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Pediatric Pointers I By JOSEPH T. BELL, MP j primary worker, iewmtoi only the cook and cleaner. but Ac also gath ered and iwM Ik* fields The ^^tb^wJlkS not just for safety sake, b*? to also strengthen the bead of motes ami child. They often accomplished due by ating t cradle board (tmnelimes ceded*baby board or papoose). The child would be bound talo the open ing of the endk aad then (be board was trapped to the Mother's back while 4m waked or travelled. The end* board aad child coald be hung oa tree Harts to keep the child oat of the reach of preying mini tIs roaming the grotads. ranging the cratde on swaying limbs also helped rock the babies to sleep. Pretty smart, hugh!? These days we have other ways of watchiag infants at home. Probably the most popular device used is the mfe* water. Moat paaeots view wak en as being safe sources of inftnt stimulation and activity. More than 70% of iafents, usually from age 5 months to 12 months, use iafanl walk ers. Unfortunately, walkers often sub stitute for good parental supervision. Therefore, almost 50% of all infants using walkers are at some time in volved in a walker-related accident. The most common injurant sees with walkers include those from fells I ?SS!52R!2S2?SH!! oX- ^WdSTSLfafa^ ? tfv tun#* i tarmft f^tK iv ., Kr^s% ot^u. x, xx ?? -r^a '*w* "?? v1*1 less than 2 hour* j lay ma wfaker.but the percentage increase to 55% far chose in the walker over 2boursaday Klifacon^ii^Miictt Fortunately, most wafers accidents aneiUion However, some of favc ?tndy 1 ie?d aatt fa* far children orxw 2, ^wato accidems were fac Some of the injuries reponed included droll fractures and inflammation of We most remember ti?? the muacte need far cruising in a walker and fore, walkers do not teach an infant how to walk sooner In some infants with cerebral palsy, it probably even delays walking. Keeping all this in mind, we as parents faould be cau tions hbont dm hkalfaood of wrikar related injuries, especially in ?supervised infants who qpemA a lot of fane in walkers. Their uae is dis couraged by the American Academy of Pediatrics I personally feel they can be used, but only with the closest i supervision. ( Like our ancestors before us, let's I always be thinking of safe ways to care for and supervise our children. See you next week! ] I I "duM... get the SuHbdene!" ? When the ticking gets tenant, get the serious skin medication for dogs SULFODENE.* This veterinarian's formula is the only non-prescription medication approved by the ll.S.Gov ernnfeat for those rapr, itchy sorw> , Mx: |i SULFODENE stops the suffering fast because it stops the cause of itching, fl SULFODENE, wherever pet care products are toid. J Sulibdeop' I m?K4i S*y You Read It In i The Carolina Indian Voice-Call 521-2826 i l I Remarkable Reading Program! Anyone can teach read ing! 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MT TORT COW mUkt ?r ua have hwwi low met that spontaneous moment of nou >tr s hSsrsrSn'a^'irsSto Say You ReadUt Carolina Indian Voice. 521-2826 to Subscribe ; Southeastern General marks 40th year with name change Forty yean ago, on A usual 19. 1953, Southeaster General Hospital, hen known aa Robeson County Ma norial, opened its doors on West 27th Street in Lumberton. The 140-bed hcility replaced the old Baker-Thomp ne Memorial Hospital's two struc ures dating from the early 1900's On Sunday afternoon. August 22, Southeastern General again opened its doors to the public to observe its fortieth anniversary at a tededication ceremony in the hospital's dining room. Hospital officials also announced s name change for the facility This change was prompted by the institution's growing role in provid ing health care services throughout southeastern North Carolina, accord ing to Donald C. Hiscott, president and chief executive officer. The new name. Southeastern Regional Meth od Center, is effective January I, 1994. Speakers representing the board of trustees, the administration, and the medical staff woe: W L Lennon, board chainnaa from 1972-73; James D. DeVane, the hospital's president from 1952 untilhisretirement in 1976. who accepted the keys to the new hospital building in 1953; Mid D.E. Ward, M.D.. a general sureeon who is the only active member of the current medical stafho participate in the 1953 opening C. Edward McCauley. president of the North Carolina Hospital Associa tion, delivered the keynote address at the rededication ceremony Music was performed by the 82nd Airborne Division (Ft. Bragg) Ail-American Dixieland Band Three local ministers participated in the ceremony They were: Rev E.B. Turner. First Baptist Church. Second St.. Lumberton, who deliv ered the invocation; Rev. Audrey Holmes, United Methodist Church of Rowland, the prayer of rededication, and Rev. Steve Jooes, Harpers Ferry Dflpiibt v. nurch, t cniDroKCj inc ocnc* diction. After the ceremony, guests eifyoyed punch and rsFft. decorated with the fortieth anniversary symbol and the new medical center k>jo. Tours of the hospital'sOutpatiem Surgery Center. Birthing Suites, and Cardiac Catheterization Lab followed. Over the past 40 years. Southeast ern Regional, a private, not-for-profit facility, has undergone four nutfor expansions and grown to its present size of 276 acute care beds. IIS long term care beds, and SO bassinets Also since its opening, about 500,000 pa tients have been admitted to the medi cal center and about 75.000 babies have been born there Southeastern Regional has added to its array of health care services, since acorporale restructuring in 1982, a new nursing care fhcility; a chemi cal dependency treatment center; a home health agency; a uniforms/ medical supply store; a lifestyle fit ness center; and a primary care clinic in Fairmont. From its opening in l9S3wtth 180 employee# and ? weakly payroll of 57,000, Southeastern Reftooal ha# grown toacompnheMive health care center employing over 1,500employ ees with an annual peyrol I of over S3 3 million. Two hospital employees on staff when the hospital opened an still employed at the foctllty. They an Jean Reaves, assistant director of nurs int. nurseries, and Margarette Strickland, assistant director of nun- ? ing. supervision Near the closing of the rededicat ion ceremony, Joseph R. Thompson. ? chairman of the board of trustees, announced s name change for the facility Beginning next year, it will be called Southewtem Regioml Medi cal Center, to reflect the greater range of health can services offend then and its expanded mission within the ana of southeastern North Carolina. A new logo for the medical center was unveiled and displayed for the ue st s and news medi ca who attended # HEBfe HP ^ 1 Make A "Dream Come "True __ . : ? _ .- ;.'/ ? "?!.'? ???'?'. ^ -;. > . > * I Hundreds of Native Americans such as these share the same dream. They have been diagnosed with a fatal blood disease, such as leukemia. The only cure is a bone marrow transplant. However, a transplant is possible only when the patient and donor have matching tissue types. Native American patients dream of finding that miracle match. It could he you. Because tissue types are inherited, someone from the same racial background is the most likely donor. Answer someone's dream by becoming a volunteer marrow donor today. National Marrow Donor Program 1-800-MARROW'2 $ ?*?
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