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Beacon Light: December 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• New Hospital Wings open
• Record of Service November 1969
• The second phase of the hospital expansion plan completed
• Article on Fire Safety by Louis Foehrenbacher
• Feature on Insurance plans offered by the hospitals
• Profile on the Pharmaceutical staff
• Discussion on the growing need for Drs.
• Hospital acquires a Fischer Hemalyzer
• Various announcements

Beacon Light: November 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• 1969 Record of Service
• Discussion on the rise of medical costs
• Short profile on National Diabetes Week
• Feature on the bloodmobile
• Goals of the Facilities and Services Planning Committee
• St. Cloud installs road signs directing individuals to the hospital
• Article on "Happy" the hospital clown
• Congressman John Zwach introduces legislation supporting community hospitals
• The Sister's of the Order of Saint Benedict experiment with small group living
• Michael Becker named New Social Service Director
• List of staff promotions

Beacon Light: October 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Profile on the hospital's United Fund drive
• List of nursing school students
• Renovation on 5 South completed
• Profile on the photo therapy unit
• Med-Tech school overview
• Hospital sponsors emergency course
• Opening of the Systems Design Department

Beacon Light: September 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Hospital hires new administrators
• Designs for a new parking lot
• Profile of the hospital's corporate and board structure
• Photos from a disaster simulation
• Hospital current affairs

Beacon Light: June 1969, St. Cloud Hosptial

Beacon Light

• Profile on emergency response team
• Hospital corporate organization and board structure
• Dr. Ralph Nordstrom departs for a service trip to the Congo
• Various current events in the hospital
• List of nursing school graduates

Beacon Light: May 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Story on national hospital week
• Hospital begins a speech therapy program
• Overview of the hospital's corporate structure
• Board of trustees featured
• Various current events concerning hospital staff
• Profile on the hospital's pastoral care program

Beacon Light: April 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Eldon Siehl, Jerry Weyren, and S. Enid Smith elected to the hospital Board of Trustees
• Hospital buys data system
• Overview on the Central Service Department
• Feature on employee's sick leave
• List of nursing school graduates

Beacon Light: March 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Overview of the new parking lot
• National figures headline health conference in St. Cloud
• Profile on the hospital's mental health unite
• Hospital board creates additional executive positions
• Poison control center featured

Beacon Light: February 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Feature on Dr. P.L. Halenbeck
• Profile on New E.E.G. Machine
• Article on the new coronary care unit
• Creation of a nursing program at the College of Saint Benedict
• Advertisement for hospital tours

Annual Report: 1969 Report To The Community, St. Cloud Hospital

Annual Report

Report to the Community. Statistics of conditions treated at St. Cloud Hospital in 1968

Annual Report: 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Annual Report

Statistics of conditions treated at St. Cloud Hospital in 1969

Beacon Light: January 1969, St. Cloud Hospital

Beacon Light

• Hospital acquires a cobalt therapy machine
• Larry Stewart elected chairman of the Personnel Advisory Committee
• Profile on the Lamson Air-Tube System
• Gene Bakke elected chairman of the Joint Program Policy Committee
• Old hospital merchandise auctioned
• Social Security Changes Explained