Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 24, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday december 24, 1964 life saying treatments with kidney machine Vancouver up a jury of six drawn from All of life has been chosen to decide who among a Small group of chronically ill. Kidney will Gat life giving treatment through a kidney a 1 Chine at Vancouver general Hospital. A necessary cloak of secrecy shrouds the identity of the com Mittee members and Only one Man w. A. Street chairman of the Hospital Board knows who they Are. Or. Street talked of it in an interview. Once a patient begins the treatment under which his blood is artificially purified twice is dependent upon it for life. The committee will have to decide who will be Given a life Long lease on the Hospital s new treatment program known As chronic dialysis an artificial kidney treatment for a limited number of patients whose kid Ney function has been destroyed by disease and who otherwise would be doomed to die. Or. Street said the commit tee comprises a Jurist a clergy Man a housewife a Trade unionist a businessman and a physician. I would t have their Job for or. Street said. I Haven t the foggiest idea How they la decide Between a that s strictly up to consider factors the Vancouver Sun says in a Story on the committee How Ever that these factors must be taken into consideration the Young must be rejected because of difficulties in main Taining permanent connections in their veins and arteries the old Are _ ruled out be cause the objective is to make the treatment available first to those who have most to live for and who can make the most effective contribution to society. The treatment program be Gan a few weeks ago with one patient a 13-year-old Ginger haired boy named Peter. He has been in Hospital about six weeks and is slowly becom ing adjusted to a life absolutely dependent upon the artificial kidney a cumbersome stainless steel machine some what larger than a Home Wash so pay s less says Manitoba teachers not As Well qualified Manitoba teachers Are paid than their counterparts in Western provinces because Are not As Well qualified according to a press release is sued wednesday by a. G. An Derson executive director of the Urban school trustees association of Manitoba. Were misleading or. Anderson said figures of teachers average salaries in the provinces Ware mislead ing because they did not take into account the differences in academic qualifications. Taking Saskatchewan As an example or. Anderson said higher salaries were paid there to elementary school teachers be cause they had taken Steps to improve their academic i Ualifi or. Anderson said Manitoba teachers with the minimum qualifications received Good salaries with annual increments and did not feel obligated to improve their qualifications. But in most Saskatchewan school districts or. Anderson said annual increments to teachers were with held when teachers did not improve their qualifications within a certain number of years. It was True or. Anderson said that Basic salary sched Ules for some categories of Manitoba teachers were lower than those in Saskatchewan but he claimed this was offset by Manitoba principals receiving higher allowances. Ing machine. It s key Compo nent is a Sandwich of plastic slabs interleaved with sheets of cellophane. Twice the patient must return to the Hospital for a 12-hour treatment although he can carry on a reasonably Normal life otherwise. But the treatment is expensive. Five years ago when it started in Seattle costs were estimated at annually for each patient. The costs of the Vancouver operation today Are estimated at about when Peter is connected to machine his blood flows through plastic tubing and into the mechanical filter which eliminates the poisons created by natural body functions and picked up by the blood. Knows exactly How Many persons suffer from chronic kidney disease of the Typo that could be helped by the artificial kidney treatment. The physician in charge of the program estimated there might be 100 such patients in the Vancouver area but of those Only 10 would be Able to meet the rigid medical criteria which would make them Eligi ble. With existing equipment and staff the program could handle ninety patients he said. With More staff it could theoretically accommodate 21. But when available treatment facilities reach near capacity the Case histories of applicants with their names removed will be submitted to the committee which will have the final deck Sion. V kidney disease patients with secondary or co existing Dis eases such As heart disease would be rejected. Not even emergency cases will be accepted since the patients whose condition pro Gressed that far would not have done Well on similar treatment programs elsewhere. Vancouver general is Only the fourth Centre in Canada to operate such a unit. The others Are at Montreal Edmonton and Ottawa a recent Survey showed there were Only 19 such centres in the world although the United states government plans to open 60 More at vet Erans hospitals during the next three years. Christmas in North termed More joyous by Stuart Lake Ottawa up school teacher Richard Fyfe says canadians in the provinces could add to their Christmas spirit by studying the i Way eskimos Cele brate the Holiday. Now a curriculum expert with the education Branch of the Northern Fyfe ,29, says the happiest christmases he and his family have known were spent in re Mote Arctic settlements where he taught for three years. There was