Show A DIME GIVEN TODAY MAY BE 35 A DAY RECEIVED TOMORROW f The question 64 is a piker compared to that facing a peri per- per i son stricken son stricken with infantile paralysis L 1 Could you afford to pay 35 a day for four months if you were stricken by polio And the 35 a day rate is by byno no means unusual in treating polio patients particularly respiratory cases I By reason of this high cost of treatment the National Foundation Foundation Foundation Foun Foun- dation for Infantile Paralysis needs the contributions of every citizen of this community in order to carry carryon on its relentless battle against infantile paralysis Typical of such high case costs are those where care and treatment are paid for by local and ami county chapters of the Foun Foun- dation Charges include 24 daily for nurses 6 for hospital room and 5 for incidentals The itemization does not include physicians physician's fee which which also of course c comes mes from the March of Dimes The expensive cost of hospital treatment and prolonged care of such patients is paid for by the county and supplemented with funds from the National Foundations Foundation's March of Dimes in fulfillment of the pledge that no one stricken with polio need go untreated for i lack of money regardless of age race creed or color Polio is one of the costliest diseases in the medical books Few families even with substantial incomes can afford hospital doctors doctor's bills nurses' nurses fees and additional costs of term long-term convalescent con convalescent conval conval- val val- care Local chapters of the National Foundation with money raised through the annual March of Dimes for this pu purpose pose stand ready throughout the nation to offer financial assistance whenever the disease strikes If chapters run low on funds or exhaust them quickly for a single emergency case or for epidemic needs as they did last year in 35 states and other less seriously affected areas national headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters sends sums to meet the community's bill The National Foundation supported entirely by the March I of Dimes also finances scientific medical research and education of professional personnel t to staff hospitals and treatment centers I throughout the country Can you afford to spend S 35 35 a da day y for treatment treat e t Perhaps not but you can afford a dime So drop one two or several in every polio contribution container see as you shop in business places where they are located Look for now you may maybe maybe maybe be scheduled to need their aid before the year is over |