HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-13-1999 Board of Health MinutesBOARD OF HEALTH MEETING
MAY 13, 1999
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Plainview -Hale County Health Department was called
to order by Board Chairman Kit Linton, M.D., at approxi-
mately 12:30 P.M., Thursday, May 13, 1999, at Plainview
Country Club.
Those attending were: Kit Linton, M.D., John Peck, Earl
Brown, Sally Meeks, R.N., Dr. Michael Hinze, Rey Rosas,
Mike Hutcherson, Benny Cantwell, Earle Mc Donough,
Health Department Nursing Administrator Kathy W. Curry,
Hale County Medical Authority Stephen Turner and. the
secretary, Billie Standefer.
After the invocation by Dr. Michael Hinze, Chairman Linton
asked for corrections/additions to the minutes of the last
meeting.- Mr. Peck stated he had been present at the last
meeting, but his name had been left off the list of those
present. After the correction had been noted, the minutes
were approved„
The Chairman then asked for approval of the expenditures
from October, 1998, thru February of 1999. After a motion
by Mr. Peck to approve payment of the expenditures and
a second to that motion by Dr. Hinze, the Board voted its
approval.
Dr. Turner told Board members he had been asked to be
the Keynote Speaker at the State of Texas Governor
Law and Liability meeting in Austin in October of this
year. He stated he had attended the National Pediatric
Infectious Disease meeting, in April, and had attended
a sub -section meeting on Public Health which was very
informative.
He said Hale County's Communicable diseases were routine,
as were the reports on S.T.D.'s. He stated he had diag-
nosed one case of positive H.I.V.
He explained the Texas Department of Health is going to
require all children going to kindergarten to have the
Varicella (Chicken Pox) Vaccine, by August of the year
2000; also, children near the Border and in the valley
area will be required to have the Hepatitis A Vaccine,
because of a 'tremendous outbreak" of Hepatitis A. Dr.
Turner encouraged anyone traveling to these areas to have
the Hepatitis A Vaccine.
He shared there was a new Vaccine for Roto Virus, a
disease that kills many children. He said this was to
be taken when the child was 2 months, 4 months and
6 months of age. At this time, he said, the State was
only providing this vaccine for children on Medicaid;
however, in the near future, it could be available from
Texas Department of Health for all children.
Dr. Turner told Board members he keeps, a supply of
travel medicine at his office for those who travel out-
side the United States. He said the one he doesn't keep
is the Yellow Fever Vaccine because of the great amount
of paper work in requires and the fact you are required
to have a permit to keep it. He stated individuals who
needed this vaccine could get it in Lubbock.
Mr. Peck suggested it would be a good idea to have an
article in the newspaper about Hepatitis A.
Mrs. Curry stated the Department was encouraging young
adolescents to get the Hepatitis Vaccine.
Mr. Peck asked if there was a treatment for Hepatitis C.
Dr. Turner responded, saying it was "almost impossible
to treat Hepatitis C, once it has been diagnosed", but,
on a happier note, there is a new drug for the "common
cold" that will be available in about eight years.
Kathy Curry explained Texas Department of Health has
Title V monies for the Baby - Think It Over Program
for abstainance-based planning. The proposals for the
funds will not be available until .7uly, she said. She
stated she had been studying the old proposals while
waiting for the new ones. She told Board members she
would attend a class in Lubbock with Lubbock Area Found-
ation Corporation to get information for other grant
funds.
Dr. Linton said there had been some talk of a Dialyses
Center being planned for Plainview.
Rey Rosas was introduced as the Board's new member -
After extending excused absences for Margaret Kay and
Cind- Ebeling, the Chairman adjourned the meeting.
Billie Standefer
Secretary