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THE OUTLOOK Saturday January 28 Outlook on Lifestyle Debating the issue of artificial hearts government l0 and miraculous Brauer points These questions become especially out that conquering he gray regions poignant when children are the pro- death seems almost a cultural ob- posed recipients of transplanted or session that makes us willing to toler such as artificial hearts when a questionable actions if they offer the results of such operations are SO hope of postponing the uievita DR GOTT William Schroeder Murray Haydon 000 shares of the company- that and Jack were terribly flawed Perhaps it is more accurate to say that the machines were not as flawed as the bodies into which they were placed However the recipients hovered in a zone of suffering be tween life and death until they sue cumbed to infections or blood clots both complications directly able to the artificial hearts Subsequent to these four trans made the device Could DeVnes for that matter any of us maintain he prerequisite objectivity about patients for transplant in the face of potentially enormous finan cial gam Isn this a conflict of interest According to Ralph an ana lyst with the Hubert Humphrey tute of Public Affairs the Food and Drug Administration did in 1985 es to be grimly and consistently unsuccessful An adult even a nally ill adult can at least go through the motions of understanding an in formed consent document and signing the necessary papers How can a sick child be expected to have the faintest grasp of the significance of heart re placement surgery Most children to day cannot appreciate the discomfort ble In a country that worships youth it is no accident that we speak of f icial heart implantation as a al experience He characterizes some heart surgeons as Dirty Harrys with scalpels and asks if medical ex penmentation has become an accept ed form of euthanasia This is not idle carping The use of of mumps much less the prolonged i humans as experimental re at it again Surgeons are back to implanting artificial hearts into human patients Although these second generation devices are miniaturized and theart difficulties remain the- pa die for science the surgeons live for glory The first generation hearts notably those given to Barney Clark plants medical specialists pondered tablish guidelines in a belated effort whether ANY permanent synthetic to regulate research into synthetic heart could be developed and whether hearts However the really gut issues the nation s taxpayers should finance the high tech high cost artificial heart program instead of allotting the money to programs to prevent heart disease questioned the propriety of Humana Hospitals chief cardiac surgeon William owning a substantial portion have yet to be held up to public scruti ny and debate For example many doctors remain concerned that the degree of patient suffering exceeds the benefits of the artificial heart How much suffering can we condone Who decides The patient The doctor The federal Stubborn child lured into car seat POLLYS POINTERS with the seat belt next to my ter car seat Now she sees that the doll is strapped in properly before climbing happily Into her own seat It doesn t work every time but the num ber of wrestling m has certain decreased BETTY DEAR POLLY My 3year old was getting quite stubborn about sit ting in her car seat Since I refused to drive anywhere without having her in the seat we went through a lot of bat ties to get her strapped in Finally I bought a doll s infant seat to fit her baby doll and strapped it ir Nominations being sought If you know anyone wbo has con tributed significantly to conserve tion in the last year let the Halton Region Conservation know about them The HRCA is looking for tions for its annual Ralph Sher wood Conservation Award for The award is presented annually to citizens or groups who have demonstrated significant achieve ment in the area of environmental conservation Award categories are in dividual institutional and educa First established in the Ralph Sherwood award was presented to Peter van Dljken of last year for his involve ment in the Ontario Bird Breeding Atlas project It ia named after Mr Sherwood a 20year member of the Authority Nominations must be submitted to the HRCA by Jan 31 For more information contact the Community Relations Division of the HRCA O Box 1097 Sta tion Britannia W Burl or contact the Authority at 3361158 winner The Credit Valley Conservation Foundations 1988 Bursary red is Brian Grant from Ox University of Toronto Erindak Campus Brian lives in the City of and is enrolled in the Biology Specialist Program in his third year Brian will receive a grant for The Credit Valley Conservation Foundations Bursary fund pro vides resources for students pur a career in the Resource Management field The 1988 awardrecipients from the University of Guefph and the University of Waterloo have yet he announced 124 MAIN ST SOUTH DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8777654 Soak greasy or sticky pans in dish washer detergent and they 11 be easy to clean But be sure to use rubber gloves wtien you wash them because the detergent is very harsh LU DEAR POLLY When my ter was learning to sit up but wasn t agony and stress of such a procedure Even for adult heart recipients the psychological effects alone were more than they could handle Yet the experiments continue defended his work as both a necessary experimental step needed to further refine the hearts design and as a therapeutic measure without which patients would have died lies the root of the problem the differentiation between mentation and therapy The public has a right to know what procedures are purely experimental and which treatments are generally accepted For instance today s technique of using artificial hearts as bridges to tide terminally ill patients over until human donors can be found is purely experimental It has been shown to be effective for some patients but by no means all Nonetheless the press and the surgeons themselves often term these dubitable practices lifesav or as the objects of quasi reh gious medical sacrifices raises more troublesome issues than can be dealt with by our cumbersome rusting the century ethical system People must think about these ments look them straight in the eye wrestle with them try to pin them down or else we all could become inarticulate robotic grist for experiments While we continue to debate and discuss the of implanting artificial hearts I hope that the chit will be left out of it out of the discussion and out of the operating room Like so many other adult activ being an experimental subject is grown up business Let us resolve to save children all the unnecessary pain we can O IB1 NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE DEAR BETTY Here s another stable enough to sit alone in a innovative solution to a childcare grocery cart a thought came to me I Pointer earns problem Your helpful Pointer earns you the of the Week award a copy of my book Pollys Pointers 1 Helpful Hints for Making Ev ery thing Last Longer Others may order It for SO Make your check payable to POLLYS POINTERS and send to POLLYS POINTERS Box 93863 Cleveland OH POLLY DEAR POLLY Iiise the flat box purchased an inexpensive adjustable elastic type fashion belt that fastened by hooking together and I used it as a seat belt I used a light blanket as pad ding and fastened the belt around her chest and it worked like a charm I carry it my purse so it s avail able wherever I need it Its also handy for those restaurant without belts This isn t a bad idea for Winter youth programs for bright children that pop cans are shipped to the the J store in to take my back with The boxes hold 24 cans easy for the cashiers to count and its a lot faster than taking cans out of a bag one by one Several people behind me in line have liked my idea POLLY S NOTE Ask the store per sonnel for a couple of these empty boxes to take home if you want to use this method POLLY DEAR POLLY Put liquid bleach into a plastic bottle with a trigger nozzle It s not only easier to handle seated just fasten the buckle be hind them so they cant reach it LORI that the large bleach oottle but you 7i mm DEAR POLLY I just solved the problem of birds landing on my mail box I taped a child s pinwheel on a stick to the back end of the mailbox It Now all my neighbors are buy ing pinwheels ANN Polly will send you a Polly Dollar If she uses your favorite Pointer Peeve or Problem in her column Write POLLYS POINTERS in care of don waste as much bleach NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE Al The Haiton chapter of the Association for Bright Children ABC is now accepting tions for their winter youth pro grams Fees are determined for ABC members but membership is open to anyone who wishes to join ABC Learning skills used by Olympic and professional athletes is a program being held Feb 11 from ajn to a m at E W Foster Public School 320 Cox Blvd in Milton The program is for children eight years old and up and costs per child A Brass 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