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Show i '', v- 1 ti-ti j ..... " j .4""' " Scott Hafen, 1974 March of Dimes National Poster Child, joins volunteers Ron and Larraine Turner of Moab at a regional meeting of the voluntary health organization in Phoenix. Scott, 5, born with open spine and water on the brain, is paralyzed from the waist down. He has had surgery and regular treatment at the March of Dimes program at Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. Now he can walk with the aid of braces and crutches. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Gary Hafen of Las Vegas, Nev. The National Foundation-March of Dimes supports research, medical services, and professional profes-sional and public health education in its over-all efforts to prevent birth defects. March of Dimes Head Stresses Pre-Natal Care "The public must be made aware of the need for better prenatal and perinatal care," said Mr. Ron Tunner. "This is medical care during the months of pregnacy and the weeks just be-before be-before and after birth. These are critical times for every mother and baby," he added. Mr. Turner is Chairman Chair-man of the Grand County Chapter of The National Foundation - March of Dimes. He has just returned re-turned from a two-day regional conference in Phoenix sponsored by the voluntary health organization organ-ization and attended by some 300 delegates from five Rocky Mountain States. "The March of Dimes is' constantly working toward to-ward its goal of birth defects prevention," he said. "Innovations to protect each child's healthy birthright were emphasized throughout the meeting." "Genetic counseling, early detection of the high-risk pregnancy, and intensive care of the critically cri-tically ill newborn are some of the modern means used to combat babies' public enemy number one -- birth defects," de-fects," Turner continued. continu-ed. Medical researchers are investigating why each year some 250,000 American babies are born damaged in some way. March of Dimes volunteers are sponsoring sponsor-ing educational and community com-munity service programs pro-grams to inform the public pub-lic about known means of prevention. They also promote fund - raising activities to support further fur-ther medical research and treatment. "Across the country, the March of Dimes also al-so supports some 118 medical service programs," pro-grams," Turner noted," "including three in Colorado, Co-lorado, three in Utah, and one each in Arizona and Nevada." "The aim of these programs pro-grams is to help each newborn to his right to a healthy start in life," he said. Other delegates attending at-tending from the' Grand County March of Dimes Chapter were: Larraine Turner Campaign Director. |