few brightly decorated Christ Mas Trees and Little exchanging of but the Community approach to the Day made Christmas m o k e meaningful and joyous he said in an inter View f native of Kindersley his wife and three Small children to Coral. Harbor on Southampton Island in 1961 and there they attended their first Midnight Church service on Christmas e be. Afterwards stranded 3 Days flies plane out s a Bush Pilot whose plane had been stranded on a Remote North Western Ontario Lake for three Days flew to a Small Northern Manitoba Community wednesday using fuel dropped by aircraft tuesday. An Craf spokesman wednes Day said Gilbert Burton and two passengers downed on Sachisa Lake just East of the Manitoba Ontario when their plane Rah out of fuel sunday took off. From the Lake wednes Day morning. They arrived safely at red sucker Lake Man., 330 Miles. Northeast1 of Winnipeg at 1 the Craf said or. Burton and his two passengers a mrs. Ogi naw and her son were apparently none the worse for the experience All three Are believed to be from god s Lake Narrows Man. Where the flight was originally intended to land. The three had been spotted from the air tuesday by an Caf Albatross aircraft which dropped gasoline by Parachute. On third Day the plane was located on the third Day of the air search. The Trio spent the three Days on the Lake in sub Zero temperatures and with Only enough supplies to last through wednesday. The plane had been on a 115 mile southward flight from lit Ford Man. To god s Lake Nar rows when Burton overflow his destination and ran out of fuel. Us 6-3100 boys Cross minefield Hannover Germany East German boys aged seven to 14 unwittingly crossed an East German minefield into West Germany near Here tuesday while out for a walk police Here reported. The boys were returned unharmed to their parents by a West German Border police patrol. This one they re talking about studio a 3 shows nightly 7 si.50 a sexual frankness Winston Post open saturday matinee Bath features starts Friday. Studio b atch the carry on gang Sid Iames Eric skis Kenneth Connor Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Hattie i ques 7 . General thurs. Night Only the organizer studio b they ate their fill1 of Beans and took part in the Square dancing at a Community Celebration put of by the missionaries. On Christma Day the fifes were introduced to the Eastern Arctic custom visit ing every White family in the settlement then came the traditional dogsled races the Igloo building contests and other that made almost every person a participant. The fifes bad another taste of a Northern Christmas at great whale River in Northern Quebec where the Craf holds an annual Christmas party for All of the settlement s 700 Resi dents. But Here too the Eskimo traditions Are carried on with great Community feasts and drum dancing. But the old traditions Are ing in the Western Arctic As More and More Whites move in. Christmas celebrations from fort Smith on the Alberta Northwest territories Border All the Way up to Inuvik near the Arctic coast Are much like those in Nova Scotia Ontario or British in town barbecued spareribs you mini try in Tel a Complete do intr 7 Dayi a week 5 . Till Midnight in our dining room at the City Centre motor hotel car Tor it Ellica jazz in the red every . To 6 . Banquet facilities town n country Airliner now appearing Viking 1ounge be Voyageur 1855 Pembina Hwy. Featuring the finest in Dinino and dancing and the Best in entertain meet and the finest steaks in town Reserve now for new year s i si0.00 Par couple incl Sci Steak dinner favors and noise makers cd 2-2605 you sail away and live All the excitement your mind Ever imagined general you la till Bunik islam s Houlday children 50c this engagement Only by Reisom Zirilli part Ceil a Bini Ohhi you la sit i Gam to like i climb h he tops Hie pyramids the grind prix Airt flu Iii moult Cir if a Bull fight Indian Ion thrill lib Mefs ii Meriter Kaneai Holiday starts tomorrow doors open . Feature and sat. Mat. Open i . Feature ends today la Bonne soup from Oil of us at Gideon theatres Jimes Bond is Back in action he touches turns to of Odeon theatre the ultimate in entertainment is at Odeon theatres this Christmas a great Deal is spoken and written these Days about Public mainly by people who never meet the theatre managers and staffs do All the know when you visit one of our theatres you must t come Back. That s a simple fact so they pay attention to the Small details which make you feel More like a visiting Neighbour than a paying guest. You la feel really we Fame when you visit an Odeon theatre because our people like people for i Asti Avoy what Juk Cedward m _ in Tine Sellers Sommer to dark Kings theatre to the entertainment event of the season. A new Gary Grant with the Lovely exciting Leslie Caron As his new leading lady and the liveliest Brood of memorable mischievous youngsters. In warm laugh filled romantic adventure. Leslie Goose Trevor Howard Mew. it alter. West perimeter watch for the premiere dates of these exciting films top Kapi John Goldfarb please come Home kiss me stupid strange bedfellows the sound of music How to murder your wife and Many More. Odeon Morton theatres now Odeon i 45 am of Mituri at and 10 . Christmas Day open 3 . Ruhim it and . Adult Kings open . Fiat via at 1 and 10 . Christmas Day open . Flura at end ,10 . Adult Garrick open 12 noon future at and 10 . Christmas Day open 3 a atom at and 10 . . Odeon drive in closed tonight open Christmas Day p. Father Goose . The valiant Cemil ;