Name: Beaver Island hospital notes, October 1970
Start: 1970-10
End: 1970-10
Location: Beaver Island

Event

Date: 1970-10
Kind: Medical
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: healthcarecommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 1970 Beaver Beacon summarized several hospital and emergency-care updates involving Island-connected people, including care in Charlevoix, Traverse City, Petoskey, and an unnamed MacDonald-Lockwood Hospital.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper roundup rather than a single medical event. It preserves the published statuses without adding diagnoses or outcomes beyond the stated fall, surgery, and heart attack.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 1970, “Hospital Notes.”
Reports Donald Cole at Charlevoix Hospital for a check-up, Anna Marie Ricksgers flown to Munson Hospital after a fall, Frank Schnaudigel after surgery at Little Traverse Hospital, Phil Gregg after a heart attack, and Hattie Ninagaw at MacDonald-Lockwood Hospital.
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Beaver Beacon, October 1970, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published hospital notes.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island hospital notes, October 1970”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hospital-notes-october-1970/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 1970, “Hospital Notes.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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