pik srt Fy i s Public health nurse appointed for Cassiar The Peace River Health Unit has now hired a full time public health nurse for the Cassiar area. Susan O’Mura arrived in town the end of August and starts work the second week of September. Ms. O’Mura has had exper- ience working in the Southern Public Health system. She also worked in Terrace for one year and so has some ex- perience of the North. It is interesting to note that the week following the hiring of a public health nurse for this area, the Provincial Gov- ernment put a hiring freeze into effect throughout the Province. If a nurse had not been hired before that time we would have had to wait yet another year. Since the resignation of our last full time public health nurse in the summer of 1980, Cassiar has had a Public _ Health Nurse on a part time basis only. The local residents felt that this was totally unsatisfactory and have been pressing for a full time P.H.N. for several months. Accomo dation for a nurse was brought into town and installed in April 1981. ANIL KAUL Local resident, Anil Kaul, was at the Pan American Games as a part of the British Columbia badminton team. The - games were held in Mexico City from August 5th-9th. Anil and his partner, Wolfram Worster of Vancouver, lost their doubles match in the semi-finals. This gave them third place overall for the doubles. In the singles tourna- ment, Anil was eliminated in the quarter finals. This was still a fine showing when one considers the calibre of players at the Games. ¥ Anil has had a very successful badminton career. He has been playing the game for about nine years, coached by his father, Dev Kaul. Anil comes by his talent honestly as his father was one of the top three players in his native India. At 16 years of age, Anil has the potential to be one of the top players in the world. A recent graduate of the Cassiar Elementary-Secondary School, he hopes to work in Cassiar for a year before going to university. > baer g Reece Friday, August 7. 1981 saw the arrival of the long awaited Emergency Health Services Ambulance in Cassiar. Mrs. Elizabeth Davis, Co-ordinator for Zone 1 Ambulance Ser- vice arrived with the ambulance and a crew of two. They provided us with a complete demonstration on equipment operation and procedures. Lee Patton will be in charge of Administration and Don Toth in charge of operation. The ambulance is so equipped as to quite easily handle five people and in extreme emergencies, can manage six. It has been designed and furnished to function effectively for uses from treating minor wounds to delivering a baby. Oxygen can be administred to a maximum of four people at any given time. The unit also comes with one wall mounted vacuum-suction system as well as two portable ~ vacuum-suction machines. For extreme winter conditions the ambulance is equipped with front and rear high-out put heaters and for the summer months has separate front ‘oa An PAL 4 we aA 3 f Cassiar Courier the Voice of Cassiar Country September 1981 10 cents New Ambulance Arri 3 eenettirone ves MLE and rear air conditioning units. The radio is the scanner. type which is capable of putting an attendant in contact with the Victoria Emergency Health Services dispatch _ office in a matter of seconds. Arrangements for the assist- ance of a helicopter or fixed wing aircraft can be made by contacting ‘the dispatch office in a matter of minutes. In addition to the ultra modern and elaborate equipment that comes: with the ambulance, the Emergency Health Services will also be supplying all the training needs re- quired to enable the part-time ambulance crews to be- come registered E.M.A.’s. ; On September 12, 1981 the ambulance will be on display at the Cassiar Recreation Centre during the Sports Fun Day. Please feel free to drop around and have a look. Remember, your tax dollars paid for it. If there are any persons in the area with previous Emerg- ency Health Ambulance Service training or experience who wish to continue with this interesting, challenging career, please feel free to contact Lee or Don for further” information.