Belvidere Daily Republican from Belvidere, Illinois • Page 4

4 Belvidere Daily Republican, FrC July 14, 1972 ay Second of nine parts on area health care stu leave ictans why phys examines 'White Paper'- based on the basic idea that one person out of ten visits his or her physician each day, Dr. Baum was informed at a medical meetingin Chicago, that the Illinois Medical Society estimates that one out of every five persons either visits his doctor, his hospital, his pharmacist, or some other health care facility. Dr. Baum cited the fact that physiotherapy equipment sets idle at both hospitals at night; during the daytime when it is used, it is certainly not needed at both hospitals. He draws the same parallel with regard to x-ray equipment and obstetrical equipment.

Dr. Baum makes the point that a young graduate today visiting any community is always told that the community has good industry, good schools, good churches, and a good economy. These young men are practical and sophisticated, and they are really more interested in specifics that directly affect their Working conditions and personal lives. Dr. Baum wants the community to be able to advertise and say "THIS IS OUR CLINIC, go out and get a doctor; bring him In and say, 'that la your three rooms, that is your secretary, that is your office, that is your office manager; you are going to make dollars per month, days paid vacation, because everybody else is doing it the same way." Dr.

Baum points out the close relationship between group practice, high census in the hospital, efficient operation, greater specialization, and high staff morale. Dr. Baum reminds the community that there is absolutely no reason to believe that Rockford physicians are ever going to do anything to help the Belvidere hospitals with their census problem. Dr. Mousavi stated his view that if we had one consolidated hospital, such a hospital could support a radiologist, a pathologist, (who also would run the lab) and an anesthesiologist.

Dr! Mousavi makes the very impressive point when he says, "As it is now, it Is a lonely type practice of medicine; academically we are poor, technically we are poor, and financially we are poor consulting firm of Gaarder and Miller. Dr. Mousavi states that Oscar Gaarder came to Belvidere and talked to the Boone County Medical Society and said, "What you need is a clinic building to house ten general practitioners." Dr. Mousavi states, "If we even came close to that, we would then need a surgeon, another obstetrician, an anesthesiologist, a pathologist, an internist, a pediatrician, a radiologist, and possibly an orthopedic man." We have primarily been dwelling on the remarks of Dr. Baum and Dr.

Mousavi, but other physicians who have left this community in recent years have made remarks closely supporting the opinions of Dr. Baum and Dr. Mousavi. 6. During the Committee's study of the entire area of doctors in this community and the possibilities of attracting new doctors, we were frequently told by a number of people that there were many reasons why this community actually had no hope of attracting new physicians into private practice.

Blue Ribbon Steering Committee does hot entirely concur with this line of thought, and after considerable study, we have decided that there is a potent new force wiich.QffersjL Ummr. Utha cerning the general condition of the downtown area and of the city streets. 5. Reasons Why Previous Physicians Have Left This Community Dr. Joseph Baum and Dr.

Sied Mousavi were two of the doctors that have left this community in the very recent past. Prior to their departure, both of these gen-tlement were kind enough to express to the community some of their reasons for dissatisfaction with the overall Health Care Delivery System in the Belvidere area. At a Board of Directors meeting of the Belvidere Chamber of Commerce, these gentlement permitted their views to be taped. The Blue Ribbon Steering Committee has made a study of their remarks, and feel that several of these remarks are significant enough to be cited in this "White although we do no necessarily share all their Dr. Baum made the point that today's new graduates are used to working with elaborate expensive equipment, and.

because of their training, they do not understand any other way to praetice. To this point he ties the fact that this equip- 4. Past and Present Efforts to Attract Physicians The Ginic and two or three other present practitioners have from time to time made' efforts to attract young physicians to the City of Belvidere. On a number of occasions, these young men have come to the community, talked to the Chamber of Commerce, looked around, examined existing hospital facilities, and carried on conversations with general Bractitioners in the City of Belvidere. Unfortunately, as most people know, competition to attract young medical graduates is extremely severe; and these efforts have for the most part been successful.

The Boone County Medical Society has from time to time run advertisements in various trade journals in an effort to attract new physicians to the community. For the most part, they have received almost no response. Among those physicians who have actually come to work in the City of Belvidere, several have commented that they-were -disturbed by a dirty and generally untidy looking business district, as well as the generally poor state of repair 61f all the prominent streets in the City of Belvidere. tirt.il ii i the kind of expensive, sophisticated equipment that these graduates want to use and should use. Dr.

Baum estimates that one out of every ten people in the City of Belvidere find it necessary to visit either their physician, their hospital, out patient facility, or pharmacist in a day's time. With a population of over 14,000, he estimates that less than 700 people per day can be treated in Belvidere with our present number of physicians. Therefore, Dr. Baum concludes that 700 people a day are leaving this community for treatment in Rockford. He estimates that they will spend $10 to $20 in the doctor's office, and also, that on their trip they will get a prescription filled, visit a grocery or discount store, or do some other type of shopping.

