HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-12-04, Page 21In 1967 Dr. Christian Barnard
revolutionized medicine
by performing
. thefirst successful
heart transplant. Since then,
several further such transplants
have been performed, but the
procedure has continued to
encounter severe rejection
problems and is rarely done
today.
Transplants of other organs --
notably the eye arid kidney -- have
b een performed for a logner
period of time with considerable
success. They're still saving the
sight and lives of many people,
although they attract much less
fanfare and publicity than the
heart operations.
For example, more than 300
corneal transplants took place in
Ontario in 1973; a similar number
will have been done in 1974.
Mrs.Anne Wolf, executive
secretary of the Eye Bank of
Canada's Ontario Division, says
that the recipients of these
"new" eyes are people with
blurred vision caused by scarred
corneas, or victims of industrial,
home or auto accidents.
The donors, she says, come
from among more than 100,000
Ontarians who have signed
special cards granting permission
for their eyes or other organs to
be used after death. They realize,
says Mrs. Wolf, that it's about
the most dramatic gift they could
ever offer.
Since 1956,, when it was
tarted, the Eye Bank's Ontario
Division has received 7,749
donated eyes. Transplants,
deafly , have to be done within 48
hours of the donor's death.
Nearly 4,000 have been
performed in Ontario with a high
success rate.
The problem, says Mrs. Wolf,
into get enough donors. If you'd
lie to help, write to your nearest
branch of the Canadian National
Institute for the Blind.
The shortage of donor organs
also slows up the successful work
being done with kidney trans-
lants, of which more than 100
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Four new stamps
ready for Christmas
are performed each year in.
Ontario.
Dr.George deVeber, director of
Toronto Western Hospital's
kidney transplant program,
describes the shortage as
"critical". Only about one-third
of kidney failure patients -- who
are kept alive on dialysis
machines -- can get transplants.
Even though the success rate for
the operation is high, the donor
organs just aren't available. This,
says deVeber, is because most
people just don't think about
bequeathing their natural
resources.
The solution, he says, is a
universal donor card such as the
one recently proposed for Ontario
drivers' licences. The card would
allow licence holders to be donors
under the Human Tissue Gift Act
if they sign a part of the licence to
be designed for that purpose.
As transplants of other organs
such as the heart, lungs and liver
become as successful as those for
the eyes and kidneys there will be
an increased demand for donors,
says Dr. deVeber. You can
perform a vital service in
bequeathing your kidneys by
contacting the Kidney Foundation
of Canada, Ontario Branch, 1430
Yonge St., Toronto.
Donating organs after death
may be something you'd prefer
not to think about. But if you can
save someone else's life or
dramatically improve it, just by
signing a card, it's well worth it.
Lunch always seems to be the
one meal that has to be prepared
quickly and eaten quickly. The
children are pressed for time to
go back to school and your
husband to the office. Soup and
sandwiches are fine but can be
expenseive depending on the type
of sandwich filling and soup you
use. Tomorrow, why not try these
"Eggs in Potato Nests" prepared
by Food Advisory Services. Save
those leftover mashed potatoes
from the night before, shape
them into cups, break an egg into
each and bake. Serve them piping
hot from the oven accompanied
by' a crisp vegetable salad, a glass
of milk, applesauce with cookies.
Good lunch, yes but also
nutritious.
EGGS IN POTATO NESTS
2 cups hot mashed potatoes*
(about 4 medium)
Dash pepper
1/4 •teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon milk
6 eggs
Dash salt
Dash pepper
1/3 cup grated process cheese
Combine first five ingredients
and shape in 6 balls. Place on
greased baking sheet and press
centers of balls to make cups.
Break an egg into each cup and
season with salt and pepper. Bake
at 3250F until eggs are firm
(about 25 minutes). During last 10
minutes of baking, sprinkle with
grated cheese. 6 servings.
* Boiled potatoes mashed without
margarine or liquid.
Every week more and more
people discover what mighty jobs
are accomplished by low cost
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Postmaster General Bryce
Mackasey announced the issue of
four denomiliations of stamps for
Christmas 1974.
The multicoloured stamps
feature reproductions of paintings
by four famous Canadian artists.
A total of 130 million six-cent,
105 million eight-cent, 15 million
ten-cent, and 19 million fifteen-
cent stamps will be issued.
The six-cent stamp is a
reproduction , of Jean Paul
Lemieux's painting, Nativite; the
eight-cent, Henri Masson's
Skaters in Hull
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