, 1962-08-21
LEGISLATIVE RECORD
Continued from Yesterday
THE PRESIDENT: Senator Gomez.
MR.. M Mr.. President.

MR.. GOMEZ: Nh. President.
MR.. GOMEZ: / would like to talk today. MI. Presi-
dent, 1.-THE Herbert Grigg Home for the Aged at Kings
Hill, st. Croix. We have spent some money lately on
that institution. / want to say, Mr.. President, That a very
good job IS beng carried out there. Inc Walus lnaC ndve
been completed are really something to look at. lhey
are much better, cleaner and better equipped ulan many
OF the wards in our hospital over here. Al the same time,
Mr.. President, / observed, or | should say | had a com.
plant from che Individual man who is able to get
around pretty well. His only handicap seems to be MS
sight. He has been complaining for the past two years
with a cataract. When | got there, and he heard that
was visiting the institution, he told me-, Mister, | am
so glad that you are here, because l had a letter adj
dressed to you from two years ago. He said, Just wait
a minute. And he brought me the letter. But he was
complaining that he has been suffering with his eyes
for along time. Over the past five years that ne salo ne
had this cataract, he said he had not been able to have
a physician Of any kind, specialist or no one, look at his
eyes. He feels that something could be done where he
would be able to be useful to the community IT he could
only regain partial sight.
MI. President, there are lot OF people there in that
institution VINO are aple TO 90 Sonetilll4g 4ul tl4cinoelVro
they who can get around a little in the hills and able to cut
tyre for making brooms. Ii assisted a bit. they can
go a lot. One man there | know, somebody assisted hlm
TO go out and he was able to gather this tyre and ne MADE
qulGe a quantity OF broOmS and made a few dollars Tor
ms Christmas. MI. President, | teel that a physician OF
some kind should visit that institution periodically, and
not leave LnOSe people aCtud14y ueSEGCSu' WINCH = ooy oO5
there are also many nurses IN that INSTITUTION, but there
are certain diseases that are beyond the control OF those
nurses and those people there said they do mot see a doc
tor at any time. Now, Mr.. President, Iteel that we should
do something about it, so that a doctor would visit these
people, ii it's even once a month. ! think they have SUI
ticient doctors in st. Croix that they should be able to
spare the time to look after these people. The eye spe-
clalist / don't know if they have one stationed in St
Croix, but I think the time is ripe when there should be
an eye specialist stationed on the Island Of St. Croix.
Well, if there is one now on the Island OF st. Crolx, he
should get around to that institution ana see thai some
uAng is done for those neglected persons in that instltu-
ton.
THE PRESIDENT: 1t might be good for the Liaison
Officer Mr. Morris F.. De Castro, Liaison Officer for the
Governor) to tell us tomorrow whether the eye special
.oC visits the Kings Hill Home or not, / know that DR..
Eller of Frederiksted is assigned to the Kings Hill Home
and he makes periodical visits to the Home. Regarding
the eye specialist, / do not know, and would appreciate
if MI. De Castro can tell us tomorrow If the eye spe-
cialict visits the Horne or not.