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Students
build
therapeutic
car
for
St.
Peter's
Hospital
patients
Students
from
the
Auto
Body
Repair
and
Welding
&
Metal
Fabrication
programs
at
the
Albany
campus
of
the
Career
&
Technical
School
built
a
therapeutic
car
body
for
physical
therapy
and
rehabilitation
patients
at
St.
Peter's
Hospital
in
Albany.
The
car
will
be
used
by
patients
recovering
from
hip
fractures,
knee
and
hip
replacements,
stroke
and
general
debilitation.
The
students
took
measurements
at
St.
Peter's
to
insure
the
car
body
would
fit
into
corridors
and
elevators.
The
Auto
Body
class
split
up,
outfitted
and
painted
the
front
part
of
a
scrapped
Chevrolet
Cavalier
to
make
it
possible
for
rehabilitation
patients
to
enter
and
leave
the
passenger's
side.
The
Welding
students
designed
and
fabricated
a
stand
to
place
the
car
at
normal
height;
they
cut,
welded
and
bolted
schedule
40
steel
pipe
to
form
the
sturdy
frame.
Students
working
on
the
project
included
Welding
students
Andrei
Squires
of
Burnt
Hills/Ballston
Lake
and
Chris
Baakman
of
Schoharie
and
Auto
Body
students
Dan
Ebert
of
Schoharie
and
Jim
Bobar
of
Rotterdam.
Besides
applying
their
technical
and
academic
skills,
all
of
the
students
learned
about
project
development,
teamwork
and
time management.
Maureen VanBenthuysen,
St.
Peter's
Hospital
Director
of
Rehabilitation
Services,
said,
"We
deeply
appreciate
the
work
done
by
the
school
to
help
our
patients
make
a
speedy
recovery
by
giving
them
a
car
to
practice
in.
Patients
need
to
travel
for
rehabilitation,
for
doctors'
appointments
and
getting
back
to
their
normal
daily
activities."
The
students
participated
in
a
June
3,
2002
media
conference
with
St.
Peter's
staff
and
patients
and
were
featured
on
Fox
23
News,
Albany,
that
night.
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