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University Daily Kansan, March 1, 1982
Page 5
Bill to create poison hotline at Med Center introduced
By KEVIN HELLIKER Staff Reporter
TOPEKA-Poison treatment services at the university of Kansas Medical Center may soon be available.
A bill sponsored by State Rep. Jessie Branson, D-Lawrence, would set up a 24-hour, toll-free hotline at the Med Center for diagnosis and emergency treatment of the estimated 2,000 serious poisonings that occur each year in Kansas.
Now, 18 such regional poison hotlines exist in the United States, including ones in Missouri, Nebraska, Texas.
Although a Mid-America Poison Center is already in operation at the Med Center, the missing ingredient is a hotline answered by a trainer trained in toxicology, Branson said yesterday.
THE HOTLINE would be especially valuable to those in areas, where poison information is sketchy, also and
"There are rural areas and small towns which have very little or no expertise to deal with poisonings and no access for help," Branson said.
Introduced last week by the House Ways and
Branson said response to the bill had been overwhelmingly positive, although she thought legislators might be reluctant to appropriate $100,000 for the hiring of full-time nurses.
Means Committee, Branson's bill would add full-time nurses to the staff at the Mid-America Poison Center, which now is run by two full-time physicians.
According to Wayne Snodgrass, a physician at the poison center, nurses at the hotline would answer about 100 calls a day from around Kansas.
But in letters submitted to the Legislature, doctors from around the state expressed their disbelief.
A SURVEY conducted by the Poison Center has determined that most of these calls now were being made to poison hotlines in Denver, Omaha, Neb, and St. Louis, Snodgrass said.
The exact number of poisonings that occur each year in Kansas is hard to determine because reporting of these cases is voluntary, said Branson.
But the State Department of Health and Environment stated that in 1981, 5,630 total incidents of poisoning, of which an estimated 2,000 were serious, were reported, with 66 percent of these cases involving children 3 years of age and younger.
Bars
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Several things can happen to someone using a fake or doctored ID.
"They're making a concerted effort at checking IDs at the door." Brothers said.
IF A MINOR is using someone else's driver's license, "the user will be cited into court for false identification, and the owner of the license will receive a fine." Topeka where it can be revoked. Brothers said.
If doormen at a club found a doctored ID, an ID with rub-on letters or typed changes, the clubs have been instructed to hold the ID and call the police. Brothers said.
Jef Wiles, manager of the Clubhouse, 530 Wisconsin St., said, "In the last two or three months we've been very, very, very strict about IDs.
The police will then send the license to the Licensing Bureau in Topeka where the license is issued.
"We've pushed for membership and IDs. Now we've got a pretty legal crowd."
Ace Johnson, owner of the Sanctuary, 1401 W. Seventh St., said his club checked all IDs unless the doorman knew that the person was 21 or older.
EVEN THOUGH the employees check DMs, it's not always easy to tell a fake ID, Johnson said.
"Fake LAIS have been a problem ever since I was in the business," he said. "It's just too easy
"You can eliminate the problem by eliminating the people that sell fake IDs.
to get fake IDs. You can just mail away for them."
Johnson said people should realize that by using a fake ID, a minor puts a club in a party.
"A minor can cost a club $3,000 to $5,000," he said. He said that was more than his club made.
Doug Brown, manager of Gammon's, 1601 W. 23rd St., said, "Without a doubt, we check everybody that comes through the door. You have to be 21 or older."
"We're probably one of the only clubs that's this strict about it."
ALTHOUGH club owners said for proper identification, several students said they were not aware of the club.
Alan, a Dighton sophomore, "and I use someone else's ID. I've used it at Gamson's and another's."
Brad, an Overland Park sophomore, said, "Picture IDs work better, and it helps to go early. It also depends on how many people are there, especially for guys.
"I've used an ID at the Haster, Gammon's,
the Flaming Club and the Club
Lodge," he said.
"It's a very major concern right now and we're going to be checking a lot closer," he said.
However, Brothers said the police department would be doing their best to stop this.
Investigation
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Water Supply in Topeka, said no Lawrence officials had contacted him.
If city officials were doing an investigation and were unfamiliar with health policies in Kansas, we would have to wait.
HOWEVER, HE said it was likely that if there was an investigation, he would hear about it.
In the fall of 1979, Frost took two samples of Lawrence water that she said contained an unacceptably high level of coliform bacteria, a possible indicator of excrement in the water.
The samples were analyzed by a state laboratory, so her superiors did not dispute the fact of the contamination, but they said she was actively contaminating the samples herself, Froedt said.
Frost said that she was sure she was not contaminating the water samples and that she was not using any chemicals.
"Only a short time before, I had successfully prepared sterile nutrient fluids that were fed directly into the hearts of intensive care patients. Then I trusted to trust a take sterile water sample. My incompetence ultimately caused my forced resignation at the water department."
Frost now works as a pharmacist in analytical chemistry for Inter-Research Corporation on drugs.
Frost said that while she worked at the plaintiff, she never informed Watson of the allegations but said he was not informed.
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