FALLON COUNTY TIMES [UPS-184-940]____________ VOLUME SEVENTY_____________ BAKER. MONTANA 59313______________ 50 CENTS PER COPY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1992
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telemedicine
In the state o f M ontana, at Deaconess Medical Center.
Fiber optic cable will be used
there are 56 counties. Thirtytwo of those counties are cur­ to transmit vital medical infor­
m ation lik e xra y s, EK G s,
rently con sid ered health
professional shortage areas. EEGs or pictures of a patient’s
But with the help of modem
condition. The doctors may
technology, assistance is on then sit in front o f a camera
the way for many rural areas.
and converse across not just
M ontana Senator Conrad audio, but visual lines. Doctors
Burns and Deaconess Medical and patients will be able to see
Center in Billings have joined. each other over te lev ision
forces to establish the state’s . screens. The specialist will ac­
first “Telem edicine Project” . tually be able to see the pa­
When initiated, it will servce
tient who is b ein g treated.
Fallon County residents. Cen­ This will enable the doctors to
tered in Billings, the- two-year. determine whether a patient
demonstration project is de­ should be tra n sferred to a
signed to provide modem tech­ larger facility or treated in
nology to M on tan a’ s rural
Baker, and will provide physi­
areas, enhance rural health
cians with the .ability to inter­
care services and provide ven e in emergency cases. The
timely access to medical spe­ -project w ill also be used to
cialists.
.bring continuing medical edu­
Fallon Medical Complex al- cation to. rural h ealth care
ready.-hasrtel^ayiolbgy ser-., 1
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vices. W ith ’ the. u s e ’ o f ,
According to -Lane Basso,
telephone lines, xrays may'be ' ‘Adm inistrator at Deaconess
transmitted to Dr. Giovanni M edical C enter, “ For rural
Fizzotti in. Glendive or other health care consum ers, the
radiologists for consultation. Telemedicine Project can pro­
The “Telemedicine Project” is vide timely access to physician
•a step beyond teleradiology. sp ecialist services w ith out
The project will use the same having to travel to the urban’
technology as interactive tele­ m edical center. F or rural
vision (already in use in Fallon health care providers, it will
■County, schools) to provide im-. provide regular interaction
mediate consultation between with their colleagues, better
Baker doctors and specialists communication regarding the
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Health fair date
scheduled
patients they refer, and ¡im­
proved access to medical edu­
ca tion program m ing, thus
en h a n cin g the recruitm ent
and retention of health care
District winners whose score will be sent on to the state contest
p rov id ers where they are ■
are : Back row - Craig Helvik (16/25), Crissy Quinn (19/25),
.needed the most, in the.niral
Brady
Brophy (20/25), Carrie Begger (16/25). Middle Row areas.”
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Shad
Zinda
(19/25), Eric Lovaas (18/25), Toni O'Connor
Peter Wise, adminstrator of
(16/25). Front Row - Jack Schillinger (15/25), Robin Bushman
F allon M edical Com plex is
(17/25), L ade Bacon (18/25).
also excited about the project/s
impact on medical treatment
in Baker. “We have an ^excel­
The local Knights of Colum­ G irls
lent young medical staff,” he bus free-th row con test was 10 - Brittany Hageman,
said, and this will enhance held Sunday, February 2. Win­
Ekalaka
the quality of medical care, of­ ners in the local contest are el­ 11 - Toni O’Connor, Plevna
fered even more. Instant con­ igible to com pete in the
12 - Paige O’Connor, Plevna
sultation will mean treatment District Contest, which will be
13 - Katie Schriver, Ekalaka
for more patients right here at held Sunday, F eb ru a r 23 at 14 - Marci Sieler, Plevna
home.”
1:00 p.m. in McGonigal Gym­
Deaconess Medical Center nasium in Baker. The district B o y s
and Senator Burns are now
10 - Jace Schillinger, Baker
competition includes winners
working to secure the financial from the Baker, M iles City,
11 - Guy Stickney, Plevna
resources to get the project
up
12 - Daniel Sieler, Baker
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Glendive and Wibaux contests,
and'mhnihg. Ihitiany. the 'pte-—¿^W inning'the, Bakercontest-'J13:- J:.D..Williams, Baker , . .,
ject, as .proposed,-will, reach
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,. ,• y.
14 - Dana Quenzer, Baker
out to 14 counties in' M o n t a n a :. , ' .
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and five counties in Wyoming
Plevna winners in the local contest were Toni O'Connor, Paige
and should enhance existing
O'Connor and Marci Sieler.
outreach clinics.
“We’ll be exploring every av­
enue - both federal and private
-.to round up the necessary
funding,” said Senator Bums.
“With the. energy of the folks
at Deaconess and the ingenu­
ity of the people of Montana,
I’m confident we’ll be able to
make this project work.”
Dana Quenzer
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Daniel Sieler
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Health Awareness Day, the three free mammograms to be
H ospital H elp ers' annual donated by F allon M edical
health fair, is scheduled for Complex.
Wednesday, March 11. It will
Even i f you don 't w ant a
be held at the Fallon County. blood chem istry or a cancer
Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall from screen, there w ill be m any
6 a.m. to 4 p.m.
things to see at the fair. There
■ Once again, the Fallon Medi­ will be at least 30 booths offer­
Bob Campbell of Syntex Ani­ time of natural service or by
cal Complex lab will offer a ing health-related information.
mal Health and Dennis Hodg­ semen p rocessed w ith out . 3.25% to 34.6% of bulls in in­
♦Maintain as young a bull
special blood chemistry screen. These include Dr. Hocker, the
son of Fort Dodge Laboratories proper testin g of the donor fe cte d h erd s have been in ­ battery as possible.
