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JUNE 24, 1982 ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH MEETING The Advisory Board of Health met at the Paris -Lamar County Health Unit on Thursday, June 24, 1982 at 7:30 P.M., with the following members present: Mrs. Ann Norment, Mrs. Frances Ellis, Dr. Richard Bercher. Also present were: Dr. Hillhouse and Mr. Pursifull of the Health Department. Board members which were not present were: James Deatherage, Dr. C.U. McMillan, Dr. Don Haslam and Dr. Wallace Kraft. It was learned that Dr. Kelley and Dr. William Hayden had resigned as members of the Board. (Dr. Haslam replacing Dr. Kelley). In the absence of the Chairman, James Deatherage, Dr. Bercher conducted the meeting and called it to order about 7:40 P.M. The minutes of the last meeting were not read as they were of no interest to this meeting. Dr. Hillhouse began by explaining that the Health Department was going to run several thousand dollars short of the budget allowance, due to the cost of chemicals for Mosquito Control. He said it would take part of our back -log to finish out Mosquito Control this season, and we would probably have to ask for money from the City and County. He also explained why so many hours were being spent at the jail and on the jail patients and their records. A discussion followed and Dr. Bercher recommended that someone screen the jail patients before the doctor arrived, to make sure that he only saw the ones who really needed medical attention. He suggested those with colds, runny noses, etc. should be given simple treatment, with Aspirin, Tylenol and Antihistamines. It was suggested that since we had two ambulances of Para Medics on call all the time, based at the City Police station, that we might have one team based at the Lamar County Jail where the Para Medics could screen the prisoners on a constant basis. Dr. Bercher said he would speak to the other doctors on the Board about the medical aspect of this, in order to take some of the responsibility from Dr. Hillhouse. Since Dr. Hayden had resigned, it was suggested by Dr. Hillhouse that a doctor from McCuistion be appointed to the Board. Dr. Bercher said he would discuss this with Dr. McMillan about the possibility of asking Dr. Casey. Since Mrs. Ellis was acquainted with Mayor, Joe Graham, person- ally, she was requested to talk to him about possibly appointing Dr. Casey to the Board. Dr. Bercher suggested we have another meeting soon to make other Board members aware of this situation. The meeting was adjourned by Dr. Bercher about 8:45 P.M. Respectfully Submitted by• 4e�e�-" �Zov�� Bettr nnedy, S etary