Uintah Basin Standard | 1957-08-22 | Page 1 | Local Post-Polio Survey to Bring Additional Help

local Post-Polio Survey To Bring Additional Help A countywide survey to discover current rehabilitation needs of JI post-polio patients will be conned this month the Du- County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Arvin L. chapter made this announcement The local survey is part of a nationwide project by the National Foundation to find person who has had whether paralytic or and to compile a roster of all cases showing all ages and degree of The canvas here is to be completed by September The aim is to determine the rehabilitation needs of all former victims of There may be some post-polio sufferers in the county for whom no record has been kept and may be helped through modern rehabilitation methods unknown or unused the time the disease f Continued On Back LOCAL POST-POLIO SURVEY from Page Such whether diagnosed as paralytic or are urged to write or phone the chapter at The phone number is either or Made Great Strides medicine has made impressive strides in developing new rehabilitation techniques in recent Bellon of the used today for those disabled were unknown or unused as recently as 10 or even 5 years and pilot surveys show that there are thousands of polio-handicapped in the United States who have not yet had an opportunity for medical evaluation to determine if they might benefit from these new he The roster will be made in close cooperation with the County Medical Association and member physicians and it is urged that those who receive a questionnaire please send their names and addresses directly to Arvin L. Chapter