THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, February 2, 1996 TAG: 9601310136
SECTION: PORTSMOUTH CURRENTS PAGE: 06 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 42 lines
Portsmouth Medical Specialists Inc. has opened Churchland Renal Center on Churchland Boulevard in Chesapeake.
The new facility is the company's second project. The first, Portsmouth Renal Center, opened on London Boulevard in November 1990. Dr. Ali Choudhury is medical director of the Portsmouth center, and Dr. Martin Harpen is director of the new center.
The new 4,822-square-foot building contains 10 stations, including an isolation unit, all supervised by a central nurses' station. The facility is designed to administer state-of-the-art dialysis treatment and to provide patient education and consultation services.
The building was designed by HBA Architecture and Interior Design of Virginia Beach and constructed by Sussex Development Corp.
Portsmouth students will install carpet for the Suffolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority in about 80 public housing units.
Previously, the students have gotten practical experience by installing carpet for South Hampton Roads Habitat for Humanity.
The Suffolk project, initiated by Brad Cherry of Cherry Carpet, is a cooperative agreement between the Portsmouth Public Schools, the Suffolk housing authority and the Southeastern Virginia Job Training Administration. Through the agreement, students will acquire skills and the authority will save money.
The students are enrolled in the Carpet Installation Program of Portsmouth Public Schools. Funded by a grant from the Southeastern Virginia Job Training Administration, the program is in its second year of operation.
The program provides four months of training for adults and out-of-school youths who seek a marketable skill. The program is housed at the Tri-Cities Center for Old Dominion and Norfolk State universities, located in the former Cradock High School, 4300 George Washington Highway. by CNB