World's Fair Information Manual


EXHIBIT
Atomedic Hospital
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Hugh C. MacGuire, M. D.
Atomedic Research Center
P. O. Box 2664
Montgomery 5, Alabama
205 265-0701
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Atomedic Hospital
New York World's Fair
World's Fair, New York 11380
WF 4-4810
FAIR CONTACT
General Sheldon Brownton
CONTRACT SIGNED
August 26, 1963
LOCATION
Block 14
Meridian Road
North of Bock 4,
In the Service Area
DESIGN ENGINEER
Mr. William Streed
P. O. Box 2664
Montgomery 5, Alabama
CONTRACTOR
Turner Construction Company

SOURCE: 1965 World's Fair Information Manual

FEATURES
The Atomedic Hospital is the functioning emergency hospital of the Fair. Tours will be arranged for professional personnel, hospital administrators, health insurance experts and delegates from foreign areas by appointment only.

The circular, 100 foot diameter structure is made of aluminum and insulated with foam plastic. The central core of the hospital houses control and monitoring equipment and provides space for emergency surgery. Surrounding this, there are 22, two bed wards. Only emergency medical-surgical services are provided at the Fair. Call boxes assure prompt medical attention within minutes of an emergency.

The hospital is staffed by 20 professional nurses, who also maintain three first-aid stations. Services are available to the degree required on a 24 hour basis. There are one to three doctors on the grounds during operational periods. Patients requiring definitive care are transferred to local hospitals.

Constant nurse-patient communication - both verbal and visual - is available via closed circuit television. The latest equipment for continuous monitoring of patients' body functions, including a computer which can automatically sense trouble, is demonstrated. Utility requirments, including air cleaning and conditioning and emergency power is concentrated in a "power pack" next to the hospital.

The hospital is sponsored on a voluntary basis by 90 leading United States industries and donated for use by the Fair, through the Atomdeic Research Center.

Atomedic Hospital

Source: NY World's Fair Publication For Those Who Produced the New York World's Fair 1964-1965