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Ryploc health care system 00 poor shape, report says Unemployment The Daily Tar HeelMondayptemb6r 12, 19883 from page 1 "A rising tide does not lift boats with holes," Autry said. "If we are going to keep from creating an alienated underclass, we have to repair those holes." Johnson said North Carolina and make the necessary investments in its ested in vocational training, he said. By Michael spirtas Staff Writer The public health care system, which has served the nation since the 19tK century, is in a severe state of decline, according to a National Academy of Sciences report released Carolina, he said, recently. divorce" between as negatively affected by the decline as have other states, according to Ron Levine, director of the Division of. Public Health of the N.C. Depart ment of Human Resources. -Part of the problem for North, is the partial environmental To correct it, a state cabinet-level agencies and health programs. position should be created, state and Levine said leaving environmental local authorities said last week. problems such as air pollution and "People must realize that we have radiation up to agencies similar to the lost a valuable resource," said Joseph Environmental Protection Agency, Boyle, executive vice president of the which abound in North Carolina, has American Society of Internal Med- jeopardized the condition of public and former president of the health. . lane American Medical Association. Lately, "the public health commun ity (has fallen) out of the public eye," said Bailus Walker Jr., president of the. American Public Health Associ ation and a professor of environmen tal health and toxicology at New York State University in Albany. The separation between environ mental protection and health has damaged public health by the "loss of a scientific basis for the health service" and a "loss of credibility among the public," he said. But the situation may be helped by such suggestions as the one to New responsibilities in the areas of create a cabinet-level position to head mental health and drug abuse have the state's public health efforts, he been passed on to other agencies, he said. That proposal will face the N.C. said, leading to the deterioration of General Assembly in 1989. the'.system. "It's a brilliant proposal," said As a remedy, Walker said the Michel Ibrahim, dean of UNC's federal government should increase School of Public Health, funding to poorer states. He also He added that the state also needs stressed the need for strong leadership increased public health care funding, at the state and local levels. Another example of the decline in Boyle agreed, saying the first the system is the national response responsibility of public health lies to AIDS, Walker said, because while with the state health department. But North Carolina has not been some communities are handling the issue well, others have failed to 4 -si? ft CHINESE AND SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 942-0006 ;Most Popular Restaurant In Chapel Hill &. Carrboro t We serve delicious Chinese Cuisines from Peking, Hunam and ' Sichuan. Our dining facilities are harmonious and beautifully jdecorated. Sunday Buffet with 8 courses all you can eat is $5.95. 2 Food delivery to campus Take-out ' mm mm rtjg, mm mam Luncheon ! 103 E. Main St. "FREE Egg RolP tollJiLi ; Carrboro with Dinner I , ,52530 'across from NCNB 1 expires Oct. 1988 1 RguUfDinnr Um h mmm mmm mmJ Sun-Thurs. 5:00-9:00 Frt. 8. St. 5:00-10:30 luii 1 I "N. V II. 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"The "We're using a multifocal attack," jobs are exported to places with even said John Cutler,, ah epidemiologist cheaper labor costs." with the Department of Human Autry added that improving edu- Resources. Cutler said the state is cation was imperative to remaining addressing the problem by educating competitive in a global economy, citizens about AIDS and by using a "Every year,' economic growth and surveillance system to trace the sexual education correlate closer and Dartners of those known to carry the closer," Autry said. "The most "human capital. "We have to understand that investing in good schools and medical care is not just a social investment," he said ."It's sound economic policy. the rest of the South traditionally had Unhealthy, ill-educated workers will not give us the competitive edge. If elected,! Jordan would also restructure the state's Department of Commerce to focus economic devel-. opment efforts more toward small businesses, Wells said. "The emphasis in the past has been 'the great buffalo hunt,' i.e., having virus. disturbing, if you are looking ahead working with employers to cut the Lt. Gov. Bob Jordan, Democratic . manufacturing companies come in,' gubernatorial candidate, repeatedly he added. "But the trend is there are stresses the need for better paying so few buffaloes to hunt. We need jobs, according to Phil Wells, Jor- growth from within." dan's campaign press secretary. . 1 To help establish new businesses, "There is no overnight solution," Wells said Jordan would create a joint Wells said. "But there is one great public-private "21st Century Fund." one education." The fund would also help women and Jordan's platform includes a "com- minorities gain ground in North prehensive plan" for drop-out prev ention, Wells said. 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