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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (June 19, 1952)
PAGE SIXTEEN HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON TimnsnAY. .11 ink in, inr.s Oregon Doctors Skeptical of Miracle ' Drugs Used In Battle Against Tuberculosis By f AUL W. HARVEY JR, THE DALLES Wl Oreioii'i tuberculosa experts, who run the suate'a TB hospitals In Balem. Portland and The Dalles, don't know yet if the new drug, lso ' nleotlnio acid hydraaide, is' the miracle cure they are looking for. They have been using this widely publicised drug lor two monuis, and they hope It might be a cure. The results have oeen encourag ing. . . ' Th doctors here are skeptical about stories from eastern TB hospitals that tell about seriously 111 patients being greatly Improved In only a few days. But the fact that the Oregon doctors are buying all of It they can get is a sign that they think the drug might be the long-sought cure for tuberculosis. Ten patients here have been getting the drug two months. They tailed to respond to the other drugs, but now they are improved. One 30-year-old girl has Increas ed her weight from 77 to 95 pounds In the two months by using the drug, which now is being given to 63 patients. This beautiful hospital, high on a hill overlooking The Dalles and the Columbia River Valley, has 162 patients. There are 103 employes. which makes It costly to operate, The state of Oregon spends $350 a month on each TB patient, Tnose who can afford it pay a maximum ot 165 a montn for their care. While a state TB hospital has the lob of treatlns patients in order to cure them, it has another equally important task that people don I think about. This latter Job is to protect society from the spread of TB germs. And keeping patients confined and watching them closely after they are released is the wsy the spread is checked. The state hss a waiting list ot 60 patients who need hospital care. Construction of the 60-bed addition to the state TB hospital In Salem will take care of them. In addition to using many drugs. the hospital here does considerable surgery. The comparatively new operation, removal ot part ot a lung to eliminate badly diseased areas. Is performed here, as well as collapse of lungs by Injecting air into the chest, and removing ribs to pusn in a rang. The. hospital has an out-patient clinic which has 1.500 visits a year. Former patients come here for lung collapse and other treat ment. Collapsing a lung Is simple. The doctor, using a little local pain-killer where the needle goes ui, puncnes tne neeaie neiween tne ribs and shoots in the air. Lung collapse gives a lung rest so It can heal more quickly, While drugs and operations are helpful, a most vital part of the treatment is rest. The patients have sunny pavilions and pleasant surroundings, an Important factor in encouraging rest and keeping up morale. Everybody rests every day from 1 to 3 p.m. During that period, a big chain Is placed across the entrance to the grounds, and no body gets in. The three doctors on the staff here Ant remember an employe ever getting the disease from a patient, which sounds unusual. They explain the reason Is that the patients are trained not to cough in the presence of other persons. Patients are released only when they can't spread the disease. In the hospitals rehabilitation program, patients, are taught hob bles ana. more important, new ways to earn a living. For Instance, a bulldozer opera tor comes to the hospital, with no chance he'U be able to run a bull dozer again. So he's given tests to see what Jobs he could do. and is taught the fundamentals of a new line ot work, such as accounting The hospital doesn't like to re lease a patient unless he feels secure. While some patient have been nere seven or eight years, the average patient whose disease has been detected early can be re leased In only nine months, Tuberculosis now is becoming a problem in upper age arouus. 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