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Show r- 1 I ", . ' y '' ' -l ',-! . '. , i Shown here on an initial trip to Hanksville to discuss a medical cii are Dr. Keith Hooker, Richard McDermott, Dr. Eugene Davie and.fo Brown. Medical Clinic Ends Year of OperoM By Barbara Ekker The Hanksville Emergency Emer-gency Clinic just passed it's first birthday which was May 29th. This clinic has proven it's worth more than ten fold over this past year and a needed addition to this remote area of the State of Utah. . A rural medical clinic was a 'brain child' of two 'flving doctors' from Utah Valley LDS Hospital Hospit-al at Provo. Dr. Eugene Davie and Dr. Keith Hooker felt that the people peo-ple of an isolated area were being deprived of medical care because of the distance to the nearest near-est doctor and medical facility. Before they could put their idea to work they had to know the feelings of the area residents. So these dedicated doctors doc-tors and Richard McDermott, Mc-Dermott, Asst. Administrator Adminis-trator at Utah Valley Hospital flew to Hanksville Hanks-ville and met with community com-munity leaders and explained ex-plained their ideas and heard theirs. A public meeting was called a week later with representation repre-sentation from Capitol Reef, Halls Crossing, Bull Frog. Cainsville. Hite, and most all of Hanksville's residents. Dr. Davie and his associates as-sociates explained what they would do to help Hanksville begin a clinic clin-ic but emphasized that it would be up to the people peo-ple themselves to make it work and succeed. A census was taken of available medical personnel per-sonnel and volunteers came forth from Viet Name medics to practical practi-cal and licensed practical prac-tical nurses in the area. A building, a former pool hall, was donated by M rs. Edna Ekker Robison. furniture and equipment began arriving and the project was begun. Bishop Bernes Jackson was chairman of the first meeting where a Board of Directors were nominated nomi-nated and elected to office. of-fice. These officers were Jerry Clark. Bull Frog: Dee Jackson, Cainsville; Grant Clark, Capitol Reef National Park; Harold Ha-rold Ekker, ErnestShir-ley, ErnestShir-ley, Butch Bullard, Gary Carlin, Hanksville; and Melvin Pierson, Hite; Kay Hunt and Edna Robison, Robi-son, Hanksville. Butch Bullard was selected president of the Board and Barbara Ekker as secretary. Over the year several officials have left the area and Riter Ekker and Steven Hatch were elected to replace two Board members and Lou Mallory, Bull Frog, a former hospital administrator admin-istrator from Hill Air Base, was asked to join the group as an advisor. The Board's first project pro-ject was to remodel the building. Partitions were built, walls and floors painted, proper lighting installed. Then Dr. Smoot from Dragerton heard of the medical project pro-ject and equipment from the Carbon Medical Service Ser-vice at Dragerton was donated and transported to Hanksville. This equipment consisted of examining room equipment, equip-ment, beds, tables, desks and office furniture, x-ray unit and supplies. The thru word of mouth and contacts with other medical people donations in the form of lab equipment, equip-ment, medical supplies, gowns, bandages, operating oper-ating instruments began arriving from many areas. Several doctors in the Los Angeles and San Diego area have sent equipment and supplies as well as many Utah doctors and hospitals. The clinic is open daily from 9 till 5 with Dr. Kieth Hooker or Dr. Eugene Eu-gene Davie fix ing in from Provo on Wednesdays to see and treat patients but are available by phone on a 24 hour basis for consultation and are able to fly to Hanksville on every emergency within an hour. They land at the strip south of town and can taxi to tie-downs next to the clinic building. build-ing. They have flown many patients back to Provo for emergency ca re. Nina Robison and Hope Miller are at the clinic five days a week but also available 24 hours a day for medical assistance. Nina worked at the Green River Medical Clinic under un-der Dr. 11. T. Barton and Hope has a background of nursing home experience. experi-ence. Mrs. Dorothy Weaver, Wea-ver, an RN. who's recently re-cently moved into the area, has offered her service along with former form-er medic, Milton Rose, elementary school teacher tea-cher here. John Cesncr. also a new resident, is an x-ray technician and his services are available. avail-able. The girls go to Utah Valley HospV. ternate weekends to,' v in the Emergency p' under Dr. Eugene w ho is Chief of the n gency Room Stiff'":: l1i obtain additional tr--ing. Mrs. Genniefc- D, from Bull Frog 7: D' takes part in thistrv- i ing. Mrs. Gloria .. V son Martain, an LP also a resident The clinic re-:-: r show that over 2.0;i'i -' . tients have been'V ' '. and treated. Ma.-,v": tourists passing thr;; Z area and summerrr.-"- ;:r' keep the girls X i patching up wound; r- V. ceived on Lake from water-skiing ; cidents and boaiing haps. Most of Haris i residents have cfe gone complete physics so that their records l-complete l-complete with blood--- y in case of an uriori-k accident so to r.- t time isn't wasted i:- i.v taining all pertine:; "T terial such as ir.ri:. . history, allergi; . blood-type, blood-p.- ::; sure, etc. : Since Green River r. w ithout a doctor a: clinic. Dr. Davie r.:'.-Hooker r.:'.-Hooker have been set:. 1. patients there aho cc. fly -in -one -day -a -is " basis. A New York i: tor. Scribbner. is ;o :t gin practice LnGree::. " ver in August and re;.: .:: there with his hzL '. Meetings are held . : the first Monday of ev;: month at the cliric : I. the Board of Direc:;:: ;; The group wasinconc T' ated early in '72 ar.d r-presently r-presently affiliated v: the Utah Rural Med:.- ; Clinics. Inc. Don't wait until yc." I sick to come to the t ic. Come anytime. ? .. acquainted, havea?1- -. cal. let the staff t. .. your medical history X . "fore an emerge"; . arises where they r.r -, meet y ou under di::e- .-circumstances. .-circumstances. i |
