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University Daily Kansan, January 17, 1983
Larry George/KANSAN
U. S. 2nd District Congressman Jim Slattery, D-Kan., listened while Lawrence city commissioners talked Friday about issues that concerned the city, including revenue sharing. During his visit to Lawrence, Slattery also met with University and county officials.
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KU warns against further aid cutbacks Local officials voice concerns to Slattery
By SALLY JOY OMUNDSON Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
U. S. Rep. Jim Slattery met with University officials this weekend and was told that further reductions in KU's government grants would seriously hurt the University.
Slattery, D-Kan., is one of two freshmen congressmen recently appointed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He said he was in Lawrence to meet with city, county and University officials, primarily to listen to their interests and concerns. "WE HOPE that this will be the first of many such meetings," Chancellor Gene A. Budig said yesterday. "It was a good meeting for the University of Kansas.
"He was receptive to our ideas and responsive to our concerns."
During an afternoon meeting with Slattery, University officials emphasized the importance of continued federal financial assistance. They told him that two-thirds of the student body received financial assistance and that the continuation of work-study programs was vital, Budig said.
Officials also stressed the importance of bringing high technology and sophisticated private industries to Kapsas.
Frances Horowitz, vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, said she thought the meeting was useful.
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James Seaver, director of Western Civilization and chairman of the University Senate Executive Committee, said he did not think a university should be up with air conditioning in the summer and students freezing in the winter.
Slattery also talked with the Lawrence City Commission Friday afternoon. The commissioners requested that Congress reconsider the decontol of natural gas and an extension to federal revenue sharing.
Seaver said Slattery was concerned about the high cost of fuel and had promised to try to help the University.
Mayor Marci Francisco explained the Lawrence Warm Hearts fund drive, which helped pay heating bills for needy residents, but she said high utility bills should not be the responsibility of charities.
SLATTERY REMINDED the commission of his position on the Energy and Commerce Committee and that he has worked to raise the committee's fossil fuel subcommittee.
committee a board. That subcommittee is responsible for shaping the legislation related to natural gas prices, Slattery said.
"Why should prices be skyrocketing when supply is increasing and demand is decreasing? It tends to defy the laws of supply and demand." Slattery said.
Slattery said that he was concerned about the shock wave that another rise in natural gas prices would have on the economy.
The commission also told Slattery that the continuation of the federal revenue-sharing program was its highest national legislative priority.
City Manager Buford Watson said that revenue sharing was used to finance building projects and that if the program were eliminated, the city would be forced to raise property taxes to continue the projects.
Legislation that created revenue sharing is scheduled to expire this year, he said.
The commission also told Slattery that a nuclear freeze poll taken at the November elections indicated Lawmakers favor a freeze by a 31-margin.
Study finds 800 given wrong radiation doses
By United Press International
WASHINGTON — Radioactive medicine was given incorrectly to nearly 800 patients in U.S. hospitals during an 18-month period that ended last June, an internal Nuclear Security Commission study has found
The number of patients receiving the wrong type or dosage of radioactive drugs is likely to be much higher, because the NRC was able to obtain reports from only 30 states for its survey.
The medical study is reported in today's edition of Science Trends Newsletter, which made a copy of it available to United Press International.
THE NRC found the kinds of mistakes made by health care personnel administering radioactive medicines included giving patients the wrong drug, giving the medicine to the wrong patient, using incorrect methods to administer the drug and giving the wrong dosage.
About 12 million Americans receive radioactive medicine each year. While radiation therapy to treat cancer is best known to the public, mildly radioactive isotopes are commonly administered, orally or intravenously, to help physicians diagnose diseases.
The NRC reported 798 patients in the 30 states were "mis-administered" radioactive substances from January 1981 through November 2006, a percent involved "the diagnostic use of isotopes," rather than treatment.
THE REPORT said that when the millions of annual doses of radioactive drugs are considered, the
The remaining 14 incidents involved various forms of radiation therapy.
rate of error in administering the medicine is no higher than one-tenth of 1 percent.
The NRC did not state whether any of the 798 patients were harmed by the medical mistakes, but radiology experts told Science Trends that no reason to believe there was an argument that the error rate for nuclear medicine is lower than for other types of medical care.
Nonetheless, the government study warned, "We believe the data highlight potential problem areas that licensees could review to assess the adequacy of their procedures and training programs."
It said giving the wrong radiopharmaceutical to a patient or giving radioactive medicine to the patient was more than 90 percent of the mistakes.
"THE PRIMARYcontributing factors appear to be simply errors associated with labeling and identifying radiopharmaceuticals stored in lead shields or untagged kits, the processing of nuclear medicine requisitions, and patient identification." the study said.
The NRC licenses about 2,200 medical facilities to perform nuclear medicine. Of that number, 442 reported one or more mistakes in administering the radioactive material during the 18-month period.
The NRC report described the 14 mistakes in administering radiation therapy:
- Seven people undergoing cobalt radiation therapy for malignant tumors were given dosages 10 and 20 mGy, but fewer than they were supposed to receive.
-A patient who did not speak English and was only supposed to be evaluated for thyroid problems was given a live iodine dose for hyperthyroidism.
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