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B;.^..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.,^ f" BeomAwre c m.adm a n ]ednesdayW No/ST .SERVNG THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK AND ITS SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES Suffolkk 1st Bum UnitOpens at S B * . - By Howard Breuer A new burn center for University Hospital, which cost New York State $1.3 million to open was dedi- cated yesterday afternoon in the gallery of the Health Sciences Center. The dedication was attended by hundreds of people including hospital emplyees and administrators, local members of police and fire departments, as well as local senators, assemblymen and other legislators. University President John Marbuger opened the ce- remony. "We are the only (burn center) in Suffolk County" he said. "The center should be fully open by the end of 1985. By that time, we hope to hire a thou- sand more people onto the hospital's staff." "A million and three hundred thousand dollars- that's the same figure as the amount of people living in Suffolk County," said John Gallagher, chief deputy of the Suffolk County Executive's office. - With the new burn center, ambulance crews will A University Hospital nurse shows off the equipment for the new Burn Unit, the first of its kind in Suffolk County. save up to an hour, perhaps more, of critical transport The Burn Unit was dedicated in a formal ceremony yesterday attended by hospital employees, administrators, state senators and assemblymen, and others. time by no longer having to bring severely-burned Statesman/HowardSta»«sman/u r Breuerr» patients to burn centers in Nassau County and New members associated with its initial six-bed operation. patients are disinfected and treated with anti- York City. It is located on the fourth floor of the University Hos- bacterial creams. "Since Prometheus stole fire from Zeus, man has had pital. There are eight specially equipped patient rooms The most impressive part of the tour was the compu- to deal with it," said Harry Soroff, chairman of the located just feet away from the computerized nursing terized control center, a part of "the most extensive department of surgery in Stony Brook's School of Med- control station. data management system in the world," according to icine and a specialist in burn treatment programs. At the conclusion of the ceremony, groups of guests Joseph Dyro, another member of the burn center staff. "Fire can help man or induce excruciating physical set out on tours of the new center. The first tour group The computer is linked up to the emergency room and and psychological pain...". Soroff went on to describe was led by Soroff and some of the nurses in the center, other parts of the hospital, as well as other burn cen- advances in technology on burn treatment and new and included in the personnel of the group President ters across the country. microsurgical techniques being used at the hospital, Marburger, John Gallagher, State Senators Ken La- The-last part of the tour, and any patient's stay, is a such as growing artificial skin. Valle and Jim Lack, Assemblyman Bianchi, Hospital nutritional management system, where patients are Soroff had experience in burn treatment programs Vice President, Howard Oakes, Marvin Kuschner, given various forms of vitamins and medicine all to aid at institutions including the U.S.Army Burn Center at dean of the School of Medicine, Fire Marshall Bill for a speedy recovery. Fort Sam Houston in Texas before coming to Stony Schultz and others. William T. Newell, executive director of the hos- Brook in 1974. "The clinicians running the unit will be The tour started in the preparation part of the pital, said the new burn center "will be well-staffed the same individuals simultaneously involved in ad- center, where patients that are admitted check in and and well-equipped to deal with the severe, traumatic vanced medical research," said Soroff, providing an get cleaned up. Then they go to treatment rooms, injuries associated with burns and smoke inhalation." organic treatment/treatment mix designed to facili- which feature advanced machinery such as a Broncho- The new center will fill a large gap in health care for tate excellent patient care and generate new knowl- scope, which can withdraw smoke from the tracheal out region as the first burn center serving all of Suffolk edge about the very complex medical challenges in bronchial tree in people with smoke inhalation. County and as a new center expanding the current treating burn and smoke inhalation injuries." Then there is a hydrotherapy room, which features burn treatment capability of the entire New York City The new burn center will have about 50 staff huge steel tubs that are lined with plastic. Here the metropolitan region." :|- - - Stude nts Se e New College Guide as a Joke By Tim Lapham 