Word: center
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Debbie, a pretty, blonde two-year-old from New Jersey, was playing with matches when her clothing suddenly caught fire. More than 90% of her body was burned, but doctors at Boston's Shriners Institute, a special burn center for youngsters, refused to give up on her. She underwent eight major operations, received 270 pints (128 liters) of blood and spent a total of 114 days at the hospital. Debbie still bears the scars of the accident, but she is beginning nursery school and resuming a normal life...
...William Curreri, director of the new 24-bed burn facility at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, points out that only a generation ago the chances of survival were minuscule for anyone with burns over as much as a third of his body. Says he: "Today, 30% is considered a readily treatable burn in skilled hands. Even if a young, healthy person has burns over three-quarters of the body, his chances of survival are about 50%." A major reason for this remarkable improvement is the emergence of a whole new branch of medicine. A few years ago, only...
...Angels. Because burn patients require constant attention, the centers must have large staffs. Nurses must be at bedside 24 hours a day, and at least one physician must always be near by, to say nothing of a host of aides, ranging from cleaners to technicians who prepare the IV fluids. In some hospitals, because of the horrible nature of the injuries, few staff members remain in burn units for more than six months at a time. Those who stay on win the admiration of their colleagues. Says Spokesman Kenneth Dale of the Crozer-Chester Medical Center, a major burn facility...
...burn care extremely expensive. Daily costs run from $350 to $750. Also, occupancy rates in burn units may be low for long stretches. For these reasons, some officials would like burn treatment kept part of the regular acute-care facilities of hospitals. Burn specialists disagree. They argue that burn centers not only provide patients with a level of treatment unavailable anywhere else but also make economic sense. Insists Dr. John Converse, head of reconstructive plastic surgery at N.Y.U. Medical Center: "Good burn centers eventually save money." Why? Because, he says, "you may have a functioning, working taxpayer instead...
This December, Gregory took to her toes tentatively during A.B.T.'s run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. A month later, a very nervous Swanhilda waited in the wings at City Center in Manhattan as the curtain rose on A.B.T.'s opening-night Coppélia. Scarcely had her satin shoes flashed into view, when the first volley of bravos rolled through the theater. The orchestra played on for several bars, then stopped. Gregory, misty-eyed, curtsied for more than two minutes before the show could proceed. In the dance world such a demonstration is rare...