The Kusko times., 1937-05-07
FATHER FRANCE CHARGES
 lNEFFIClENCY AND NEGLECT


 next morning through bad weather. Dr. Corthen Of Mt. Village author iZes' the trip when he sees the pa- tient- The leg Is not set, the artery still open, pus has begun to accumu- late. and blood poisoning Is immin- ent. After four attempts to set the break, the foot finally had to be am- putated to save the mans life. The bureau, however, refuses to pay this transportation because it has no funds for such a purpose, and the bill is sent to me by the bureau, as the sender of the sos.
 The Pitka Case
 Joseph Pitka has a fracture just above the ankle, discovered only after his arrival at the hospital. After a weeks treatment at home, blood poisoning rapidly developed and it be- came urgently a surgical case. An sos IS released over the kalskag amateur station. again without the usual formality of a previously ob- tained authorization The nature of the case was authorization enough. Oscar Winchell of the Star Air Ser vice responded immediately, and Jo- seph Pitka arrived at the hospital just, in time 70 save his life. Another half a day. Father, and he'd have been a goner,' to quote Dr. Corthell 10 me on the ease But in spite of the doctors Authorization for the trip. the Star Air Service is refused pay ment on the grounds of no funds for such a pprpoSe.' and the bureau again sent the bin to me.
 Frederick Naska had been suffer ing several years from chronic ap- pendieitis Another recurring attack n December was treated as best could be by the teacher of Pimute, when suddenly relapsed into an acute attack The boys father braves storm at night across the 36 miles of tundra with an sos for a plane. Ralph Savory of the Star Air Ser vice responded and the boy was got ten to the hosnital and operated upon. Dr. Corthell. in view of the urgency and seriousness of the case, again authorizes the expense Of the trip. But the Star Air Service Is likewise refused payment on the same old grounds of no funds for bureau has sent to me.
 Suffering Woman
 Mrs. Jake Aloysius. a former pa- tient at Nit. Village. had recovered in November from an attack of pneu- monia. was now laid up with pro- longed pleurisy and suffering from an internal disorder, which the doe tor had assured her would some day re0uire surgical correction. Weather conditions prevented the crossing of the tundra, to go throu0h the usual formalities of authorization. the let ting out Of bids, and all that, by the bureau. advantage was taken of the naSsing of the H0ly-CroSs- Marshall mail plane to send her t9 Mt. Village. This opportunity was also taken to send along the one and one-half year-old Johnny Naska. who had hnlboUs eye beginning to fester. Mrs. Jake Aloysius was refused as a gov ernment patient, on the ground of being tubercular. The Vaska baby had its bad eve removed as a nsces- sity to save the sight of the other eve. feC because il was not a sO- called emergency operation, its pro ncrtionate share of the S75 fave for itself and Mrs. Aloysius was denied bv ths bureau. and the Star Air Ser vice IS again without pay for its trip.
 The grounds for refusal this time were: The woman was not admitted as a hospital patient, and the baby was not an emergency case. This time nothing was said by the bureau Sbout no funds for such purpose, a Sisrase long since grown familiar. l t'h@ught when entered the Star Air Service office last week. that l world be met with a vigorous de- mand for settlement of all these ae- cur4lated bills. repudiated by the