SAIC 7 1S SCOpe -
and quality of edial
care presently -vailable
in the Trusteeship will
. probably worsen aftar
a new political status is
agreed ta the Micronesian Health Coordinating
Council which met ote.
' October here.
Council members are in
agreement that something
must be done to improve
medical care in Micronesia before termination
of the Trusteeship which
is tentatively schadu led
for 1981.
‘Faced with this belief,
‘the Council approved a
request to Prasidant Car~
ter of Ine Unireg stares
_to begin immediately
‘Medical Care in Trust Terr
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cil asked the United Sta—
tes to recruit Migonesian *
manpower to take core of
Council President Dr.
of the Palau delegation
to the Molokai status
talks, broughtthe Council concerns to-the sta-
tus negotiations,
H3 said in Saipan that
the publically stated policy intention ta drasti-
present needs, starta .
comprehensive training .
program ro upgrade skills ©
of present workers, and . __
cronesia after 1931 will | limit the ability to main-
leva! of health cure in
the TT, which was used
as a guideline for deter~
mining future funding levels, will leave Micro-
nesia incapable of selfsustaining care for it pean|
ple.
Categories identified
by the Council] as-having
shortages include physicians, surgeons, nurses,
laboratory, radiology and |
supply technicians, phar- .
macists, adninistrators,
nutritionists, enviranmen- |
tal and sanitation specialists and health planners
and educators.
Trust TerritoryDirector .
of Health Services DrMa- -
sao Kumangai claimed.
that an additional 200
nurses Gre needed over
and above the 200 naw
working ~-and thet more
will be needed to staff -
hospitals in Ponape and
Yap.
Dr U2ki described adou-~
ble difficulty beingfacad
by TT health personnel:
one. Onercations are under-
to help establish the ca- .~
_. papbility of training in.
cally reduce funding sup: |
port for the people of Mi-
The praesent inadequate |
TF ped |
Mn this regard the Couns
Minoru Ueki, a member
in health far the people
8k
functions adequataly, . .
in specific health pragrams and to help davel- op Micronesian self-de- ©
pendency in health care.
of Micronesia.
O°;
seriously undertrained to
be able to parform their
recruitment and training .
- program for Micronesians
tain and upgrade service
oR
sessed, UNG WO, many
members of the staff cre
Micronesia after 1981.
The Council also voted
ta have Micronasian s : Health Standards establish-
ed by years’ end;