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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1964
Med Center To Treat Birth Defects
THE MARCH OF DIMES funds, designated for the first year, will start Jan. 1 to supplement the existing staff of psychologists, social workers, therapists, pediatric doctors and nurses, and other specialists, Dr Herbert C. Miller, chairman of pediatrics and director of the Children's Rehabilitation Unit at the Medical Center, said.
A special treatment center for children with birth defects will begin operation in January at the KU Medical Center in Kansas City through a grant of $25,000 from the Kansas chapters of the National Foundation.
The purpose of the center, Dr. Miller said, is to provide thorough evaluation of the problems, assure good communication between the center and physicians, and to provide adequate follow-up examinations.
The first of its kind in the state of Kansas, the center will be located as a section of the outpatient clinic of the pediatric department, providing an evaluation, diagnostic, and treatment program for those eligible.
Children afflicted with defects present at birth, resulting from genetic or environmental causes, are eligible and may be referred to the center through any of the 105 chapters of the Kansas National Foundation.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe said, "I think it's something this state should have. I'm impressed by it's being provided for by private support."
DR. C. ARDEN MILLER, dean of the School of Medicine and director of the Medical Center, said, "Birth defects constitute the greatest childhood medical problem today. Of approximately 50,000 born yearly in Kansas, it is estimated about 7 per cent are born with defects."
"It is primarily a clinical area and will not have too much effect on KU in general," Chancellor Wescoe said, "It should prove valuable in teaching problems in such classes as child development and similar courses."
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