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“Trouble with following a global war, I get dizzy!”
Newcomer Gives Views
On Alaska Health Scene
Kodiak shares in many of the
health problems of Alaska out
lined in a release from the Ter
ritorial Department of Health,
which was prepared by a new
comer to Alaska who described
the problems, which are taken
by many as a matter of course.
The comments follow:
Back in the states health pio
blems are relatively accessible
because almost everywhere there
is some sort of public hea'th or
ganization within easy reach
Up here it is different Very lit
tle local official acceptance of
responsibility in public health
has been developed and, m some
places where the military forces
have moved in, civilian conti ol
of community affairs has been
difficult to maintain There are
some exceptions but. in general,
whose business local public
health is in Alaska is uncertain.
Neither the health depart
ment nor the Office of Indian
Affairs has enough employees to
meet all routine, or even emer
gency, needs. Uncertain trans
portation continues to be a
handicap.
High credit is given the wide
spread nursing service, supplied
from headquarters and aided in
many places by local funds.
Up hem an effective public
health nurse must have a pecul
iar kind of personality, especial
ly if she is located in a small
place with a high percentage of
native popu ation. She must lie
a self-starting, se'f-confident,
and self-sufficient. Unless these
young women are equipped with
more than average idealism,
they often get discouraged and
go back home
Much has been said official
ly and otherwise about tuber
culosis The almost total absence'
of sanatorium facilities may bej
remedied after the war if advan i
tage is taken of Army and Navy j
hospitals that are sure to be a
bandoned The public is coming |
to realize the seriousness of i
tuberculosis, especially in its in-1
creasing tendency to return with .
interest to the whites. However,
there is still a hush hush policy
about it in some of the larger
centers.
There seems to be no definite
knowledge about the low rate of
cancer among the Natives and
certainly not what the reasons
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