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“We’re on our way to the poor
house as fast as we can go and
it’s gonna hit next month,”
Griffin-Spalding Hospital
Administrator Carl Ridley
predicted at last night’s hospital
authority meeting.
“We just don’t have enough
income. The patient load is
down, the rates are lower, and
indigent care has increased.
There is no way to deliver
health care like we’re going now
for the next five years,” he
continued.
One of the main problems is
that fewer patients are coming
to the Griffin hospital. The
average patient load in the 157-
bed facility last month was 99
patients per day. The new 67
bed wing is expected to be
completed within the next few
months.
Ridley said the hospital’s
accounts receivable keep going
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Work continues on new section of hospital.
Woman brought
marijuana
to jail here
A woman coining to the
Spalding County jail to visit her
husband being held there on
drug charges also was charged
with drug violations when
marijuana cigarets were found
in her possession.
Sheriff’s officers said Judith
Denise Harris, 20, of 640 West
Poplar street, came to the jail
yesterday to visit her husband
who was arrested last week in a
drug raid at their home.
The officers had received
information that she intended to
slip marijuana to him. After
finding two marijuana cigarets
in her possession, Mrs. Harris
was arrested. She later was
released under SI,OOO bond.
Knowing what goes in mouth
By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D.
(Second of six parts)
We need to look at just what
food and drink contain. All
those innumerable dishes are
composed of a limited number
of basic parts. Os course, the
beverages contain water but did
you know that meat, fish,
vegetables and fruit also con
tain large amounts of water? A
pound of raw lean round steak
with the fat removed contains
about three-fourths of a pint of
water. Over 70 per cent of its
weight is water.
You should learn to think of
the water in the food you eat.
This has a lot to do with how
many calories there are in a
given food. Lean round steak is
a good item on a reducing diet,
not because-protein is so much
better for you than car
bohydrates for this purpose, but
because lean steak has a low
calorie value for its weight and
bulk.
Many foods are high in
calories because they contain
little or no water. Butter and
margarine are good examples.
The food value in many
items, particularly vegetables,
fruit and cereals, is diluted by
the indigestible fibrous
Hospital headed for poor house?
down.
“We must collect accounts
receivable. If we don’t, we’ll be
scrambling for the payroll
within the next two months,” he
added.
Ridley gave board members a
list of area hospital room rates
which show the Griffin facility
charges less than most others.
The average two-bed room
here costs $37 per day, com
pared with S6O in Atlanta, $54 in
Macon, $35 in Thomaston and
Fort Valley, and $45 in
Milledgeville.
A private room in Griffin
averages $42, in Atlanta S6B,
Macon SSB, Thomaston and
Forsyth $45, Fort Valley $42 ,
and Milledgeville SSO.
Griffin’s coronary care unit is
lower at $95 per day than most
neighboring units. In Newnan,
the CCU is $175 per day.
Board member Dr. Tom
Dogs, cats seldom
infected by rabies
ATLANTA (UPI) - Depart
ment of Human Resources
officials said Monday although
outbreaks of rabies among wild
animals in Georgia are on the
rise, dogs and cats are seldom
infected.
Dr. John McCroan, in charge
of DHR disease research, said
animals infected with rabies
are almost always racoons and
are sometimes skunks, foxes
and bats. He said he has come
across only one rabid dog and
four rabid cats in seven years.
McCroan said in fiscal 1974,
135 cases of animal rabies were
reported in the state and in
fiscal 1975, 140 were reported
material they contain.
The fibrous material serves
an important purpose: it
provides the bulk in the diet
necessary for the normal move
ment of the food and waste
through the digestive system.
Some authorities believe that
cereal fiber, in particular, is
important to normal bowel
function. They believe the high
incidence of cancer of the
bowels seen in other in
dustrialized nations is a direct
consequence of not eating suf
ficient amounts of whole-cereal
fibers.
Cellulose is really a car
bohydrate. It is a plant product
not found in animal foods. Car
bohydrates are a main source
of food energy. Primitive man
may have existed entirely on
carbohydrates, at least for long
periods of time.
Some of the popular low
carbohydrate books, notably
Dr. Atkins' “Diet Revolution’’
and “Calories Don’t Count,”
have claimed that man original
ly did not eat carbohydrates,
and, hence, his body is really
not suited to processing any
large amounts of car
bohydrates. Nothing could be
further from the truth.
Room rates to be studied
Hunt remarked that he “gets
the impression we are headed
for diaster unless we change the
room rates.”
