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{Quick Medical Action Saves Unga
A diphtheria epidemic which
I threatened to wipe out the vil
lage of Unga last month was a
verted by the prompt action of a
Navy medical party flown to the
scene On 8 April the village of
Unga, located in the Shumigan
Island group approximately 350
miles south east of Kodiak, rad
ioed for medical assistance re
porting that an epidemic believ
ed to be diphtheria had already
taken the lives of two persons.
The message was received by
I N'OB at Kodiak and a medical
. party consisting I t. f omdr.
;j MeC Batts, MC, USNR, En-j
i sign Marjorie A Gommel, NC,
US NR and Pharmicist’s Mate,
First Class J A.Strehlewas or-|
ganized for the mission. Penicil
lin, plasma, diphtheria antitoxin
and other medical supplies w.ere
carefully packed foi the flight.
Three and a half hours after the
receipt of the initial despatch
the rescue party were embaiked |
on their flight, however, charact-j
eristic bad weather closed in asi
the Navy PBY neared its destin-1
' ation. Finding it impossible toj
land a Unga, the plane attempt
ed to return to Kodiak only to
find the field there also “closed
in” necessitating a landing at
Anchorage, 600 miles in the op
posite direction from Unga On
9 April another plane was pre
paring to take off from Anchor
age in order to transport two
Red Cross nurses, Mrs. Hal Re
hard and Miss Vivian Stahl, and
'additional medical supplies to
| Unga
I The two Dar' ies combined and
| took off in an Army plane which
! anded at Cold Bay where the
■ party was joined by Captain F.
O Robertson, Army Medical
Corps. The remainder of the trip
to Unga was made by boat where
the party arrived on 10 April
i
One additional death had occur
red while the medical party was
enroute
Seven bedridden patients were
immediately examined and the
diagnosis of diphtheria confirmed
and appropriate treatment ad
ministered.
With the cooperation of Mr.
Donald Lawvere, school super
intendent. and other local offi
cials, a plan of organization was
immediately formulated which
included complete isolation of
the village, clo ing of the school,
library, chinches and the barring
of public assembly. The next day
all villagers whose homes were
free of disease were assemtiled in
the school house and were given
diphtheiia antitoxin and were
examined for evidence of disease.
Thereafter, every inhabitant of
the village of 150 persons was
examined at least once every day
for the next week. No new cases
developed and there were no
deaths after the arrival of the
medical party.
Meanwhile at the village of
Squaw Harbor located 7 miles
from Unga, a case of diphtheria
was reported Mtdical aid was
immedi .tel y sent to treat the ac
tive case. Protective innocula
tions were given to the other 69
inhabitant and precautionary
measures institut d.
The viTiuge of Unga, settled
by the Russians, is a fishing
center for the Pacific American
Fisheries, which employs most of
the inh ibitani- during the fish
ing se -on n abandoned mine
et the head i De'arof Harbor is
the onb remaining evidence of
'he ea ly gold rush in th- aiea.
Capia n K F Lowry, U'-N,
District Medical Offir expies
sed his nopieciation forihe fine
.-pirn manife-ted b\ Captain
Roberts ii and the lied Cr ss
nurses in their cooperating with
the Navy in the mission
After a visit in Fairbanks, Mr.
and Mrs Clyde Holden returned
to Kodiak, where Holden is em
ployed at the navy base.
The city council has pledged
the usual $1200 as the city’s an
nual contribution to support ol
the Public Health Nursing ser
vice in this city. The Territorj
matches the funds.
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