(R em em ber to fa s t for 1 2 ¡ .doctors, Search and Rescue, •were in ’ B aker T h ursday, bull. The practice o f grazing fected. Herd infection-rates o f
♦Culture bulls a month after
hours if you want this done.) Right To Life, Department of
F eb ru ary 20, and spoke t o ;, beef herds in common has led 30% to 46% have been r e ­ the breeding season and sell
Since April is Cancer month, Family Services, sheriffs de­
about 200 ranchers at the Fal­ to the spread of the disease.
ported in Nevada. In hers with the positives.
Fallon M edical C om plex is partment,-police department,
lon County Fairgrounds’ Ex- Infection ,by trichomoniasis 20% to 40% o f bulls infected, a
♦Culture all new bulls pur­
also .offering discount rates on and firefighters. Law enforce­
hibit Hall. Campbell spoke on . results in death to .an embryo reduction of 14% to 50% in an- chased.
cancer screens for men and ment agencies wili.be offering
Synovex implants, proper im -' or abortion. When a cow is in­ •nuaTcalf.crop can be expected.
, *Breed virgin bulls to virgin
women. They will not be per­ fin g erp rin t id e n tifica tio n
planting technique and Synam- fected, the parasite does not , C on trol m eth od s for. tri-: heifers.
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formed March 11, but anyone cards.thiac cattle wormer., Hodgson prevent conception,- but grows chomoniasis.have -been intro­
. *Pregnancy test all cows and
at the health Fair who scheddiscussed trichomoniasis,' the .with ' the, .em bryo. W hen d u ced based on knowledge o f heifers 60 days after breeding
The Hospital Helpers will be
disease, transmission,- control : enough of. the parasite is p re-. how-the disease organism is . , and cull open females.
ules an appointment for a can-. serving breakfast and lunch
cer screen will receive a dis- all. day. Each year these ladies
and the new vaccine Trich-: sent, it cuts'off oxygen to .the introduced, spreads and is per-,
♦Sell any cows that fail to
count when it is done. Women donate all proceeds from the - Guard. The evening seminar: em b ry o .. T h e . cow usu ally petuated, but the increase in- calve during the subsequent
-may also sign u p for one o f ther|
sales to the hospital!' ' • ' 1‘
was spon sored 'b y -F a llo n - aborts at .about three months. the.disease indicates that they breeding season. ,,
County V eterinary Service! It. takes’ 80 to 120 days for the - are not uniformly ; successful.
- •♦Have, fences in good repair
S yn tex A n im al H ealth and cow to recover and be,able to Lack .of a reliable diagnostic „• to keep stray animals out.'
- *Do not buy cull cows.
Fort Dodge. Laboratories.
«' breed’ again-. In fertility can - test is one ,o f the reasons the
disease continues to spread. > , *Do not use loaner bulls or
Trichomoniasis is a. venereal also result from the disease. ”
' Bulls are carriers of the. d is -1 ¡Culturing samples taken from lease bulls. ? .
disease, one of the,most com/ ...
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' mon infectious diseases caus- ease'; arid-.there,is;no i rca^ ' the bull or the cow are used to : ...Closed herds and,strict manThe Falloh Comity Fair Of- ,enteitainment.'They have con-: in g decrea sed reproductive mentlfor positive bulls. Older .: make a diagnosis,- bu t bulls ;•agement control can eliminate
ice has-already received nu­ tr ac te d;\;.wi tK;>M o sbr u cker efficiency in beef cattleun the: bulls tend to become perma-i ¡must.be tested three, times and . •Trichomoniasis.' In any herd, a
merous ca ll? asking when the. . Rodeo, o f M a n d a n .for rod eo ..w estern U n ited S ta te s/ It nent carriers. Some,cows also heifers five, times to assure re-., , bull oriented approach to.con992 fair will be held. So i f stock. They are also' working seems to bea spreading" east-' rem aincarriers'.for- the dis- liability, o f th e d i agnos i s A ; trol will probably be ineffective
ou're planning your vacation - ■oneveiiti for Thursday’s ranch w ard,}and although the d is-'. :ease,-and open cows should be • vaccine-has been1.developed, •since, a small number-.of anir. scheduling tim e off,- take; rodeo]"hoping to/a dd events ease has ,not yet" been found in: sold.. . ---,' •*>,,’*.:
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■■* that protects against abortion, ; mals- esca'pe, d e te ctio n .jT h e
The Iobs 6 f calves combined . bu t thé, vaccine does not as- ? carrier-cow , symdTome^will,
iOte. T h e fa ir w i i r begin that will involve more people.
G a llon C o u n ty /it.h a s -b e e n /
’hursday. August 20, and conThe board h as also been /foun d.in two herds in Custer with loss through the neces-. sure, 100%’success. • ■ . .. .
•likely/ continue to perpetuate
sary, culling o f the herd to con- ..; i Control of,the diseasedn-. h the disease in infected, herds.
inue through,Sunday^-August working to secure entertain­ ’'’County."- .
ment’ for the night'shows,' but.
’B ovine trichom oniasis,is,, ;trol^the,.’-d is e a s e !,cuts'; the // eludes 'm an yfm a n a gëm en t ;,%A few in fected -’a nim als;can
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The fair board has been busy do not have a, signed contract .caused by a;parasite;.and is V ¡profitability o f the ranch, oper- practices. Recommendations •, e v e n tu a lly 'le a d -tova_.,large
ar weeks planning this year’s yet.',.
- number of infected cows. /- .- /
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.■ transmittedlvenereally, at, the.,... ation. Tt has been' found that include:.- 'J ". s r ~
Seminar provided ranchers information
about trichomoniasis
Requests already ip for
c ountg f air inform a t ion
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