of heart attacks or accidents. Our MICU program, covering nearly 750 square miles of rural and urban area, is a prototype for many other regions where rescue squads are staffed by volunteers. Sixteen ambulance services (14 of them volunteer) are qualified participants in the MICU program: Cary Fire Dept. Rescue Squad Crystal Lake Emergency Ambulance Service Fox Lake Rescue Squad Fox River Grove Rescue Squad Harvard Rescue Squad Village of Hebron Rescue Squad Huntley Fire Dist. Ambulance Service Johnsburg Rescue Squad Lakes Region Rescue Squad City of Marengo Rescue Squad McHenry Area Rescue Squad Medical Transportation Systems Nunda Township Rescue Squad Richmond Rescue Squad Wonder Lake Fire Protection District Woodstock Rescue Squad These ambulance teams, on arriving at the site of an accident or heart attack, can now transmit an electrocardiogram of the victim to a physician in the hospital's emergency room. The physician (or if necessary, an EMS-certified Registered Nurse) can then speak directly with the squad, receiving further EKGs and reports from them. The patient is treated at the site of the crisis and is transported to an appropriate acute-care hospital only when his condition is stable. James H. Mowery, M.D., is medical director of the Mobile Intensive Cary program for McHenry County and western Lake County; Kathleen LaGreca, B.N., is coordinator and Anthony Corcoran is project director. And Now- Outreach Programs for you This year, after two decades of skilled and dedicated service to the acutely ill, McHenry Hospital has accepted a new challenge: The Outreach Committee of the hospital's Board of Directors is seeking to provide our service areas with the kind of programs of preventive medicine and health education which utilize our expert personnel and our resources. Among the many Community Outreach programs which have been inaugurated this past year are: Diabetic screening Ongoing programs for school nurses and industrial nurses Ongoing "Health Care Program" in cooperation with the Whispering Oaks Woman's Club Ongoing "Health Care Program" in cooperation with the Wonder Lake Senior Citizens Council Telecare Program, conducted by the Auxiliary to McHenry Hospital "I Quit Smoking" clinics, community and college based, in cooperation with the American Cancer Society, McHenry County Unit Seminars for Diabetics, in cooperation with the American Diabetes Association If you are interested in instituting any of the various programs listed above (or any program that you believe is needed), please contact Victoria ^Behan_R1N1, M.S, Outreach Program Director.