The finance committee,
headed by Jerry Savage, will
work with Mr. Ridley to see if
it’s necessary for the hospital to
raise the rates and also to set
the rates for the new private
rooms in the new addition.
Dr. Hunt will head a com
mittee to make recommenda
tions concerning cigaret
smoking.
Chairman 0. M. Snider read a
letter from a former patient
who protested smoking in the
hospital.
She wrote that while a patient
in June, even though she
received excellent care from
the doctors and nurses, she was
subjected to cigaret smoke,
which made her stay un
pleasant.
but “many of those animals
have not bitten anybody.”
“Wild animal rabies for the
past few years started south of
the border in Florida and have
moved steadily up one tear of
counties per year,” he said. “It
took its time getting across the
Altamaha River, which it
crossed four years ago.” He
said about half of Georgia’s
counties have reported animal
rabies at one time or another
over the last seven years.
Dr. Keith Sikes, state public
health veterinarian, said the
most recent report of rabies
was in Butts County, 60 miles
south of Atlanta, in racoons.
Carbohydrates are
a natural food
Carbohydrates are a natural
food for man. In many societies
where they account for over 80
per cent of calories eaten, the
people are healthy, robust and
free of many of our medical
problems, such as heart dis
ease, diabetes, “low blood
sugar,” obesity and bowel
problems.
There is a surprising amount
of fat in your food. The most
tender steaks are the ones that
contain the most hidden fat.
There is also a lot of fat in
homemade or bakery cakes
with a few exceptions like
angelfood cakes.
You will want to understand a
lot about it because so much is
said about fats and health. It’s
important to understand the
difference between the
saturated fats and the two types
of unsaturated fats, monoun
saturated and polyunsaturated
There is a lot of evidence that
too much fat of any kind in the
diet, and particularly too much
fat (mostly from animal
She suggested the hospital
protect the patients by prohibit
ing smoking there.
Dr. Hunt agreed. He said
many times he has seen a post
operative patient in a ward with
10 or 12 visitors in the room all
smoking cigarets or cigars.
He suggested certain areas be
set aside for smoking, or
visitors who wish to smoke go
outside.
Mr. Snider said he also
thought visitors should be
considerate, as stale cigaret
smoke could be very offensive.
Patients who smoke should
stay in their rooms to do so,
some members agreed. Mr.
Ridley questioned the hospital’s
condoning cigarets by offering
them for sale to patients and
visitors.
Board members agreed that
visitors must wear shirts and
shoes in the hospital.
“it’s easier for us to Imagine
life without automobiles than
without the companies that
make them.”
sources and coconut oil), will
increase the likelihood of heart
and vascular disease. These
lead to heart attacks, strokes,
and many other problems.
There’s no requirement for any
major amount of fat in the diet.
The main purpose of fats in
the diet is to provide a concen
trated source of calories. If you
are a heavy laborer, these
might be very useful.
There is a great deal of confu
sion about cholesterol. It is not
a fat, although eating too much
fat induces the body to produce
excess amounts of cholesterol.
It contains no calories.
Technically, it is an alcohol. It
is a waxy substance formed
chiefly by the liver and it is
relatively insoluble. It is
carried by the bile into the in
testine. The fatty particles that
lodge in the arteries of the body
to produce atherosclerosis
(which leads to heart attacks,
strokes, and other problems)
contain lots of cholesterol. Only
animal foods contain
County Commission Chair
man P. W. Hamil, who also is on
the board, brought up the
subject. He said he had seen
people there barefoot and
without shirts.
The security officers will
enforce the new rule.
Dr. Lucian Tatum, medical
staff president, suggested the
hospital send representatives to
a two-day workshop in New
Orleans in September to study
organizing a respiratory or
oxygen therapy department at
the hospital.
The new department would
mean better treatment for
patients with respiratory
diseases. He added that he
hopes some of the space in the
new wing will be used for this.
Individuals and organizations
will be asked to furnish rooms in
the new wing.
Mrs. Jo Pollard, publicity
DAILY#NEWS
Vol. 103 No. 172
Commissioner Head
concerned about justice
Commissioner Raymond
Head said today during the city
commissioner’s planning
session, that sometimes, after
receiving so many complaints,
he “gets the feeling that in some
cases citizens may not be
getting justice from the police
department or in city court.”
He quickly said he was not
Hearing
scheduled
on pool hall
A public hearing concerning
the reopening of Calton Ahl’s
Sixth Street Recreation Center
will be held Monday afternoon
at 4 o’clock at City Hall.
