Nanaimo Daily News from Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada • 14

1 Nonqlmo Patty Fret Press, Tuesdoy, Aug. 27, 1968YfiTTB I.IiUIPOYTER CENTRE Vhale Heads Hemophilia Cases Climb, Hemotolo gist Lists 2,000 Death Ends Girl's Fight DENVER, Colo. (AP) Julie Out To Sea VANCOUVER (CP)-A prite i I Requires Team Work For Force Upgrading needed on a prophylactic basis to prevent internal and often spontaneous bleeding and to re Cherie Rodriguet, who lived with a transplanted liver longer duce the severity of externally Inflicted wounds. In this column the Daily Freelsgerial and professional eate- Press 1 publishing employment gories, shortage i always quit Hemophilia ia a congenital disease transmitted by a female carrier usually to a male. The four-ton whale escaped Monday from ita net pond at Pender Harbor, 30 miles north Van couver.

The whale, nsmed Skookum Cecil, valued at $2,000 was on" ed by Vancouver Public Aquarium. Skookum Cecil was the largest of seven killer whales caught by Pender Harbor fishermen in April. By KARIX MOSER MONTREAL CP) Dr. Cecil Harris, a hemotologlst at Montreal's St Mary's Hospital, saya there are more than 2.000 cases of hemophilia in Canada and if "you multiply that number by the amount of times each patient must coma to a hospital for treatment, the figure is staggering." In an interview Monday, Dr. Harris said he has one patient who has been admitted to hospi critical.

There are several fac Information of a general nature which will be of interest to our tors that have caused this sit' readers. The material is provid ustion but one of the fundamental reasons Is lack of proper training programs and insti ed by the local Canada Man than anyone known to science, died of cancer Monday night at the University of Colorado Medical Centre. "It was a blessing." said her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C.

Rodriguez of Pueblo, Colo. "She had suffered so much, I'm glad God came and picked her up," said her father. At 2, the pretty, wide-eyed little girl was too young to know that by surviving more than 13 months after the transplant she tutions. Canada has been for patient lacka one Vital protein, often referred to aa Factor VIII or Factor IX, that Is normally needed for coagulation of the blood. Cryoprecipitate contains the missing factor and Is found in normal blood donors although in relatively small proportions.

tunate to resolve the problem, In part, by importing skills power Centre. UPGRADING OF WORK FORCE REQUIRES TEAM WORK One of the primary aims of every industrial state is to pro tal for treatment on 105 sep arate occasions. "That's a lot of from other countries. However, FOLLOWS EASTER Whitiun or Pentecost Is the seventh Sunday after Easter. treatment and chances are he'll hsve to come in many more the standard of living in most of the industrial nations Is rapidly catchin up with North vide full employment oppor.

times." offered hope to uncounted vic Dr. Harris' wire said: i ''Many people don't realize how difficult it is for a hemophi-1 tunities for the labor force. Full employment generally means that unemployment should not exceed three per cent of work population. This is a very de tims of otherwise terminal liver ailments. Julie's new liver had functioned well aince it waa implant liac to gain employment." You'll always have a Mrs.

Harris is actively engaged In duties surrounding the ed July 23, 1967. The donor was sirable and realistic objective a child who had died of causes because stable, high rate of fifth Congress of the World Fed that left the liver undamaged. employment ensures economic eration of Hemophilia which But Vcancer, which destroyed growth, development; fairly began here August 22 and ends i Thursday. ALL equitable distribution of in. Julie's own liver by the time she waa a year old, appeared come; rising national wealth "Most employers hesitate to elsewhere in ber body.

Several and standard of living. hire a hemophiliac," said Mrs. i at the Cfi additional operations failed to Harris, "although now. with the Full employment, however, Americans and in the future it Is not going to be easy to attract highly qualified and skilled people from foreign lands. The only solution is thus, to improve our capacity to train Canadian workers.

