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PhotoFiles: Lincoln General Hospital
Physical Therapy
Lyle Emery, a physical therapist, attends to Mrs. Morris Nelson of Minden as she receives therapy after recovering after a hip prosthesis in 1955.
Four Person Ward
These beds and chairs were in a four-person ward at Lincoln General Hospital.Â
Expanding the radiology department
Bob Brungard, Lincoln General administrator, and Herb Hopkins, chairman of the Hospital Community Development Council, stand at an X-ray examining table in the radiology department.
New Kitchen Equipment
In June 1967, the food service workers spend their time testing out the new kitchen equipment that will help prepare 1,000 meals a day at Lincoln General Hospital.
Lincoln General Nurses
Mrs. James Venable and Marcia Barnes look across the street toward the area that is to become the hospital's front entrance in 1962.
Ground Breaking
In January 1965, ground was broken on a $6 million new Lincoln General Hospital. At the ceremony were Dr. George Cover, Joe W. Seacrest, Dr. Fredrick Teal, Dr. Horace Munger and Robert Brungard.
Showcasing the equipment
Dorothea Hyde shows Mrs. Duane Swanson and Mrs. E Stewart Maness some of the hospital's current equipment in 1967.
Cobalt 60 X-Ray Unit
In 1967, cancer survival and cure rates were beginning to climb because of early detection and therapy with tools such as penetrating radiation treatment.
Mounted Monitor
Mounted in the special care unit nursing station, this monitor records the continuous heart behavior of four patients simultaneously at Lincoln General Hospital in 1967.
Out with the old and In with the new
The new Lincoln General Hospital is ready for patients as the demolition process of the old General Hospital begins in 1969.Â
Old Lincoln General Hospital
In early 1969, the old hospital is quiet as patients begin to transition into the new hospital.
Crippling Sun Room
This former sunroom is empty and in disrepair in the old general hospital in 1969.Â
Electrodes
Physical therapist Don Marx wires technician Judy Rovar with electrodes in 1980.Â
Creating IV Mixtures
Pharmacist Paul McLaughlin prepares intravenous nutrition mixtures for patients who are unable to eat in 1982.
Lincoln General Hospital
Lincoln General Hospital in 1984.
New Hospital Equipment
As Lincoln General Hospital put the final touches on its $17.5 million construction project in 1985, Judy Charlson, a radiological technologist, and medical secretary Susan Frenke demonstrate the hospital's linear accelerator.
Physician Registry
Dr. Harold Harvey calls up messages on a new physician registry designed by Lincoln General Hospital systems and programming supervisor Ray Bloomquist and his staff in 1985.
