Gift shop
Volunteers staff and manage the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop. You
may purchase personal care items, dried flower arrangements, gifts, jewelry,
toys,
greeting cards, candy, magazines, and books. Fresh flower arrangements are
also available. All Gift Shop proceeds are donated to the hospital to improve
and enhance patient services. The Gift Shop is open Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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Mail, gifts and flowers
Mail, flowers, and gifts are delivered daily to patient rooms by our staff of
volunteers. Regulations prohibit live flowers in any ICU room. Mail received
at the hospital after your discharge will be forwarded to the address provided
on your admission form.
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Meals and food
Complete meals or snacks are available for your family and visitors in the
Union Square Cafe from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., seven days a week. Vending
machines throughout the hospital offer sandwiches, snack foods, candy,
and beverages 24 hours a day.
Your meals are prepared according to the diet prescribed
by your physician with all food preparation supervised by our registered
dietician. You may select meals from the restaurant-style menus delivered
to your room each morning.
Sometimes your diet must be restricted in preparation
for surgery or certain tests. Low salt, low fat, and low cholesterol
diets are among those most commonly ordered by doctors.
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Money and valuables
Please send money, jewelry, and other valuables home with your family.
If this is not possible, your nurse will arrange to have valuables
stored in the hospital
safe. The hospital is not responsible for money, jewelry, clothing, dentures,
glasses, or other valuables kept in your room. You may wish to keep a small
amount of money for a newspaper, stamps, or a Gift Shop purchase.
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Newspapers
Memorial Hospital inpatients will each receive a copy of the local newspaper with their evening meal tray on Monday through Saturday. Additional copies are distributed in many of the department waiting areas. Newspapers may also be purchased outside the Morey Entrance.
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Telephones
Local telephone service is provided in each patient's room, compliments of
the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. For local calls dial 9 for an outside
line, followed by the number you wish to call. For long-distance calls
dial 9, then 0 to contact the long-distance operator. You may charge long-distance
calls to a phone card, credit card, home or business phone, or you can
call collect.
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Television
Cable television is provided in each room free of charge, compliments of
Memorial Hospital. Your TV can be operated from your bed
with a handheld control unit.
Free digital health education videos related to your health are available 24 hours a day through the hospital's Learning LInk program. See your in-room literature for more information.
The auxiliary has also provided a portable
VCR, available upon request and availability, to view videocassettes. A
selection of movies and programs suitable for young children are available.
The VCR is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Ask your nurse
for details.
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Patient lounge
The patient lounge in the Morey Center offers a cheerful setting where patients
may relax, watch TV, or read. During warmer months, you may enjoy fresh
air on the patio outside the lounge or in the nearby Helen Spurrier Williams
Memorial Garden.
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Sep 3, 2010
