12 - Sunday, October 2; 1988 — North Shore News

CANADIAN SPRINTER Ben Johnson remained in
hiding for much of last week after a scandal rocked the
Olympic Games when his post-race anabolic steroid test
Amid hints that the

drugs for years, he left Seoul under tight security. Since
being stripped of his medal, some commentators have
suggested the expectations of Canadians were too much

world = re- for him to handle, and he turned to drugs in order to live

reporter
Stephen Barrington

LGH seeks cancer screening role

THE 56.C. government has an-
nounced its plans to take a leading
role in the early detection of breast
cancer through a pilot project for
breast cancer screening. :

The project, made possible
through a $365,000 grant to the
Cancer Control Agency of B.C.
(CCABC), is the first of its kind in
North America.

Lions Gate Hospital president
Bob Smith said if the testing is
done through local hospitals, he
hopes LGH will take an active role
as the project expands. ;

Smith is a: member of the
Screening Mammography project,
which has been operating for sev-
eral weeks at the CCABC in Van-
couver. LGH radiologist Dr.
Kumar Banerjee is helping other
doctors develop the technology

came up positive.

cord-holder has been taking such performance-boosting

Did we expect too much from Ben?

Barb Webber

North Vancouver

Maybe we expected too
much, but I don’t think
it’s fair to condemn him
without ever giving him a

Steve Taylor

Langley

I think we did a little bit
as a lot of people had
their hopes on him. They
really wanted him to beat
Carl Lewis.

Brian Watson

North, Vancouver

I don’t think so (as) he's
proven his talent before. I
think it was the gold
medal that put the
pressure on him.

Jack Hovan

North Vancouver

I’m very sorry for Ben
Johnson. The press made
it up to be ture than it
is. They want him to
hang himself.

chance to prove his in-
nocence.

that will be used throughout the
province.

If the project is successful
“there is no question it will save
lives,’’ said Smith.

B.C. has one of the lowest rates
of cervical cancer in the country
due to preventative testing, and
Smith expects the breast cancer
screening project to accomplish
similar results.

The project is operating as both
a walk-in and referral clinic by the
CCABC with support from the
B.C. Medical Association and the
B.C. Radiological Society.

Women aged 40 and over are
eligible for the program at no cost.

referral from a doctor and are not
accepted on a walk-in basis.

“We are interested in seeing
whether this type of self-referral,
walk-in clinic will be used by
women. If it is, similar clinics in
other parts of the province as well
as mobile services for more remote
areas will be established to provide
greater access to such services,’’
said Social Services and Housing
Minister Claude Richmond.

They can make their own ap- . ff

pointments and need only provide
the name of their family physician.
Women under 40 must. have a

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up to our hopes. Inquiring Reporter asks about Johnson.

Joy Flood .

North Vancouver

We had high expecta-
tions, but I don’t think
that pushed him into the
drugs — that would have
been a decision of his
own.

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