'Stony Brook may be the only uni- versity in America with a dorm 'named after Jim i Hendrix' said Lisa Birnbach, author of the recently pub- lished "Lisa Birnbach's College Gu ide." Birnbach. who is also the au- thor of such books as "The Preppie Handbook," visited Stony Brook's campus last spring and gave a review that many students and staff con- sider questionable. In addition to her comment about the Hendrix dorm, Birnbach also makes comments about the faulty de- sign of the newer buildings on campus. "The concrete for the [Stony Brook] Union was meant for the lec- ture center, so now the lecture center Statesman Robby Schwach i8 bomb-proof. Bimbech quoted z Fred Petron, Harry Johnson and Geog* Rhinheart enjoy a br af*tr clas-s at the Rainy Night Hou- a few weks ago. iStony Brook Sudent s sqyingeIt iL PfrWon rmarked on Us linbach's claim in her new "CoNle Guide" that th r is no pres to attend classes "Som- commen lioke thiu that elicited the _^ *are too laqp, and th^ is a problem with TAs but th is pressu to *ttnd cts hthis like that e te d t ---~ ~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -News Digest - Compiled From Associated Press Releases Reagan Heckled At Oregon U Speech IPresident Re agan faced vigorous mastered the facts. The fact is that hecklers chanting "warmonger" and Walter Mondale after four years of not "liar" at a West Coast rally yesterday, as being in the White House has a better Democrat Walter Mondale told voters in command of defense and foreign policy the Midwest that the Republ ican incum- than Ronald Reagan, who has for four bent is trying to associate himself with years sat on top of the most powerful "any Democrat who is dead." national security apparatus in the free Mondale, still trailing in the polls world," she said. Earlier in Litle Rock, after two debates with Reagan, ad- Ark., she denounced "the extremists mitted the Carter-Mondale administra- who control the Republican party." I tion had failed to help financially Her opponent, Vice President George strapped steel companies, but he added Bush, visited a dairy farm in Mondale's that the industry had suffered even home state, Minnesota, but was haunted more under Reagan. by questions about a CIA manual which "Let's forget the past," Mondale told advised Nicaraguan rebels on the selec- an enthusiastic crowd in Youngstown, tive use of violence to "neutralize" Ohio. "Let's admit none of us have done opponents. what is needed for this region. The ques- "The president's not avoiding ever tion is who will be the better for this taking responsibility under the old -region, me or Reagan." captain-of-the-ship theory," he said. "I Democratic vice presidential candi- think in the final analysis, I guess the date Geraldine Ferraro invaded Rea- responsibility for everything rests with gan's home state- for three days of the president. I've never seen a man who intensive campaigning, declaring in ultimately will take responsibility for San Diego that the president "has not things like the president." CIA MaInual Recalled tr i gt4e o e s v rl t o s n Washingrton- The CIA has ordered a trying to recover several thousand "full recall" of its controversial manual printed copies of three versions of the for Nicaraguan rebels and is asking that manual. He said only about two dozen of its contents, including advice on "selec- the original uncensored edition remain tive use of violence" to "neutralize" go- in existence, with about 12 in Wa- vernment officials, be ignored, the spy shington and 12 in Central America. A agency has told Congress. copy of one of those originals was ob- Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.), a Senate tained by The Associated Press. Intelligence Committee member, said During Monday's briefing, CIA ofi- yesterday that he was informed of the cials told members of Congress qthat recall by CIA officials Monday night. A some deletions were made from the orig- committee source said the CIA also inal manual produced last October, but mentioned the recall of all copies du- that all editions- including one approved rinmg a three-hour briefing of the panel at CIA headquarters- contained refer- earlier Monday. ences to using violence to "neutralize" eahy said theCIA,inorderin ga"full Nicaraguan government officials. Pres- recall," is telling rebels that the manual ident Reagan had asserted during Sun- "is inoperative and should be ignored." day's presidentital debate that pages He said the rebels are being instructed dealing with assassination were re- to follow another book containing a code moved. He added that 12 copies of the of conduct that reflects traditional original with references to such violent Guidelines of war. acts "some way...got down there." The committee source, who insisted CIA spokesman Patti Volz continued on anonymity, said the agency was to refuse -any comment about the manual.