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PAGE 12-PLAINDEALER-FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1972 i $ Know Your Fireman Mitchell A Bykowski of 3725 W. Elm street joined the Company I firemen in July of 1955, making him one of the members with the longest records of service. Bykowski is a native of Chicago and at­ tended Holy Trinity school. He was married in Chicago to his wife, Lottie. His affiliations include the Moose lodge. MITCHELL A BYKOWSKI fj'v>(£"• h, , Commentj1 from the Governor (The noM-rnor distuwes 11 pro pram for «'niouraf>ini> >ol- untar> blood donations in the following column for Illinois newspapers. I B> C,o». Kichard H. ()nil»ie Spri^cfield, III.--A \ .1 si ut i /ens' .ampaign in gell ing: mulct wa> in I l l inois In s.i\c l iscs . ind present disease VN i th the vs hnlche.11 ted support of state LMU ' rnnttnt. p 1 1 \ a t e organizations and health off icials in inanv communities are launching a statewide eltoit to establish a totalis solunteet HKhkI donoi pto gram. 1 he implications ol such a pio- cram ire tremendous. The life of an> of lis who e»er undertfo major surger> ma> depend upon the success of the effort. I o get some idea ol how much this means to improving the health of I l l inois >.it i /ens. consider the present tragic situation Studies show that up to hO per cent ot the Mood d 1 a w n for t iansfusions m many major Amen van* cit ies including ( hicago comes from commercial donors. I hose ate the people who sell a pint ot Mood tor 01 10 to .1 commercial 01 non-profit Mood hank Ol course. I h e 1 e is nothing ssi one with sell ing Mood Hut the t iouMe is that too ni.ni) ot these paid donois are d 1 t ig addicts and Skil l Row derelicts l ising to get enough mones to hu> anothei l t \ of heroin 01 a hot t ie ol cheap ss ine. And it is in the wretched conditions where the) lite thai the dangerous hepatitis >irus thri»es. \s a lesult. the hlootl thes sell to ctsmmeici. i l hlood opeialois is trequentls inlected ssith hepatit is Seium hepatit is is caused hy the 11 ansfusion ol cont.uninaied hlood. It cal l mean long hospital stass and lot those who are already weakened hy disease or injuries, it can mean death. There were s « m e 5,000 cases of the disease in Illinois last year, and about 250 of the victims died. What makes it especially serious is that modern lahoraloiy tech­ niques can detect the presence of the vims in only a fraction of the contaminated hlood I he t isk ot receiving such hlood on the operating tahle is com­ pletely unacceptable in this era of modern medical science. Although a patient pays at least l ive tunes more for Mood from commercial sources than he would lor hlood from solunteei donors, his chance ol contracting hepatit is is 10 times greater. I11 an age ot medical miracles, this is the ult imate tragedy. Hundreds of lives are saved each year in the opcryfing room with amazing new drugs and medical techniques--only to he lost w h e n poisoned Mood is pumped into the pa­ tients' vein.s. Somehow, we have to reduce th.it r isk. And the obvious way is to increase our supply of volunteer hlood. I hat's w hat this new program is al l ahout. At my request, the General A s s e m b l y l a s t s p r i n g s e t a s i d e $10(1,00(1 for the establishment of a statewide computerized system for inventorying a n d cataloging blood, and to assist private organi­ zations in recruit ing new donors. I ast month. I had the pleasure of presenting the first check, for * 10,000. to off icers of the Metro­ politan ( hicago Hlood ( ouncil to help sign up 250.000 blood donors in the < hicago area alone. And similar piograms are getting under ss as in other communities. Our eventual goal is nothing less than to eliminate entirely the use ot commercial hlood. I his program dif lers from pre­ vious blood drives in one important respect: We are not actually asking for b l o o d . R a t h e r , w e a r e a s k i n g people to pledge to donate blood at the t ime when it is needed. In this manner, medical off icials can assure the availabil i ty of blood -- which has a l imited l i fe before it becomes useless -- on a regular, constant basis. I here is another aspect to the hlood program which has nothing to do with public health. This is the aspect of volun­ tarism, of giving individual citizens who care about their fellow men an outlet for their concern. No effort we undertake could more eloquently combine our de­ termination to enhance the quality of our l ives with the overriding need for effective, self less cit izen involvement. In every sense, this is a citizen program. Its success depends en­ tirely on the people of I l l inois -- not on its govei nment. Government cannot manufacture blood, nor can it force cit izens to donate hlood. Hut it can play a subsidiary role in providing the financial and technical resources to help get <1 voluntary blood pro­ gram off the ground. I believe that's the most im­ portant role of government -- harnessing the tremendous energies and concerns of indi­ vidual citizens, and channel­ ing them into pursuits which work to everybody's benefit. 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