Therefore, Dr. Baum believes that an average of $30 or $40 is being spent by each of these individuals when he or she visits a Rockford physician. The economic drain on this community would appear to be approximately $28,000 per day, simply because, we do not have enough physicians to take care of the people we already, have jji the community. There are those who might quarrel with Dr. Baum's arithmetic, but whether or not he should be 50 percent either plus or minusL tire entire rammi'iatfv" rnnsr.

rt. Vi-V indeed a staggering economic loss. Although I JJftim's calculations are Dr. Baum feels that at the time a unification of the hospitals takes place, it is important 'that almost simultaneously, steps be taken to establish a medical clinic building to bring ajl of our, physicians eiiitjc uuuto. aiijc" rwur aiT ui u- practice.

in a mure efficient atmOS. Jv't" and hopefully attract new physicians to join the group nucleus. because jwe have two noapttais oareiy tm, ovnanci va. aiUL Uinea vol) lbumnTa- iTn i JI If nr III 1 1 1 muhlty, and that new force is the Ko School of Medicine, a branch of the 'm4 Illinois 'r Manxjpf the local physicians use the noted Wisconsin, medijalar own way, it is obvious that the economics of the Situation ar such that it v-Hl be impossible for both hospitals to Jne aiiuauuii, wc ud iwi uiai we owe 11 iu uie community to pass on the comments that Jiave been made by these people cbn- Teen-age mail Editorial Bad gangs could hurt reputation Newport decision to vote not wise Newport then told the other members of the board, "There is no other subdivision in this area and I move it be denied. Another question which should be asked Mr.

Newport now is, how can one who is directly involved in the request move to deny it? Simply put Newport should not interject his thoughts into a discussion he is involved in unless he disqualifies himself as a board member on the issue. Wednesday morning the Boone County Board denied a request from William Smeja, president of Nordic Investment to rezone property he owns north of Belvidere from agriculture to single family residence. During the course of hearing the request, a letter aigned by six objectors was read into the record. Among those objecting was Maxwell H. Newport who also hep-pens to be a County Board member from District 2.

Following the reading of the letter Newport told his fellow board members, "This proposal defeats the purpose of our zoning ordinance in allowing a use in an area where it is not compatible with other uses." One question which should be asked Mr. Newport is, were you speaking as an objector (legal or not) or were you speaking at board member? My interests are quite different then my father's. I plan to study medicine when I go to college. I'm popular and like to date, so I'm not a bookworm or a hermit. But Dad keeps harping at me to "Go out for sports and be a man." Mrs.

Ricker, I make top grades. I'm not a dope, a sissy, a hippie or a square. I'm just me and I wish my father would accept the fact that I prefer to work with my brains rather than my muscles. How can I convince him that we are two different people who have different ideas? JON Dear Jon If you sincerely want to be a doctor, try not to let your father get you down. Just keep heading for your goal.

Doctors are always needed, their earnings are usually high and it certainly is a worthwhile career. If you accomplish your ambition to be a doctor, some day Dad will be bragging about "my son, the doctor." Right now, all he can thing about, apparently, is the glamour and acclaim he had as a top athlete. As time goes on, I believe he will simmer down and accept your decision to enter the field of medicine. Best wishes!" By DOROTHY RICHER Dear Mrs. Ricker: I am a 13-year-old girl.

There is a certain street in our area that I am not supposed to walk on. There is a schoolyard on the street and a gang of boys hang out there in the evening. Mrs. Ricker, I was honest and told my parents everything that goes on there. Most of the boys go there to smoke pot about 8 p.m.

My parents told me to be home at 7:30. One night my father walked through the schoolyard. He caught me there while a fist fight was going on. I wasn't fighting or anything. After I had gotten off punishment I started hanging around the school yard again with some other girls.

After one week was caught and I am being punished again. I will be getting off punishment soon and I would like to have your opinion. Do you think I should stay away from the schoolyard? Should I try to forget these boys? Should I try to persuade my girl friends that we should hang out somewhere else? If I were your daughter, how would you handle the situation? BECKY By that same token, he should not make a motion to deny a request because of a conflict of interest and he should disqualify himself from voting on the question. In the future it would be wise if all of the board watch closely for possible conflicts of interest. In the long run they will only get the county board and themselves into trouble no matter how right they may be.

tfr-l DR. LAWRENCE LAMB The Cheering Section Bulk foods heln JAN FIEBRANZ to bowel habits She loses head over chess game "WHAT IS 'FAIR PLAY' IN PARENT-TEEN RELATIONSHIPS?" Do you and your parents 'play fair' with each other when the inevitable parent-teen conflicts come up? Hare is an opportunity for teens AND their parents to check themselves. Write for Dorothy Ricker's leaflet, "What Is 'Fair Play' in Parent-Teen Relationships?" The leaflet is free but please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope with your request. Mail to Dorothy Ricker in care of this newspaper. Dear Becky: A girl of any age should not hang around where there is a gang of boys fighting and smoking marijuana and you definitely should forget them.

Your girl friends should not be around the boys either and you should try to persuade them to get together at each other's homes or some other more suitable place than the schoolyard. If you were my daughter, I would try to get through to you that as long as you disobey you will be punished. Then, I would try to make you understand that a girl who hangs around a gang of boys such as you described, is running the risk of having her reputation damaged. This is a poor way for a young girl of 13 to start off her teen-age life. A good reputation is one of the most precious things a girl can have, but she can make it or break it by her behavior.

