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Fuel Blast Sears Fa ces of Thre e Pup ils; All Hosp italized at BMH CENTER MORICHES — Three Center Moriches High School students who were injured in a slight explosion while con- ducting a chemistry experiment at the school at about 4 p.m. Tuesday, were re- ported in good condition yesterday. School officials said the three were con- ducting an experiment in which sulphur and zinc are heated in cylinders to obtain a reaction. A spark from the experiment somehow reached the chemicals in a cru- cible being held only two feet away, school officials stated , setting off a mild blast. The boys were burned about the face , eyes and hands , although none of the other students in the lab were injured. There were only three other students in the lab , plus the teacher. The injured were given immediate first aid by their instructor and rushed to the Brookhaven Memorial Hosp ital , East Pat- chogue in the Center Moriches Fire De- partment ambulance . Two Patchogue Men Out of Hospital After Car-Bike Accident Two Patchogue men were discharged Tuesday from Brookhaven Memorial Hos- pital after suffering multiple lacerations Saturday when , according to Suffolk police , they and another Patchogue man were hit by a car in Bayport as they bicycled on Montauk Highway. Medical Groups Fully Accredit B'haven Hospital The Joint Commission on Hospital Ac- creditation granted full accreditation to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital on May 19. This was done upon completion of a rigid survey and inspection by the com- mission. Comprising this commission ai*e the American College of Physicians , American College of Surgeons . Amer- ican Hospital Association , American Medi- cal Association and the Canadian Medical Association. An excerpt from the foreword of the commission ' s standards show the natui-e of the grant. \Aware of its responsibili- ties , the board of commissioners is con- stant in its study of the standards that insure the constant quality of patient care. Convinced of the essentials of basic prin- ciples , it is dynamic and realistic in their execution. \ In his letter to Clinton D. Finger , hos- pital board president , Dr. Kenneth F. Bab- cock , director of the commission stated : \The commission wishes to commend you for maintaining standards deserving of accreditation , and for your constant effort to improve the quality of patient care. \ Fish Bone Is Removed From Woman ' s Throat An inch-long fish bone was removed Mon- day from the throat of Mrs. Mary Jonaitis of Buckley Road , Patchogue , by Dr. Murlin K. Ewell of Patchogue. according to re- ports of the Fifth Precinct , Suffolk County Police. Police wei'e notified when the fish bone caught in Mrs. Jonaitis ' throat. Patrolman Joseph Intermaggio and Police Sgt. Henry Bach were dispatched to the scene about 3 p.m. Sgt. Bach drove Mrs. Jonaitis to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital , where the borne was removed. Child' s Left E ye , Pierced b y Arrow , Expected To Be Saved Eight-year-old Roland Poirer , whose left eye was pierced with an arrow July 12 in Patchogue , is expected to continue to have the use of his eye , according to the hospital' s attending p hysician. Rola nd , who is the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Poirer .of 63 Amity Street , Patch- ogue , was discharged Monday from Brook- haven Memorial Hospital. Fi g ht For Life in Storm; Bleeding Boy Taken to BMH As the blizzard raged Sunday afternoon. a 17-year-old boy, bleeding internally, was fighting for life as his father and a neigh- bor struggled to take him from Patchogue to Brookhaven Memorial Hospital , East Patchogue. Heart Pierced b y Glass , Girl Escapes Death By Sam Markowitz EAST PATCHOGUE — A 6-year-old Long Island ftirl narrowly escaped death yesterday when she was 'Stabbed'' in the heart by a piece of g lass from a broken storm door. Her mother , unaware of the heart in- iury, applied a tourniquet for a gash in the girl' s right wrist while neighbors summoned a cab to take her to the hospital. It was only after Christina Stanions rcaehe d Brookhaven Memorial Hospital in a coma that the heart wound was di-vovered. The girl apparently had fallen into the sliver and then pulled free of it because no tflass was found in the wound. 1 j ^ 0 3 dh%. \ 1 M $ fl \i Fl MEMORIAL 1 I BROOKHAVEN l^g^ 1 I HO SPIT AL PA TC HOGUE , N . v. I 1 HOSPITAL ROAD \ 1 D ear Sei^ or ' , lf th Anniversary . *» I I event *ade po^ 1 nve ., S ; : --r^ w : i = t- rsr^- 1 fund drive «as ohild ren hav e 5ome he lp ^^ of a co I 32 006 men , *° men a t tbe hospital o exp eriencea I 1 SUi-g 1- aaV ::° f e or e-r S ency treatment T ^ 1 and tf ce rel^ hosp ital IS P- :;r eLeS , 1 ita i»- «- ^:^^ z h^- ^ : ^^^^ \ :r- - - -£¦ ^x ^^h^ ^\ - \ te3ts - I when one comes to o sin ce 1 6<l uiP»ent ^ \ \ UC le *\ out 31 , 602 P^eTp ' r e^area i» ^ ^ \ ^sV s - is *av e 1 • u sly stated represent P^^x . Your£«^ 0om . B ' „ ^ -rpvious i-y =» u need i01 \ , - ,. +1ir e neeat> w* i \ «»» 'Tt '^r -^»»» ^ a d ' ¦££ «» Pre56nt 1 UQl A e f that our u „ rtn tinued SUPP U i 1 \ - need. ^J^U »^ 1 1 Clinton D. ^ 1 I ^ rBr c e tr» \ -. ?resident 1 1 Jacob Brex i The purpose of this message to the community is to thank those whose efforts have made it possible to render service. It is fitting that this message of thanks include , our loya l contributors , the many volunteers , the medical staff , the board of trustees and our 260 employees. These employees and our many local purchases of supplies and equi pment has made your hospital one of the area ' s big businesses. The payroll amounts to one million dollars annuall y, and added to the purchases means that one and a half million dollars is pumped back into our local economy annually. A donation to your community hospital is an investment well made. The si gnificance of return is hard to equal . We would also like to make a special salute to the following membe rs of our staff who have been with us in our efforts since 1956 . . . NURSING DEPARTMEN T DOMESTIC DEPARTMENTS ADMINISTRATI VE DEPARTM ENTS Ed ythe Austin Muriel Bartea u Buddy Burth Rose Bresseleers Violet Burth *, n , A . Ardeth Herman Ma ^ D Amico Antonina Buscemi Ada Kearns Alfred Kappler Ethel Malsky /->, , T , s-^-u . r- i i u .j u Charles Loeschorn Uilbert lidwards Anna Nicoll Harry Millstrom e „ . Rose Post ^ue Lnssle Eileen Power J esse Moranti Roberta Prestwood Pasquale Morabito Doroth y Foster rauline runtis Josephine Rindos Carol yn N ewberg Rose Marie Giuffreda 1 heresa ochlerath Marie Smith , Salvatore Plateroti Ethel yn S pence NelHe Stanl Lillian Re 1Ss Lillian oteinert Alwine White Fred Williams Thomas Sweda This Message is paid for by one of our loyal contributors.
