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February 24,1983
Infants’ deaths investigated
United Press International
SAN ANTONIO — A Kerr
County doctor and a nurse have
been subpoenaed to testify be
fore a Bexar County grand jury
investigating the deaths of 12 in
fants in a pediatric care unit in
1981 and 1982.
Dr. Kathleen Holland and
Genene Jones, a licensed voca
tional nurse, will testify before
the grand jury today the San
Antonio Light reported
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Holland and Jones were both
named in a wrongful death law
suit filed by the father of 15-
month-old Chelsa Ann McClel
lan, who reportedly died after
receiving medical care at Hol
land’s Kerrville office on Sept.
17, 1982.
Grand juries in both Bexar
and Kerr counties are investigat
ing the mysterious deaths of at
least 12 infants in 1981 and 1982
at San Antonio’s Medical Center
Hospital, formerly called the
Bexar County Hospital.
Holland and Jones were both
employed at Medical Center
Hospital between 1978 and
1981.
The Light, quoting an attor
ney close to tlie investigation,
said other witnesses, including
Medical Center Hospital’s “top
brass,” have been “smuggled"
into the grand jury room for the
past two weeks.
The attorney said he sus
pected that the infants were
given excessive doses of hepar
in, a blood thinner, and
suceinycholine, a muscle relax
ant, the Light reported. The in
fants reportedly died of cardiac
arrest or respiratory failure.
“We have been told that the
hospital administrators were-
aware of the mysterious deaths
among infants and, instead of
taking action, attempted to cov
er the whole thing up,” the attor
ney said.
However, hospital officials
denied any wrongdoing.
“I do not personally believe
there was any wrongdoing,” said
Dr. B.H. Corum, executive dire
ctor of the Bexar County Hos
pital District. “They (citizens)
need to understand we are a
good institution and we’re get
ting better. We hope whatever
the truth is, it comes out.”
William Reid McClellan, who
filed the Kerrville lawsuit, said
his daughter died from seizures
as she was being transported to
San Antonio by the Kerr County
Medical Service.
New PUC appointment
approved by committee
United Press International
AUSTIN — A Senate com
mittee today approved El Pa
soan Peggy Rosson’s appoint
ment to the Public Utility
Commission and forwarded
her name to the f ull Senate for
a final confirmation vote.
With a 7-0 vote, the Senate
Subcommittee on Nomina
tions approved Rosson’s
nomination after more than
an hour of intense ques
tioning.
Rosson and Alan Erwin of
Houston were appointed to
the PU'C by Gov. Mark White
after the resignations of cur
rent commission members
George Cowden and Tommie
Gene Smith.
White said Rosson’s
appointment fulfilled his
pledge to appoint a housewife
the PUC.
In response to questions
from senators, Rosson said
she and Erwin’s appointments
do not mean utility rates will
go down.
“1 certainly have never in
ferred they wotdd go down
unless there is a massive
breakthrough in technology,”
Rosson said. “I think the.best
think we can hope for is to put
a lid on it.”
According to Rosson, llie
commission needs more lime
to decide complicated rate
cases and also needs a biggei
staff.
“You cannot go in and ex
amine in 185 days what a util-
ity has spent six months pre
paring and expect tofinddie
bones in there,” she said.'Vt
need more time.”
R< isson also said she favon
abolishment of the controver
sial f uel adjustment clause.]
PUC rule that allows utilities
to directly pass theii increased
t <>stN for fuel.
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Brutality investigated
in Klan march protest
United Press International
AUSTIN — The FBI said
Wednesday it is monitoring an
internal police investigation into
charges of police brutality
against individuals who pro
tested a Ku Klux Klan march on
the state Capitol last Saturday.
Eleven people were injured
and 13 arrested in the march,
which turned violent at the con
clusion.
Some 2,000 demonstrators
turned out for the march which
included about 70 Klansmen.
The police probe was promp
ted by reports that law enforce
ment officers used excessive
force against some of the rock
throwing demonstrators.
A television tape showed
police beating Hispanic activist
Paul Hernandez, who was
charged with assaulting a police
officer. Police said Hernantfe
who suffered cuts and bmia
provoked the incident. A repot
ter was also struck with a pditt
baton.
Austin FBI agent Jim Kin)
said the federal agency is “nur
taining contact with the lode
t borides in this matter.’’Bui St
said the FBI has not launched];
investigation of its own.
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