Al2 - Friday, September 28, 1984 - North Shore News

Bank card scam hits West Van

AN INCREASINGLY-POPULAR bank card unattended purse and then
scam has popped up in West Vancouver, "%

. ; - . . The thief then phoned the
prompting police there to issue a warming (O resi- owner of the card, said he
dents. was a bank manager and
that the card had been re-

covered and asked for the

In the lone case so tar business premise, stole an in- person’s personal identifica-
reported, someone entered a stant bank card from an _— tion number so that the bank

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NEWS photo Terry Peters

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picked up by the patients of
social services, on the bases
that thas cheaper too buy a
pump and present a person
from going blind of to put a
person on renal failure on
dialysis, which can cost up
to $20,000 a year

“Most people find. once
thev're on at (the pump),
they control it (the diabetes)
so much better, they feel so
much better And with so
much better control, their va
ssonots safer and thei kidney
function os safer,’ says
Hunt ‘The people that ac
tually go on at don’t want
go off They feel they h
minute by minute control

As well as dealing with
technical aspects of diabe
control, Hunt deals wtth |
emotional A recent: exper
ment in home nursing visits
pointed to the need for that
with the discovery that sev
cral famibes had broken up

“Whether the diabetic
child) produced extra strain
on the family of whether
was just unfortunate, | don't
know But certainly thos
makes diabetes control cx
tremely difficult an) daabetn
children” blunt says

Another important aspect
of Hunt’s work has been hos
study of pregmane y and
diabetes rescarch he started
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lune saves es a chit facult
subjyeat bathers you have
caccellent contol er |
chabete mother to be on you
destroy the baby

Phe cesudts though tase
been among the mast cowa

Assup

Driven by
desire to
save sight

“We used to have
anything up to 40 per cent
fetal loss rate with pood
control of diabetes, we've
lost two oun the last 12 years
out of 120 to LSO) pregnan
aes. Qur loss rate is under
two oper cent compared to
the normal minimum 20° per
cent, ° Hunt says

Hunt says day centre
workers are currently in the
middle of a project) which
compares groups of people
who have been through the
day centre to groups who
have not, in order to see af
their control, quahty of life
and approaches to diabetes
are different

“One of our major
philosophies here is trying to
keep people out of hospital
Originally, as soon. as
diabetics were diagnosed,
they were whisked off to
hospital and they were sit
ting there two or three weeks
and nothing very much hap
pened  -— they didn’t) learn
very much This was done
because physmians were in
secure and didn't know quite
what to do, and they felt
unhappy about just giving
insulin and then yuset sending
them home, says Hunt

“We've had the caper
eme here now that cven
(with a) two year old. we
started him on insulin and the
hasnt been into hospital at
all We teach them through
the day centre we see them
as often as we need unl
they feel comfortable. Cuntil)
we feclh comfortable anyway.
having done at lots of times
before to saves hospital ad
HESSEN IoSaven people
sitting around hospitals

account could be checked to
see if it had been tampered
with.

With the personal iden-

ufication number, the thief

was then able to gain access
to the account and withdraw
funds.

West Vancouver Police

OPEN SUNDAY SEPT. 30 10 A.M. TO 5 P.M. 9.00 pm

say similar incidents — with
the thief identifying himself
as either a bank employee or
a police officer — have been
reported in a number of
other Lowey Mainland
municipahties.

Police savy employees
should take steps to ensure

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their personal belongings are
secure.

In the event of the theft of
a bank card, they add, per-
sonal identification numbers
not be given out Over the
phone or to anyone who
cannot properly identify
themselves.

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