OCR Text |
Show Free Chest X-Oays Fr Indians hi -Ft.. Duchesne firea Free cnest x-rays will be available avail-able to the majority of the Indians residing in the Fort Duchesne Du-chesne area, it was revealed thu week by Harry W. Gilmore, Superintendent of the Uintah and Ouray Agency, in an announcement an-nouncement that the Indian Service Ser-vice will cooperate with the Utah State Health Department and the Utah Tuberculosis Association As-sociation in an effort to reduce tuberculosis rate in the Uintah-Duchesne Uintah-Duchesne County Area. The chest x-rays will be made without charge for all persons over twelve years of age, and the mobile x-ray unit will visit the Whiterocks community on September 12 and the Fort Duchesne Du-chesne community on September 15, Mr. Gilmore said. "While all persons, Indian and non-Indian, are eligible for x-ray when the unit visits in these two communities in the reservation reserva-tion area, we are urging all Indian families particularly to take advantage of this opportunity opport-unity for a chest examination which may .reveal not only tuberculosis tu-berculosis but also heart disease, ; lung cancer, and other chest conditions," con-ditions," Mr, Gilmore added. The x-ray unit will be in operation oper-ation from 8:00 a. m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. during its two-day stay in the reservation area. All persons living in Randlett, Ouray, Myton and Neola are advised to have a chest x-ray when the unit is in the community nearest their home. "In both the Indians and the non-Indians, tuberculosis kiL'.s more people between the ages of twenty and thirty-four than any other disease; and all persons are urged to have a chest x-ray since medical authorities tell us that chest diseases, when discovered dis-covered early, are much easier I to cure," Mr. Gilmore concluded. i |