Develop necessary programs and Institutions to achieve this national goal. It may also be stated that vocational training is no longer a sole responsibility of an individual. The industries, various government agencies, and labor organizations must cooperate and work together in development of manpower resources. They should individually and collectively assist workers who have the potential and desire to improve their skills. The Department of Manpower and Immigration is i member of the team that is engaged in upgrading our work force.

cryoprecipitate injections avail- curb it, and aeveral weeks ago, just before the first anniversary does oot evolve automatically. It requires economic planning; cooperation among various of the transplant, the parents learned there was no nope. able, they' can in many in- stances lead almost normal lives." ALLOWS OPERATIONS groups who often have conflict o' 0 0 9 fx -A i i- M. -OS 1 I. 1 1 A -A ing Interests; modernization of the means of production to im Cryoprecipitate is a concen There were no known survivors of liver transplant operations when Julie underwent the surgery.

Thirteen have been performed prove and strengthen adjust trated form of. plasma, discovered by Dr. Judith Pool of Palo ments; meaningful research that would result in improve Alto, which, because of ment of productivity and de here since Julie's, and five of these patients still live. Doctors say improved methods of stor its coagulating principle, enables doctors to perform sur velopment of new commodities for sale. Above all this there gery on hemophiliacs.

Patients Ml is the need for trained and mo TRAYELODGE in Nanaimo can also take the injections as bile work forces. The Economic Council of Can ing donor livers until they can be implanted, and better techniques of suppressing the body's tendency to reject the new organ have contributed to the improved outlook. KEEP COOL Vacuum-packaged meat is perishable and must be ada has estimated that between 1963 and 1970 Canada requires COULD SWALLOW STATE Africa's Lake Victoria could contain West Virginia. a net Increase of 1,500,000 new non-farm Jobs to achieve the full employment goal. There Is no argument about the desirability of this objective, but its attain ment depends on smooth performance of several external and Internal factors.

Internally, among other things, it is essential that the manpower needs of the indus tries be fully satisfied. During the recent years there has emerged an increasing awareness in the country that a wide CHICAGO NONSENSE A girl holds up Yippie sign in Chicago's civic centre when group called the Youth International Party aet the wood around Picasso rusty Iron sculpture by launching a pig" as its presidential candidate. Girl said the baby was a "rent-a-baby" arrangement. gap-exists between the man power demand of industries and supply of required skills. In certain areas of technical, man- its happening at BlliiliKllii 1 wir If I If Zltl fl 1 EATON'S Upp Ml i ip A.J.SMYTH Telephone district foreman and Hanty Park and Recreation Commtsiionr.

ROBERT WILSON Telephone combinationman and Cranbraok Alderman, don't miss our If CHARLES BALTZER Telephone combtnationman and Haney School Board Chairman ERIC RAV Telephone district plant supervisor and Trail School Board member. HACGC I I i v.f:(::iil ISpslft rlt Fashion Showing 3 These mei D. A. SMTTH M.C.Tel District Manager and Cranbrook School Board member. FRED FEENEY Telephone district repairman and Gibsons Landing Mayor.

4M a serve ctoice ROIS HARDER Telephone central office maintenance technician and Duncan Alderman. They elected to become B.C. Telephone Company employees. People they serve elected them to civic office. Informal Modelling by Charm School Graduates Tues.

Thurs. 1 :00 2:00 p.m. Fri. and Sat p.rm community because they serve all of it They are keenly aware of the special obligation they have to give service beyond the normal call of duty, aa obligation which comes with being the only telephone company in town. They are trained to meet this obligation on the job.

And they are encouraged to apply the same dedication to their participation in community activities There are more than 7,200 B.C Telephone Company employees in British Columbia, living and working in communities throughout the province. Seven of these people art picturti here; telephone men elected to cMc cHlce. They tern by choice it work as your telephone people; in lbe community as your good neighbor What are B.C Telephone people doing on civic councils and school boards? Thej are being public servants. And why The reasons are many. They live in the communities where they work.

They raise their families there, spend their earnings and pay their taxes there. And they are vitally concerned with education and civic affairs. They have pride in their communities and they show it by contributing time and effort toward making these communities grow and prosper. Tcrhaps all of this springs from their desire to be good neighbors, a desire spurred by their role as B.C Telephone Telephone people are involved with their Register Now Fall Sessions Charm School TitetWer 'til Saturday Ladies' Feihiens, 24 Floor Clowes will ba for girls 13 14 od 15 18 Claim for 5 CO ft fm.