US Naval Hospital Corps School - Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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DEPE DE TS SERVICE The Dependents Service at this hospital renders outpatient and inpatient service for eligible dependents of Armed Forces personnel, both active duty and retired. While the majority of patients are dependents of Navy and Marine Corps, a considerable number are dependents of other uni- formed services. Most of the patients seen are from the San Diego area, although many are referred from other Armed Forces activities throughout Southern California, Arizona and Nevada. Dependents Service cooperates with and is assisted by every service and division of the hospital. An average of 1,000 patients present themselves for treatment each day. The majority are seen in Buildings 22 and 38, in Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Surgery, Medicine, Orthopedics, En- docrine, General Clinic, lnoculation Clinic, and Screening and Emergency. Large numbers are referred to specialty clinics in other parts of the hospital, such as Eye, ENT, Dermatology, Chest Service, Proctology, Urology and Neuro- surgery. The Administrative Branch is headed by the Adminis- trative Assistant to the Chief, Dependents Service. It provides an appointment system for dependent outpatient treatment in the various clinics of the hospital. It maintains all depend- ent outpatient records, transmits to and requests from other service activities, private hospitals and doctors, records of dependent patients. It handles medical insurance claims for dependent patients and departmental correspondence and compiles statistics for the service. It performs administrative procedures in regard to admission of dependent patients, averaging 700 per month. It maintains liaison with public health authorities, Red Cross and other county and federal agencies in matters pertaining to dependents. It assigns, supervises and maintains discipline of enlisted and civilian personnel throughout the Dependent Service. The Administrative Branch, in short, performs all the administrative procedures that assist the flow of dependent patients through the inpatient and outpatient facilities. The Administrative Assistant is aided by two HMC's, civilian clerical and stenographic personnel, and corpsmen. The Emergency Clinic consists of 5 rooms, which include 1 surgical, 1 gynecological, 1 recovery room, and 2 medical rooms. It operates on a 24--hour basis for emergency care of dependents and averages between 5,000 and 6,000 pa- tients a month. A Screening Clinic is maintained during regular working hours for the purpose of expediting the flow of patients by referral to speciality clinics or to Emergency, and for treat- ment of minor complaints. This is staffed by one or two residents, detailed from other services, and a Navy nurse. Two General Clinics were established for the treatment of non-emergent conditions not requiring speciality clinic treat- ment. Patients are seen by appointment by two staff medical officers, and the monthly average of visits is slightly over 1,000. The lnoculation Clinic gives immunizations, routine, over- seas and polio, as well as therapeutic inoculations. Immuniza- tions in 1957 averaged 4,000 per month, and therapeutic inoculations, 600. This Clinic is staffed by a Navy nurse and a corpsman. There are two Internal Medicine Clinics f5V2 days a weekl, Surgery Clinic Q5 days a weekl and Orthopedic Clinic f2 afternoons a weekl, staffed by medical officers of the respective services and administratively controlled by De- pendents Service. X-ray and Laboratory facilities for dependents are located in the basement of Building 38. These are staffed by members of X-ray and Laboratory Service. -i CAPTAIN ERNST R. MOELLER, MC, USN Chief, Dependent Service

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5: ' lf' gt , ' ' : 5 5 T 'V CAPTAIN ERNST R. MOELLER, MC, USN CAPTAIN ROBERT F. SCHUGMANN, MC, USN Mayre Swickard, Secretary. Assistant Chief, Dependents Service M7 X, ADMINISTRATIYE SECTION: Angeline Bradley fsecretarylg Robert ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION: Cecil Bolton, HMC, Donnelly, CWO Klein, HMC, Cecil Bolton, HMC, William Donnelly, CWO fAdminis- Klein, HMC, Angeline Bradley. trative Officerl . 1 ef S! 2 ,ge l RECORD SECTION: H. C. Moll, HN, D. W. Payton, HNg C. F. RECORDS OFFICE: P. Gomez, HMS, H. E. Doering, HM2g P. L. Richie, HN. Nye, HMI, W. C. Keenan, HM3g Beatrice A. Schwab. l I02