Show THE OFF aads julians pians entered at malt crith services blilie US public as urged by lilam A daw dav n he testified louse ner utah state iner told the the un ting a mong among ah and held that the present arrangement under which the bureau of indian affairs was administering tle the program was working against the best interests of the in deans the health of the indians said mr dawson now is in a deplorable state he said a duplication of service exists because the indians bureau already calls on the US public health service oc cassion ally for help mr dawson contended the health service was a lot better qualified to handle the job and that it could be finiano 1 ed by diverting funds from the indian service and thereby requiring no additional copens e to the taxpayer 6 tha proposed oro posed trans transfer fen of the admi administration nitration of health services for indians and the operation of lendian indian hospitals to the public health service is being studied I 1 by a sub committee headed by rep william harrison of wyom mg I 1 case aid worker ot of the county welfare dept was contacted relative to the health of thein deans on the navajo reservation in san juan co and lie he stated the health condition among amon the navajos cavajos is deplorable TB is no I 1 of all diseases among the indians Indian and nd for many thousand who f fall 11 prey pre y to this dread disease there i is s but a very small percentage who acco recoils recoil ar 1 and those who do never regain their natural strength TB is a disease that makes inroads so quickly on so many unsuspecting individuals A poor navajo may be suffering for a long time before aid of any kind comes to him to state the real facts concerning the condition of the indian people affected with TB no notice is ever taken of a sick patient until he is in the last stages and then in nearly all cases the shortest and most care caie free diagnosis for the sick person wo would uld be to isolate him to some old hogon on a hill top with a can of water and a few morsels of bread the suffering human is left to his own fate worker states that the condition of the indians is growing worse instead of improving many indians live in the same hogan and it is no wonder TB is spreading the health service does not even reach many of the indians for whom it is intended |