If you persisted in going to the schoolyard, I would ground you until you learned you were playing a losing game. Intercepted i leuer o' juice. Immediately after breakfast go to the bathroom and sit on the commode. Do this every day whether or not you have a bowel movement. For your other meals during the day be sure to include food with plenty of bulk.

This particularly means vegetables and cereals. Avoid eating lots of bread, desserts and bakery products. Drink plenty of water (this doesn't mean you need to overdo this, just satisfy your thirst and drink some water every day). If you've not had a bowel movement in three days you might try a small tap water enema. You should try to stop this though as soon as possible.

You can also use mineral oil occasionally, but this, too, should not become a habit. If you follow this regime regularly day after day, eventually you'll start having a regular reflex response. In essence you will have trained the bowel. This isn't going to happen overnight. It's going to take a number of weeks for the desired effect.

For other people who don't have the same difficulties that you do with raw fruit, I recommend that they also have some fruit for breakfast and fruit juice. This can be prunes, orange juice, or any other type of fruit Dear Dr. Lamb I had part of my colon out four and one-half years ago. I did not have a colostomy. Since then I have had bowel trouble.

I can't eat raw fruits because of the acid. I also have one kidney out Pelease tell me what I can take to help. Dear Reader It would be helpful to know a little bit more about why you had part of your colon removed. I assume by bowel trouble you mean you're having constipation, since you made a reference to eating raw fruits. Even with part of the length of the colon removed, the basic problems of constipation are the same.

Such problems are not usually helped by laxatives of any type unless they're simple bulk-producing laxatives that are chemically inert You can get enough bulk in your diet by eating foods that contain bulk. Why don't you try the same regime I recommended to other people with bowel problems; namely, establish a regular daily pattern. For breakfast, eat something that has some real bulk to it and this usually means some form of cereal. Oatmeal is a good choice. Include with your breakfast meal at least two glasses of liquid.

It doesn't matter what the liquid is. In your case it obviously can't be fruit Travelers Boone County Dear Journeymen: One sure cure for skyjacking is to go back to riding the trains. Dear Mrs. Ricker: My father was a great athlete when he was in high school and college. He thinks I should be one, too.

The problem is, I am not particularly interested in athletics. I play tennis, golf and fool around with basketball, but I have no desire to play on the school teams. face with a bag containing his chessmen. Rognvald rode off in panic, but his brother stayed on to split the king's skull open. Chess has apparently come a long way from those medieval times.

When Bobby went down to defeat Wednesday, there was no violence. He simply walked out of the room. However, this is not to suggest that the players don't take the game quite seriously. Bobby has complained abut many distractions which have supposedly hampered his play. They range from hidden television cameras, the lighting of the room, the chess board, the size of the chess pieces to the thickness of the window drapes.

This may sound rather inane, but when you consider the size of the stakes for which they are playing and the amount of prestige which is involved, it is quite conceivable that Bobby's tactics have' been part of a plan to unnerve his opponent. Perhaps this strategy is worth some considerstion on my part. I could say that Dave defeated me because the news editor wss a distracting factor. Or perhaps I could suggest that my loss was due to the fact that we were playing the match at his desk rather than at a more neutral location. However, if I did contend that my loss was due to factors such as this.

Dave might agree to play to the next game any place, any time, and In any manner that was agreeable to me. If this were to happen, the truth would come out. Dave is the much superior chess player. He would defeat roe under any circumstances and I wouldn't want everyone to find that out Maybe I should borrow a tactic from King Louis and simply hit Dave over the bead with the chess board after I go down to defeat or at least pelt him with a few of the chessmen. BERRY'S WORLD The BDR newsroom may seem a long distance from Reykjavik, Iceland, but Tuesday when Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky squared off for the first game in their world championship match, we were there.

Actually, in all honesty, we really weren't physically there; but with the use of a chess board and the AP wire machine, we followed enthusiastically as each move was made. Wednesday, when the first game reached its conclusion with Bobby resigning to Boris in Iceland, Dave was defeating Jan in Belvidere. Chess has got to be one of the world's greatest games. It requires a great deal of concentration and perception along with a lot of patience. Even those of us who lack those qualities find chess a most challenging pasttime.

Chess players of today don't pursue the game with the Vigor of some of those of the past, when according to sagas, the chess board was often the center of treachery, revenge and murder in the 12th and 13th centuries. During that time, Rognvald supposedly played King Louis for his head. When the king lost, he smashed his opponent in the Today's law Q. I recently married a man has three children by a previous marriage. He has hardly seen these children since he divorced their mother and tells me he has no interest in such contacts, but he refuses to make a will In event of his death, what will his chilfren get from his estate? A.

If a man dies intestate without a will the law divides his property as faDows: one third to the surviving spouse; and to-thtrds to his children, including those of a previous marriage, wno share equally If there are no children or grandchJdren. the widow takes all. and vice versa -Illinois State Bar Assn F.W. Shappert, Publisher Patrick B. Mattison, Associate Publisher and Editorial Chairman William D.

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