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Chinese medicar TORONTO IAPi An Americanborn doctor who has spent 47 years in China says the Chinese have one of the best health care systems in the world per eapita Dr George Hatem formerly of Buffalo NY but Chinese citizen since 1936 claims Chinas health system repre sents one of the miracles of modern medicine He told Toronto audience gathered Monday by the Cana City council aids festival STRATFORD nt CPI ity council will give the finan ciallytroubled Stratford Festi val at least 325000 in an at tempt to forestall the threat ened closing of the festival after the 1980 season savs Ald Tony Lazos Lazos chairman of councils finance committee said in an interview Monday that the grant may take the form of tax writeoff on the downtown Avon Theatre as well as the site of proposed threatre school and film studio Festival president Robert Hicks said on the weekend the festival may close next season because of large deficit caused mainly by $200000 re dian China Society that the sys tem is based on four guiding principles worked out at na tional health conference in 1950 the year after the founding of the Peoples Republic The principles are to serve the people to practise pre ventive medicine to unite and integrate Western with tradi tional Chinese and herbal medi cines and to carry out health work along mass line be cause 90 per cent of Chinas duction in government grants And Ontario Culture Minister Reuben Baetz denying the gov ernment had reduced Strat fords grants said he will in vestigate the financial prob lems He said he would need close look at the festivals ledgers be fore taking action to solve its money problems Hicks said Saturday that even with full houses and higher ticket prices this year the festival was almost 3250000 in the red because of an actual loss of $647000 offset by 3400000 surplus from last year City council met privately Monday to discuss the festivals financial problems population live and work in the countryside Given the conditions existing in China at that time these were the only logical founda tions upon which an effective public health system could be built said the 69yearold Ha tem IiAI 2600 HOSPITALS He said conditions in China in 1950 were that only 2600 hospi tals and clinics 80000 hospital beds and 38000 trained medical doctors were available to the 600 million Chinese vast ma jority of these facilities were concentrated in few large cities Today 64000 hospitals and clinics 1856000 hospital beds and 315000 medical personnel including 385000 qualified doc tors were available to the al most one billion Chinese thanks to three pillars of support that help to make the health care system work The pillars are the socalled barefoot doctors or specially trained medics in all the peoples communes in Chinas Frog Prince Store for Children 205 DunIop Street East Barrie Telephone 7372001 Fine toys books records art supplies stationery Noun MomSat III5 Friday l09 14 the examlner Wednesday Dec 12 1979 2000 counties cooperative medicine with each commune member paying one yuan or about 60 cents Canadian year toward health care and the in tegrated use of Chinese herb and specifics of modern medi cine because not all modern medicines are as effective as thgir labels suggest Largest Stoc kl between here and Arctic ESKIMO No Shay Bay By Appointment Only CRAFTS INC one of best Hatem said that when an individual requires level of medical attention higher than that of the bare foot doctors additional expenses are borne by his communes welfare fund to which each commune member contributes onethird of his earnings 1057284I05 BAYFIELD MALL BARRIE DRILLIA SQUARE ORILLIA BRENDEL SQUARE HUNTSVILLE Sale Expires Saturday Dec 15 Closing Time Plans divorce action lawyer for shipping heiress Christina Onassis said in Athens Tuesday that she planned to begin divorce proceedings against her Soviet hus band Sergei Kauzov Couple are shown during their wedding in Moscow in August 978 AP Photo alliston by Jean Hand 4355378 ltcv It Nightingale minister of Trinity tnitcd huicb Itoch niont assisted by Wilfred Nelson and Austin ltntlcdgc trustees of the church recently dedicated the new doors of the church entrance The late Alfred Smith of Alliston be queathed money to be used for the new doors IIarly licccnibcr Les and Lillian Fiiitpihaisiiii and family attended tlic 00th wedding an Illtltl of Herbert and Ilacl Brow ii Hamilton The Browns arclilliansparents last Friday night about 50 family relatives and neighbors of Vilficd and Irene Nelson at tended the annual Christmas get together in the Lions Hall Allistoii Mr and Mrs Allan Noble brother of Irene of Royal ink lichigan and Mrs IIlla toultcr sister of Wilfred of Firm were present for this happy occasion The Nelsons are now at the winter home in liakclantl Iloridgi Mrs liorccn lndcrwoixl of Georgetown spent last wcckend in Alliston visiting relatives and friends We welcome Russell and Frances Hand and fainin of Mastificld who moved to their home on Nelson St 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