| Show Sanpete San ete Polio Chairman Attends Workshop Meet l URGES CITIZENS CITIZENS' TO BE BEAL AL ALWAYS VA YS ALERT TO NEW NEV OUT OUTBREAKS Despite encouraging progress in polio research all communities ties must be on the alert and fully prepared to cope with polio polio polio po po- po- po lio outbreaks this summer states Vance Peterson of Gunnison chairman of the Sanpete Coun Coun- C County un- un ty chapter of the National Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis Mr 1 Peterson has just returned return return- ed ld from a workshop meeting of more than of the National F Foundation o 0 u n d a t i ion o n county chapters in Salt Lake City where problems and progress in inthe inthe inthe the polio fight were reviewed by Basil OConnor O'Connor president of the March of Dimes organization tion and other polio officials Emphasizing that no p pol polio o 1 i o 0 vaccine is ready for use t this his h i s summer and that gamma globulin globulin globulin glo glo- bulin the blood derivative found effective as a temporary preventive preventive preventive pre pre- of paralysis polio is in critically short supply Mr Peterson Peterson Pe Pe- terson reported that Polio probably will present much the same problem this his t h f s summer as in the recent past He lie pointed out that national incidence of the disease t this his h i s year is already running about 25 percent ahead of the same period in 1952 the worst year in recorded polio history with c cas cases a s e s reported across the country I Fortunately he added we weare weare are all so much more aware of I polio symptoms these days that we can count on early diagnosis I and treatment A And n d many cases will be suspects or paralytic non-paralytic ones which often can be diagnosed and treated just as well in their own homes I as in hospitals Dr Kenneth S. S Landauer as assistant assistant as- as medical director explained explained ex ex- that the treatment trend today emphasizes certain advantages advantages advantages of home care for such patients especially those living far away from Foundation treat treat- treatment treatment treatment ment centers Mr 1 Peterson said With the aid of a consultant if necessary the family physician physician physician cian often can diagnose and care for these patients at home sparing them the fatigue nervous nervous nervous ner ner- tension and excitement brought on by hospitalization he added Home care avoids I Ithe the psychological disadvantages of separation from the family and the difficult adjustment to toa toa a strange environment And most important it eases cases the strain on hospitals during epidemics epidemics epidemics epi epi- releasing beds and professionally professionally professionally pro pro- t trained r l' a i n e d personnel more urgently needed to care for the really serious cases cases National Foundation chapters across the country already carrying carrying carrying car car- a heavy burden of continuing continuing continuing con con- care for an estimated patients stricken with polio in previous years must now make ready for the un unknown unknown unknown un- un known numbers who will be added to the active caseload this year Mr 11 Peterson emphasized No one can fortell the actual number of new cases that will willbe willbe willbe be added to the patient lists of our own chapter he concluded But the National Foundation will not fa fail any child or adu adult t who needs help |
