The Key West citizen

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27, who recently moved here from

Cambodia; laboratory technician

Miss Joanne Guest of Dallas,

Tex.; and nurse Miss Ann Short

of Eugene, Ore.

I X-ray technician Miss Irene

Eckles of Louisville. Ky., was

part of the team until early this

month when she was transferred

to St. Antoine Hospital in Jere

mie, Haiti.

Also in the community are Mrs.

Frewing, who helps out as secre

tary and administrator of the

team; Mrs. Rosenbloom and Eric

Rosenbloom who was born at

Kratia, Cambodia, a few weeks

before Dr. Dooley died of lung

cancer last year.

Except for the Rosenblooms,

the others are in this part of the

world for the first time.

Bunday. February 25, 1962 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

When a patient comes in, he

s starts the process of withdrawal

which takes a week to 10 days,

i A woman addict once said:

i! “Withdrawal is hell, plain hell. You

get hot and cold sweats, vomit,

have twitchmg and cramps. It’s

i the sickest sick in the world."

But for the past five years, the

hospital has been using a less

agonizing method, gradually re

duced doses of methadone, a syn

thetic opiate, until the addict's

'craving dwindles.

When the addict can start lead

ing a fairly normal life again, he

is given a choice of 50 trades to

learn to give him something to

do while inside, and teach skills

for jobs outside.

i A study of prisoners from the

opening of the hospital in 1935 to

1953 showed that 64 per cent of

the patients came once, 22 per

cent twice, 6 per cent three times,

and 8 per cent four or more

times.

If they stay the five months or

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Key West citizen. (1962). Key West, Fla., 1962-02-25. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83016244/1962-02-25/ed-1/?sp=11

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Key West citizen, 1962-02-25.