The meeting will be con
ducted by City Manager Roy
Inman for the purpose of
hearing any objections to the
pool hall’s reopening. After the
hearing, Inman will recom
mend to the Board of City
Commissioners whether or not
it should be opened.
Under the city code, “any
person aggrieved by the city
manager’s action, may appeal
to the commissioners within
four days.”
The commissioners will
consider the matter at their
Aug. 4 meeting.
cholesterol; plants do not form
cholesterol.
Saturated fats seem to in
crease the formation of
cholesterol in the body. This is
why coconut oil. which is high
in saturated fats, should not be
used in the diet. It stimulates
the body to form too much
cholesterol, although it does not
contain any cholesterol itself.
The main sources of cholesterol
are egg yolks and organ meats.
There is also some in mammal
meat, fish, poultry, milk and
milk products.
A healthy diet will also in
clude adequate amounts of pro
tein. Protein is found in meat,
milk, eggs, cereal, nuts,
mature bean seeds and in small
amounts in vegetables.
The protein in your food is not
used directly in the same form
as it occurs in the food. It is
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Weather
ESTIMATED HIGH TODAY
88, low today 71, high yesterday
83, low yesterday 67, high
tomorrow in mid 80s, low
tonight near 70.
GRIFFIN
Griffin, Ga., 30223, Tuesday Afternoon, July 22, 1975
He’s getting complaints
criticising the department or
court but he questioned how
some cases, involving both
blacks and whites, are handled.
Head explained that recently
two Griffin taxi drivers were
given speeding tickets. They
were accused of racing down
the North Expressway early
one morning in excess of the 45-
mile per hour limit.
A cash bond of $57.50 was set
on each ticket. But, Head
continued, when the men came
to the police station to pay their
bonds, the desk sergeant
refused to accept the money and
told them they must go to court.
One of the men said a police
officer told him, “You’re not
going to pay. You’re going to
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Summer paving time
More than half of the proposed paving program in Spalding County has been completed,
according to Warden Floyd Wilkerson who coordinates the work. He said some 20 miles of
surface treatment had been completed and another six miles of road had been resurfaced
with plant mix asphalt. This paving crew was at work this morning on the High Falls road
near the Bucksnort intersection. Wilkerson believes the scheduled paving can be completed
before winter weather stops it.
chairman, said the cost will be
$1,500 per room. The fur
nishings will include a bed,
springs, mattress, over-the-bed
table, dresser and mirror.
It also includes an engraved
plaque, to be placed on the door,
naming the person or organiza
tion being honored and the
donor.
She said letters are being sent
to some 39 local groups asking
for the donations.
The board approved purchase
of a new Laproscope, a machine
used in a new sterilization
technique for women. The cost
of the machine was SI,BOO.
A Savannah radiologist, Dr.
A. W. Haque, will be invited to
look over the Griffin hospital to
see if he would like to practice
here.
He had written saying he is
considering relocating and
would like to look over the
hospital.
court and I hope the judge takes
your license,” Head said.
When the cases came up in
city court, instead of the cash
bonds of $57.50 as were set on
their tickets, Judge Tom Lewis
fined one of the men $lO5 and
the other $155.
Mr. Head questioned who has
the authority to tell a person he
has to go to court instead of
paying a fine. He also question
ed, why for the same offense,
one man’s fine was larger.
Head stressed that he did not
want to appear anti-police or
anti-court. “If a man breaks the
law, he should pay, but he
should be treated fairly and the
same standards should apply to
everybody,” he added.
Assistant
administrator
appointed
Dr. William James Feely who
is assistant administrator of
Egleston Hospital in Atlanta
has been named assistant ad
ministrator for the Griffin-
Spalding Hospital.
He has a Ph.D. degree in busi
ness administration with a
major in health administration
from Georgia State University.
He also has a degree in
pharmacy and is licensed to
practice in New York as well as
Georgia.
A native of New York, the 37-
year-old administrator is
married to a registered nurse.
The couple is in the process of
adopting two children.
His salary has been set at
$23,000.
Daily Since 1872
He said he hears criticism of
the police department which he
thinks if avoided would help
citizens respect the depart
ment.
The commissioners said they
had only heard one side of the
story.
Mayor Louis Goldstein
commented if Head’s complaint
is true, the city should refund
the differences in the fines and
cash bonds.
Under the law, as stated on
the back of tickets, once an
officer puts a cash bond on the
ticket, the offender cannot be
sent to court. To prove his in
nocence, he may choose for his
case to be heard there,
however.