Final Papers Signed For Opeha-t'ion' -
Of Mt. Fdgecumbe.Orthopedic Hospital
Final details for'
the maintenance and
operation of Mt. 3d
gecumbe hospital at
Sitka were agreed ..up
on by Don C. Foster
of the Alaska Native
Service and Dr, C.
Earl Albrecht, Terri
torial Commissioner
of health, at a Jan,
14 meeting.
. The hospital,
which.is to care for
orthopedic child pa
tients under the pro
visions of the Alaska
Crippled Children’s
program, will be un
der the administra
tion and control of
the Alaska Native
Service.
However the equip
ment and personnel
needed for orthopedic
cases will be loaned
by _ the Territorial
bep'artmenrt of Health.
Personnel to be se
cured from the health
department include an
orthopedic surgeon,
orthopedic nurse, and
a medical social con
sultant. - ... .
Facilities at Mt.
Edge’cumbe will take
care of 50 patients.
Children 'are to be
admitted upon the ba
sis of need, and will,
be recommended to the
hospital by the Ter
ritorial Department
of Health.
Because of the ur- .
gent need for ortho
pedic care in Alaska,
both natives and non
natives will be con
sidered on an equal
basis for admission.
Commissioner Al
brecht expressed him
self as highly pleas
ed with the arrange
ment ~ at the signing
©f^the .final papers,
"This , will-’ be . the?(
means," he said, hby
which a large group
of heretofore untre
ated cases will re
ceive adequate medi
cal care._
FISH TRAP BILL
DRAFTED !
Latest plan to
solve the fish'trap
■ problem in Alaska
soon will be intro
duced into Congress •
by two members of the
House -of.Representa
tives .
1 ■' -‘The. fill’s s pon - ■
sors say it’will pro
vide for a time limit
for cannery operation
of traps and will
call for a reduction
in,the number of ex
isting 'traps .
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IT'LL TAKE A WHILE •, !•
The necdnt VepbrtV
of a new air service
to be operated be
tween Homer and Sel
dovia appears to be
based upon’ fact. How*
ever the service pro
bably will not get
under way until mid
summer at the earli
est •
as planned at pre
sent, a float plane
will be based in Sel
dovia and will make
daily ferry flights
between this city and
Homer to connect with
the -ma^or airlines
flights out ’ of the
Homer field.' . - -^rii
Exact information
concerning the ser
vice cannot be ob
tained at this time,
but it is understood
that the plans hinge
upon the purchase of
the necessary planes
from army surplus
stock.
A more definite
announcement of plans
will be forthcoming
later in the spring,
it was promised.
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