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Jaycee Burn Center dedicates Acute Burn and Wound Unit

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(L to R) Dr. Bruce Cairns, director of the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, Chancellor Holden Thorp, associate athletic director Rick Steinbacher, and Dale Lambert, chief executive officer of Randolph Electric Membership Corporation, helped present the new "Acute Burn and Wound Unit" , part of UNC Hospital's East Wing, on Thursday afternoon. The basketball held by Steinbacher was signed by Roy and basketball players (double check w/ writer). Presented to nurse managers of burn unit.

The N.C. Jaycee Burn Center celebrated Thursday the dedication of its Acute Burn and Wound Unit, which added 15 beds for a total of 36 at the center.

About 15 people attended the ceremony — which was held in the new unit — including Chancellor Holden Thorp.

Located on the fifth floor of the N.C. Children’s Hospital, the unit opened in May but only recently received all of its equipment and personnel, said Brooke Curro, director of the unit.

Dr. Bruce Cairns, medical director of the center, said the unit allows the center to consolidate into one location, which increases efficiency.

“This is the most modern floor of the hospital,” he said.

The center is the only place in the hospital where adults and children are in the same unit, which requires intensive cross training for the staff, he added.

Attendees included representatives from North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, which donated more than $1 million to the unit, said Dale Lambert, chief executive officer of the Randolph Electric Membership Corporation.

He said the group plans to donate another half a million dollars to the center during the next five years.

Companies in the group also helped fund the original Jaycee Burn Center, he added.

The Jaycee Burn Center was started by John Stackhouse, the owner of an electrical contracting company in Goldsboro.

He began the unit because his employees, when burned in electrical accidents, lacked accessible burn treatment.

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