July 16, 2004

What's Happening

MGH Occupational Health Services to move
MGH Occupational Health Services (OHS) will be moving Aug. 23 from its current location on Clinics 3 to 100 Charles River Plaza, fourth floor. The OHS provides medical services for all MGH employees with conditions resulting from exposure, injury or illness that occurs because of work environment and/or job duties. For more information, call (617) 726-2217.

MGH Radiology offers extended hours during DNC
The MGH Department of Radiology will be open and operational as usual the week
of the Democratic National Convention, July 26 to 29. The off-campus facilities in Waltham and Chelsea will be providing extended hours, 7 am to 11 pm. Mass General Imaging on the main campus will begin patient visits at 7 am, and all exams will be completed by 3 pm. Exams may be scheduled by Radiology Order Entry (ROE) or by calling (617) 724-XRAY. For more information, contact Kristen Dean at (617) 724-4902, Tom Marshall at (617) 726-0304 or visit http://www.massgeneralimaging.org

Memorial service
A memorial service will be held for Oliver Lotz, PhD, at the MGH chapel July 16 at 10 am. Lotz joined the laboratory of Richard Bringhurst, MD, two years ago as a postdoctoral research fellow. According to his colleagues, his work explored the roles of parathyroid hormone in controlling bone metabolism and could help develop future therapy for osteoporosis. Lotz died unexpectedly June 3.

Radiology equipment upgrade
Mass General Imaging in Charlestown will upgrade its clinical MRI magnet from July 19 through Aug. 1. It will not be operational during this time. The software upgrade will improve image quality and scan efficiency and is the second of three upgrades within the MGH system. During the upgrade in Charlestown, there will be sufficient capacity to handle patients at Mass General Imaging services in Chelsea, Waltham and at the main campus. The MRI magnet will return to operations Aug. 2. All MRI scheduling will remain the same. For more information, call Larry Quirk at (617) 726-8742.

Information about unattended packages
MGH Police and Security reminds all MGH employees not to leave any packages, bags, backpacks or other such items unattended anywhere in the hospital. MGH Police and Security as well as other outside law enforcement agencies treat unattended items as if they were explosive devices. MGHers are encouraged to report any suspicious packages to Police and Security by calling (617) 726-2121 for the main campus or (617) 726-5400 for CNY.