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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Friday, January 20, 1978 Hemophiliacs needed for treatment center RATTLE Chronicle staff The University Medical Center is seeking physician-referre- d hemophiliacs for free evaluation in a new federally-funde- d comprehensive care treatment center. There are an estimated 50 hemophiliacs in Utah. Hemophilia is a disease passed to male offspring by a female carrier. The factors necessary for normal blood coagulation are inactive, and the afflicted person can bleed to death at any time. Cost of caring for a hemophiliac is about $5,000 a year, according to Dr. E.J. Hershgold, associate professor of family medicine at the Medical Center. About one person in 20,00 is affected. Congress recently appropriated $3.5 million for hemophilia centers across the country, Dr. Hershgold said. One grant includes the University of Colorado in by BARBARA and University of Arizona in Tuscon and the University of Utah. The combined facilities are known as the Mountain States Regional Hemophilia Denver, Outer. "We want to be sure that all hemophiliacs who qualify for this which is everybody with moderate or severe hemophilia know about it and let us know who they are and where the are so that we can contact them," Dr. Hershgold said. "Patients will meet with professionals in various capacities who can r Page Three KCPX JMm 7 hematologics BARRETT Chronicle staff A bill introduced into the Utah State Senate last Tuesday might make better employment possible for convicts at the by JUDY Utah State Prison. Prisoners can now only work on jobs within the prison which pay between 80 rents and $1.20 a day. If an industrial complex can be built by private industries on the prison grounds, convicts would learn trade skills and earn wages similar to wages earned in private industry. The bill (SB 63) proposes to "remove prohibition against the contracting of convict labor" sponsored by Sen. Earnest and Sen. K.S. Cornaby Dean (R-Sa- lt (D-Uta- h) Lake). Lake) has Rep. Steve Holbrook been working closely on the bill with the senators. Holbrook said he is concerned (D-Sa- lt i (pediatric and adult), orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists psychaitristsand psychologists. In addition, social workers are available for family consultations and vocational counseling. Dental evaluations and laboratory studies will be provided. Services are at government expense. The center will pass professional evaluations on to the personal physicians of the patients. "Treatment for hemophilia involves giving substitution therapy," Dr. Hershgold siad. "Intravenous injections of the active factor which patients lack in their blood are given. This substitute material is taken out of normal blood plasma," he said. "In the last five or six years we have been teaching a lot of hemophiliacs how to give themselves the medication." Early treatment helps prevent crippling due to bleeding in the joints, he said. The Utah center IN CONCERT AT THE SALT PALACE educational information about hemophilia in to physicians and health care. The physicians prefer to have patients referred by their physicians, but anyone interested in finding out more about the center's services can call para-professiona- TICKETS: ls 581-700- 8:00 PM $5.50 $6.50 $7.50 ON SALE MONDAY, JANUARY 23RD OUTLETS: Salt Palace. ZCMI. Toad Tape, Tape Head, Raspberry Records & All 3 Odyssey's 2. A UNITED CONCERTS contribute reimburse the state for living expenses. Holbrook hopes that when a convict demontrates his willingness to use his prison sentence in these ways, the parole board will compensate him by reducing his prison sentence. Three states, Connecticut, Illinois and Minnesota, have started programs of this type. In Minnesota, private industries rent prison space where they build plants and pay inmates up to S4.62 an hour. These inmates pay up to SI 20 a month to the prison for their room and board, support their families, make restitution to their victims and are still able to save for when they are released. The objectives of the Minnesota program, according to information that Stan Wood, director of the Private Industry Department of Corrections, sent to Holbrook, are to teach the convicts independence and self satisfaction as well as provide job training for future work. Wood said the prison then expects a lower recidivism rate and lower operational expenses. Wocxl said industry also receives profits on operations, improves its image, and finds a trained worker resource. These state programs have been in operation for too short a period to assess whether all Woods' goals have been met. However, the programs are now saving revenue for their state treasuries and are operating without any major problems. FEB 18 SATURDAY also provided to helping prisoners of victims their to families, repay support their crimes, to support themselves and to proposes better jobs for inmates ii give them comprehensive care. All the aspects we can think of that are involved in hemophilia are being brought to bear." The center provides a yearly evaluation of each patient by a medical team made up of with Utah bill presents O CONCERTS WEST PRODUCTION NouuOn5ale f4 I WELCOME BACK5 SALE X ity the first truly high fidel- - X. cassette capable of yield- - ing exceptional clarity and tion of sound. The Fuji gamma v defini- 1 Fer- - I THE SOONER OR LATER YOU NAME IT BAR!! LIVE MUSIC BY: CLAY BORDLEY DAVE DIXON & FRIENDS GRAND OPENING uL BE THE FIRST TO ENTER OUR "NAME THE BAR CONTEST" will receive 1 keg of beer. Judging will be held at 10 p.m. I! Winner Decision of Must be the judges is final. 21 yrs. to enter. FRIDAY, JANUARY Oi 1 SALT LAKE CITY I SSS" " 20th DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 P.M. 380 SO. 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