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August 25, 1998
NIDA's Mentoring Program Reaches Out
NIMH Beams First Interactive Lab Tour to D.C. Convention
'Roots of Chemistry at NIH' Revealed
'Jester' Jingles in Clinical Center Playroom
ORS Official Leaves to Head Peace Corps Mission
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
'Hiccoughs Happen' Plans for Hospital Take Final Shape By Rich McManus
Final plans for the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center -- a new
850,000-square-foot hospital and lab facility to be grafted onto the north face of
the current (and outmoded) Clinical Center -- have been drafted and show a
leaner, more elegant and more user-friendly structure than was announced a year
ago. Despite a series of minor setbacks, dubbed "hiccoughs" by CRC Project
Director Yong-Duk Chyun of the Office of Research Services, the $333 million
addition is only a few months behind the original schedule -- time that planners
have used to fine-tune everything from complex engineering features to such
minutiae as placing commodes in patient rooms so as to achieve more
commodious window size.
By Carla Garnett
Employees who work on NIH's Bethesda campus should now call 911 for police,
fire and emergency services, according to O.W. Sweat, director of NIH's Division
of Public Safety, Office of Research Services. Previously, the campus had its own
emergency numbers for such crises, but DPS seeks to reduce confusion that
employees, contractors and visitors to the campus may have. As always, NIH
police, fire fighters and other emergency staff will respond to on-campus calls. A
year-long overlap between the old 115 and 116 systems and the new 911 system
will allow everyone to get accustomed to the universal system. Those employees
working in off-campus buildings will still need to press "9" before calling 911.
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NIH Police Officer Tart
Dickerson receives an emergency call.