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A 18 TUESDAY. MAY 21. 1963 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON The Medical Roundup Mil Tht Hospitalised Child I am pleased with an ar ticle by Dr. Willis J. Potts, pediatric surgeon of the Children's Memorial hospital in Chicago, in which he ob jects to the cruel treatment of little children in hospitals because of a too strict at-attention AJvaru to rules ana regulations. Dr. Potts tells of a boy of four who, one night had to be rushed to a hospi- tal for an emergency opera tion. As he says, "For some ghastly reason, the doctor re fused to let either of the par ents stay with the child" dur ing the next few days. .The doctor maintained that the boy would be better off if left alone, and this in spite of the fact that the mother had been a trained nurse. She begged to be allowed to stay and help care for the child, but she was refused. Worse yet, she was allowed to be with the boy for only two hours a day. What happened was that this sensitive child cried him self into exhaustion every day and every night, and as a re sult, he left the hospital emo tionally injured. Dr. Potts says that today, four years after this terrible experience, he still has nightmares, and cries out in his sleep. He will not go to bed unless someone is in the room with him; he refuses ever to be separated from his parents; and he is haunted by a growing fear of being left alone. Many a child has had this sort of experience, In many hospitals all over this coun try. It would indicate that in some Institutions, rules that have come down through the years mean everything, and a little kindness and under standing to a frightened child seem to mean nothing. Pariod Exlandad - Dr. Potts says that for years, hospital visiting hours have been limited to one hour a day. and this still holds (or many children's wards. For tunately, in the hospital in which Dr. Polls works, the pe riod has been extended to from 10 In the morning to 7 at night. This permits mothers to stay a while, and It allows fathers to visit their children after their return from work, and thill the children love,,. It used to be the attitude that if mothers were allowed In a hospital, they would , "clutter up the place," and would Interfere with the nurses' work; but this turned out not to be true. Actually, the nurses found It was rath er handy to have a mother around to help bathe the Emeritus Consultant la Medietas Mayo tunic Emeritus f'rofeuur or Medicine Mayo Clinic (Register and Tribune Syndicate Itti) child; to feed him and per haps to change his diapers. But Dr. Potts says that in many places, it Is still going to take some time to break down the old prejudices of superintendents and head nurses against adequate visit ing hours. Many and many a time I have been distressed when pa tients of mine have told me that when their child was op erated on, he had to go up to the operating . room ail by himself. Neither parent was allowed to go with him, or to stay with him until he was under anesthesia. Such un kindness to children is unnec essary. I can Imagine that many medical people will say, "But you can't have a non-medical person in an operating room where everything has to be kept sterile." My answer is, "You could start the child's anesthetic in his bedroom, or better yet, you could give him a dose of some strong bar biturate that would cause him to fall asleep quietly and without fear. Or you could let the mother go up with the child to the operating - room floor and there have the an esthetic started in a room re served for this purpose. There, the mother could hold the child's hand." No Memory Actually, two years ago when I had a big operation, I was given so big a dose of a barbiturate when I was in my room that I now have no memory of going up to the operating room, and I have no memory of being given an anesthetic. The great trouble, as I have found it in this world, is that people generally want to cling to some old method of doing things. They are extremely distrustful of ideas that are new, even If one can show them that It will make their work much easier and more satisfactory. Thank goodness that now in many hospitals, kindly su perlntendcnts and head nurses have taken charge - people who are kindly and eager to earn the good will and gratl tude of all the sick people and their relatives who come Into (he place. They want good public relations, and they are getting them. Major Legislation in Congress Many persons have a ten dency toward migraine with out ever having had a severe attack. You may learn a great deal about' how to recognize and avoid migraine head aches by reading Dr. Alvarez' booklet on the subject. You may send for it by enclosing 25 cents and a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your request for It to Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, Dept. MMT, Box 57, Dm Moines 4, Iowa. Washington- IUPU -Status ol major legislation in Congress: Income taxes President asking rate reductions and some income-tax boosting re visions to give a net cut of $10.3 billion in individual and corporate rates over three years. House -hearings com pleted, Ways and Means com mittce considering at closed door sessions. Senate await' ing House action. Mass transit Kennedy pro posed $900 million in subsi dies to improve city rail, bus and subway services. House Banking committe approved bill, awaiting Rules commit tie clearance. Senate Ap proved $375 million program. Education Kennedy re quested $3.3 billion across- the-board school aid program. House Education committee approved $1.2 billion build ing aid program limited to colleges and graduate schools; hearings under way on other aid proposals. Senate Hear ings In progress on ommm- bus bill. Health insurance Presi dent wants hospitalization program for persons 63 and older financed through social security. House Ways and Means committee hearings ex pected this summer. Senate Awaiting