The Citizen, 1987-01-07, Page 16PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987.
Duane Buffinga, here in the arms of his proud mother Susan Buffinga,
was the first baby bom in the Wingham and District Hospital in 1987
arriving at only 30 minutes past midnight on January 1. Susan and her
husband Bert, of RR 1, Blyth have two other children, Darwin and
Sabrina, at home.
Hospital supplies HIB vaccine
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A new vaccine for prevention of
invasive diseases in children is to
be made available in this area
beginning in January.
In a co-operative undertaking
the Wingham and District Hospital
will supply the vaccine which will
be administered by the hospital’s
medical staff in their offices.
The vaccine, licensed for use in
Canada in March, 1986, is to be
used for prevention of invasive
diseases in children caused by
Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
(HIB), of which meningitis is the
most serious.
AtitsNovembermeeting, the
boardofgovernorsof the Wing
ham and District Hospital agreed
to supply the vaccine on the
recommendation of its medical
staff. At that time, however, it was
uncertain as to how the HIB
vaccine would be administered.
The board left the question of
administering the vaccine to be
decided by the doctors.
At the board’s December meet
ing, Dr. Marie Gear, president of
the medical staff and a board
member, advised the governors
that the doctors would be admini
stering the vaccine in their offices
beginning in January.
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At present, she said, doctors are
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vaccine through their own practic
es. Since the vaccine is only
available in lots of 10 and has a
“shelf-life” of just 48 hours, as
soon as 10 candidates are available
the vaccine will be ordered and a
day arranged for it to be admini
stered in the office.
The HIB vaccine has been
endorsed by the Ontario Chapter of
the College of Family Physicians of
Canada. The chapter also encour
ages the immunization of all
childreri aged two to five years.
Although Dr. Nick Busing of
Ottawa, the chapter president has
made direct representation to
Ontario Health Minister Murray
Elston requesting that the vaccine
be provided free of charge, there
has been no move in that direction
from the government.
In a recent “Contemporary
Pediatrics” magazine article, Dr.
David W. Scheifele of Vancouver
said it is estimated that one child in
200 will develop a serious HIB
infection by age five and 50 per cent
of these cases will be HIB
meningitis.
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Evenwithmodern antibiotics
and medical care, mortality from
HIB infections is three to five per
cent, Dr. Scheifile says. Survivors
of HIB meningitis have a 25 to 45
per cent risk of developing neuro
logical complications, including
deafness, paralysis, mental retar
dation, seizure disorders and
learning disability.
Natural immunity to HIB infec
tions develops in most children by
the age of five or six, thus the need
to immunize children who are
younger. However, since respons
es are minimal in children under 18
months, the recommended age
group for immunization is two to
five years.
In his article, Dr. Scheifile
stresses that the safety of the HIB
vaccine is well documented.
Although each of the doctors is
notifying patients in his or her own
practice, they encourage parents
of children within the two to five
year age group to approach their
family doctors on their own.
. In addition, the hospital is
preparing an advertisement to
advise the public of the vaccine’s
availability and the procedure for
arranging immunization.
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