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DIAGNOSIS IS THEIR Jolt When In I Itomuh ulcer like 3 Maple Lea! Hockey am}? When it's on instant That in not a bad joke. just 1 comparison. It you have. occasion to be x-rayed It Quotmwxy General Hos- pital next fall, the affected part of your body could be put on intuit re-play tape to anoint radiolotrista in in- terpreting your illness. If your ulcer: can) wait till fall, right now the doctor: in the 1ttu)iology Depart- ment willHook at it on a television receiver as you are x-rayed, make a. film of your inner workings, and take the standard still photographs - all limul- tan_toytsly. -- _ A _ This complicated equip- ment, called Televex, in juet one part of the department, which has the basic func- tion of diagnostic radiology. From the fracture in your little finger to a close look at your kidneys, the four radiologists, all d o e t o r I holding tNtrtifieatea for four {fare of study besides their De, and 18 technicians help' the general practi- tioner pinpoint a. medical pro_blem. with x-rays: Contradictory ts it may sound. Dr. Burton Prior, the department's director, Itresses that one of the big- gest jobs of the staff in to eat dtm_ptt_ar-Iayt, "X-rays are dangerous," the doctor said, indicating the rectangular badge he wore on his lapel. The badge is part of the film monitor- ing service. All technical personnel of the Radiology Department, and surgeons in the operating theatre employing x-tays. wear one badge, bearing their name, for two weeks. After two weeks, the badges are sent to Ottawa where the Mary Mather, Assistant Chief Technician at Queensway’s Department of Radiology, demonstrates equipment with the help of technician Loveina Kennedy for photogra- pher Frank Totem. Upper right, Dr. OVER Lake Breeze 70% Towers RENTED Apartment DANGEROUS Radiology-the inside picture LAKISHORI BLVD. W. LAKISHOHI Mt. LAKI ONTARIO m--8ttumday, August 1, 1968 amount of radiation ex- pawn which the badge record: is checked and per- muuntly tiled. Dr. Prior ro- cdvu I "Kort on the am for lis personnel which he must cheek. The function of the badge is to protect the staff from m overdose orradiation, - An overdose, Dr. Prior said, never occurs. The staff are too well trained and the equipment too often checked for an accident to occur. When x-raying a patient, the radiography technician or radiologfst stands behind a counter gg,'etr', of six inches of e ncrete and one inch of lead glass affording complete protection. If the doctor or technician must atmd no” the patient; he wean B lend apron. PROTECTION Protecting themselvee is one part of the radiologist: function - protecting the public is another. For every patient, the doctors care- fully consider how they can get the most diagnostie in.. formation with the least amount tteioosurre, "We weigh possible dam- age of x-rays against the possible good they do," Dr. Prior said. "What we are really trying to protect is the next generation," he aid. 7 The age of the patient is the main consideration in the extent of x-rays that can be safely taken, he said. Obstetric and pediatric patients are most carefully watched. As further protection, the x-ray technician limits the beam to a small area and when possible, protects the patient with a lead apron. _ . . - "Another protection for the patient is new tech- niques in photography. For Burton Prior, director, wntchel I television receiver while Mary demonstrutes how the complex equipment swivell to hold I patient upright. B I: 1 CONSTRUCTION 255-5166 27NUN (I lakeshore Drive (Why his 00mm! 1 AND 2 IBEDROOMS OPEN FOR INSPECTION immediate Posssssion e x s m pl e, st Queenswsy, film is encsud in s screen. something like e slice of hen between two slices of breed. The screen allows the x-rsy to be taken while the patient receives less dense. The Televex ssquip. ment has s new image in- tensifier which increases the Px brightness 8,000 times. so reducing patient dosage. Dr. Prior laid he believed that chiropractors and dentists should not be al- lowed to x-ruy patients. People who aren't trained for four years Ihouldn’t be allowed to operate ma- chines, he stresaed. Dr. Prior predicted that in the future, all people will carry their previous x-ray hia- Be more “are of safe bolt- Ing prncticu when you In out in cold water and freezing tem- peretures. Keep the‘load light, eat in half It lent. Very cold water tends to make the boat sluggish and hnrd to handle, end when spray freezes on the out- side of the boat it becomes heavy. If the boat is loaded to capacity it can be easily swamped. You hive leu chance of surviving in extreme cold water. The water rapidly re- moves heat from the body pro- ducing an instant numbing effect. In I. few minutes you would lose sense of touch and eo-ordination, and be unable to hang on to any flouting object. Besides patient and tech- nician protection, the Radiology Department at Queensway General Hospi- tal prides itself on effi- ciency. Helping to make the department efficient is the unique x-ray room, dark- room set up. The x-ray rooms are situated like spokes of a wheel around a darkroom hub. Each room contains a pass box into the DOSAGE darkroom with lights and dun]: indicating w h e n film bu bun put into the box to the darkroom tach- Quumway’u technicians no. on duty 24 hours u day, with oven the clerical luff working until 11:80. About 50% of the department's patients are emergency cases. the doctor said, and the remainder m in- patient. and private out- patients. nick". PRICES ARE BORN HERE RAISED ELSEWHERE FAIRLANE 500 FASTBACK CORNER or 12TH STREET AND LAKESHORI m NEW TORONTO We've Got T he Scarce Models (Your choice of '68 FORDS, MUSTANGS, FALCONS) IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SIMPSON for FORD From e simple x-rsy of your broken arm to on x-ray augmented by films of In iodine dye travelling through s disused omen. the radiology department " Queenswny Hospital hes the inside picture-Mor real. FOURTH IN A "WEB-Te duy’l story on the Widen Department " Quocmwuy Gon- on Hospital in on. of uric! on the various departments and will continue next week. 190ml.“ [iljE3iiji0EG[E (NEW CAR DIVISION) 1968 FORD FALCON Stotiortwatttm N0 PAYMENTS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 259atih' MII