House action. Foreign aid Administra tion is asking $4.5 billion. House Foreign Affairs com mittee hearings under way. Senate Nothing scheduled yet. Madical schools Adminis tration asked long range con struction aid for medical-dental schools, loans to students. House Passed three-year pro gram that would cost $236 Judges Ask for Job Reclassification Circuit Court Judges James E. Main and Edward C. Kelly have asked the Jackson coun ty court and budget; commit tee for a Job reclassification for the circuit court secre tary, Mrs. Willie Eugene My rick, Phoenix. In prior years, the circuit court made a practice of keep ing their secretary's salary even with those of compar able personnel In the court house. The circuit court judges were not aware that the one-step pay increase would widen the salary gap until they read the printed county budget, they explain ed n their letter. They propose to raise the secretary's salary from $319 a month to $371 a month as now obtained by the principal clerk In the district court, the circuit court Typist III, and the clerk-stenographer In the district attorney's office. The county court referred the request to the county bud get committee and will make further study of it. NEWS CONFERENCE Washington -IUPU- President Kennedy will hold a news con ference at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Kennedy held his last press conference May 8. America says, "That's forme!" . Simwrartw,.-.... m&ixnawmijxm million. Senate scheduled. Military pay Administra tion asked $1.2 billion annual pay and benefit boost for all servicemen, reservists and re tirees. House Passed modi fied version to cost $15 mil lion less and providing no in crease (or 832,000 draftees and enlistees in their first two years of service. House included controversial $30.5 million "recomputation" fea ture for those retired before 1958. Senate Hearings not yet scheduled. - Youth employment Ken nedy asking new $100 mil lion youth conservation corps for outdoor work in forests and parks; home town youth corps for local civic projects, House Education committee has approved, awaiting Rules committee clearance. Senate Passed. Domestic p a c a corps President asking for new or ganization of 1,000 to 3,000 skilled volunteers to carry out work in this country similar to Peace Corps projects abroad. First year cost, $5 million. House Education and Labor subcommittee hear ings start this week. Senate Nothing scheduled. Mental health Administra tion wants long-range, $717 million program for commun ity health centers; research on and treatment of mental retardation. House Com merce committee hearings completed. Senate Labor and Public Welfare subcom mittee approved with revi sions. CiTll rights President asking speedup in voting suits, more protection of Negro vot ing rights, extension of civil rights commission. House Judiciary committee hearings under way. Senate Hearings scheduled on commission ex tension today or Thursday. Cotton - House Democratic leaders have developed a com promise version of adminis tration's subsidy plan for providing cheaper cotton to U. S. textile mills; the com promise includes lower sup port prices and potential re laxation of planting restric tions for large-scale farmers. House - Agricultural Commit tee plans to vote this week. Senate-Cotton hearings start this week. Women workers Admin istration - backed bill would require equal pay for women workers who do the same work as male employees; new rule would apply to workers covered by mini mum wage hour law (about one-half of non-farm work force), Senate-Passed. House - Education and Labor Com mittee approved, awaiting Rules Committee clearance. Silver - To combat short age of silver for coins admin istration asked authority to Nothing replace existing silver-backed $1 bills with gold-backed $1 bills. House - Passed. Senate Banking Committee appiov ed. Wilderness - President wants to establish a national program to preserve public lands in their natural state. Senate - Passed, with provi sion covering 8 million acres immediately and possibly up to 35 million acres eventually. House - No hearings set. Nation debt - Administra tion backed legislation would boost legal limit on the debt to $307 billion through June 30 and to $309 billion during July and Aug ust. The temporary limit now is $305 billion. House - Pas sed. Senate - Finance Com mittee expected to vote Thursday. Action Completed F d grains - Kennedy wants to continue the - pro gram of paying farmers to hold down surplus corn and other feed grain production. Congress approved , two-year extension. President expected to sign bill this week. Draft - Kennedy asked four-year extension of selec tive service and doctor draft. Congress approved; bill sign ed into law. Try and Stop Me By BENNETT CERF J- comes from the deep South and reveres its every tradi tion, was taken aback a bit when, early in World War H, the son of a fine old family she knew was drafted. She rallied, how ever, when she heard that he was receiving his basic training in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. "How nice for him to be in that part of North Carolina," she nodded, "at rhododendron time!" e e John Straley tells of a perpetually hungry couple on a. cross-country motor trip who stopped at an in viting inn, stuffed them selves to the 011s, and then drove over for a look at the Grand Canyon. "That certainly was a marvelous gorge," said the hus band as they backed away from the rim. "That's right," agreed his wife, "but between you and me, I wish I'd had room for one more portion of that delicious pie a la mode." Charles Chaplin, in an unusually mellow mood in Switzerland, told an interviewer, "A comedian must never let his audience feel that hs himself thinks he's being amusing. The audience is PEEKING at him. He's got to play his part seriously and hon estly or he'll soon be forgotten." O ISO, by Bennett Cerf. 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