Name: Beaver Island-connected hospital and recovery notices, June 1965
Start: 1965-06-06
End: 1965-06-07
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Dates: 1965-06-06 – 1965-06-07
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June 1965 Beaver Beacon reports that Donald “Topper” McDonough underwent a June 7 operation for an earlier hip injury and was expected to use crutches for six to eight months. It also reports that Mary Green suffered a stroke at home on June 6 and was in satisfactory condition at the time of publication.

Evidence and limits

This is a brief community health notice, not a medical record. It does not establish diagnoses beyond the newspaper wording, treatment details, admission or discharge records, or complete identities.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, June 1965, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Donald “Topper” McDonough’s June 7 operation for a hip injury acquired years earlier and says he would use crutches for six to eight months; it also says Mrs. Mary Green suffered a stroke at home June 6 and was then in satisfactory condition. It does not provide medical records, diagnoses beyond the notice, admission details, complete identities, or a single event location for the combined notice.
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Beaver Beacon, June 1965, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held seven-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island-connected hospital and recovery notices, June 1965”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-june-1965/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June 1965, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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