AlO - Sunday, December 9, 1984 - North Shore News

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Dickson
hristmas 1s almost here and children of
all ages are becoming excited. Here we
have some North Shore tots talking

about Christmas.
Today’s question 1s:

“‘What’s the
nicest thing about
Christmas ?”’

— a

Malka
North Vancouver

} hike having turkey din
ner and getting presents |
also like to give presents
to my brothers | hope
Santa brings me a Cab
bage Patch buggy

Erin
North Vancouver

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relatives Wei all pet
together tor OC hristinas
dinner Loom hoping tora

Cabbage Patch doll

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North Vaasa...

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STipoprens

TB DEATH

No ca

use

for alarm

THE RECENT death of an 89-year-old patient at

Lions Gate Hospital was not

solely related to

tuberculosis, a hospital spokesman said in an in-

terview Wednesday.

Dr. Jim Corbett said the
patient died in’ Evergreen
House — the haspital’s ex-
tended care unit — of
various causes and
tuberculosis was not
discovered until an autopsy
was conducted.

‘“‘What happens when old

people come into the
hospital from nursing
homes, institutions or even

their own homes, 1s they get
a chest x-ray upon admuis-
sion. But sometimes the TB
is not picked up if they're
suffering from = other
diseases,’’ said Corbett. “‘l
wouldn't necessarily say that
this ts connected to the re-
cent Vancouver TB outbreak
but there are many people
out there with TB that we
don't know about."’

He also acknowleged it
was possible that testing
among staff members at
LGH resulted in the positive
reaction of an employee.
But he said many persons
often react positively to a 1B
test even though they are not
carrying the disease

He said during a tuber

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culin test the patient is actu-
ally given a dose of the
disease to help them build up
immunity. However, chest
x-rays and sputum tests can
be used to determine
whether the patient actually
has tuberculosis.

Corbett said although he
does not suspect a_tuber-
culosis epidemic in the area
that, ‘‘when a disease falls to
low levels, then it slowly
starts to build up again. In
the 1930s and 40s people
went to a sanatorium for
TB, then we gradually over-
came the disease much tn the
same way aS we overcame
poho. And, of course, the
x-ray vans that used to be in

shopping centres haven't
been around for 10 to 15
years "’

Corbett said tf persons

suspect they have TB, to
contact their physicians. He
said symptoms include
coughing, weight loss and
loss of strength.

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