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be c: use many pe ople do not realize
their con-tjjpts,
, The Board accepted the offer of
the a me. ripen. Red Cross t.c. release
to the’ Territorial Department' of
Health surplus supplies und equip
ment sent to Alaska centers: off.>
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population for the establishment of
emergency hospitals* It directed th
the 6ommissioner to carry out all
necessary negotiations Tmd dispose
of them -as, he sees fit'•to non-profit
organizations wuch as community
owned hospitals,, orphanages, child
ren's, homes, sohools. and the Alaska
Native- Service*
The Commissioner was authorized
to make every effort to secure from
the ,Aray,; Hed Cross, Office of
Civilian, defense and qtlier govern
ment .agencies all surplus and oth?r
available medical and hospital sup
plies and any other equipment to
further the health program in Alaska
and .distribute them as he sees fit
to non-profit groups.
The ^oard went -on rocord os sup
porting the program and co-operative
plan of the Alaska Tuberculosis
Association and -offered its whole
hearted support and assistance In
the forth-coming annual seal sale.
In. relation, to the Seward Army
Hospital, .for-which the last begis
loture appropriated $14,500 for the
p\irchnse of its equipment, the Board
authorized the Comrnjssinner to
■immediately, bog:'n negotiations, th
various interested organizations and
agencies f.or possible lease or sale
of hospital facilities J;o operate
it as a> Tuberculosis Sanatorium, so
that it would not become a burden on
tlie .Territory* The- Commissioner
reported several groups already had
expressed an interest in talcing over
the hospital and it was anticip"feed
a deal would be made shortly witK
no cost to the -Territory*, it; w
felt that the Sanatorium should b e
‘ready f'or operation ■■s ome tifeie. thir
winter.
The Board took.*>p various ..otho.r
matters,' including the -proposed
establishment of a hospital planning
board and establishment of a
crippled children's association im
Alaska with the aim of raising ad*»
ditional funds for the car of
crippled children, and eventually
•bcspitalire then in the Torrit ry
when hospital facilities ar made
available. The fecard also voted
the ..Commissioner^should go t )
Washington soon td^discuSa "laska
health matters wi th F&dtjrr.l „agencicr
members of Congressional Committees
and others who have expressed a
desire to assist Alaska in -carrying
out its health program,
Later News,.The Territorial Depart
ment of Health, has abdod the
Divi'si'on of Nutr it £onr to Its staff,
Miss Christine Helieir-.is the -Nutri
tiori Consultant*