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United Press International
KERRVILLE - Two babies
ere given intravenous fluids
nnecessarily in a doctor’s office
nd possibly suffered brain
amage because of the treat
ment, says the plaintiffs’ attor-
ey in two malpractice suits.
A defense lawyer said Friday
bat both children were ill when
bey were taken to Dr. Kathleen
lolland’s Kerrville office,
i Holland and her nurse,
ajenene Jones, are being sued by
iiirry and Sharon Reichenau,
md Shayne and Lydia Evans,
j The two are also defendants
m a wrongful death suit filed by
|e parents of a Kerrville infant
fodied in Holland’s care. The
efendants were among those
lied before a Bexar County
yandjury investigation of chil-
yen’s deaths in a San Antonio
spital earlier this year.
The suits presently being
ifeard allege that Holland and
ones caused “serious and dis-
bling injuries and damages that
jaused great medical expenses”
their treatment of 21 -rnonth-
kl Misty Reichenau and 1‘3-
month-old Jacob Evans.
Attorney William Whitehurst
said the two children were taken
to Holland’s office —Jacob for
mouth sores and Misty for
crying spells — and were given
intravenous fluids needlessly,
and then suffered cardiac-
respiratory arrest.
“They were resuscitated, but
we do not know the extent of the
damage. We’re watching and
testing them. We don’t know
what the damages are,” he said.
He noted the Evans infant
was treated for mouth sores on
Sept. 17, 1982, the same day that
15-month old Chelsa Ann
McClellan, who parents filed the
wrongful death suit, died after
receiving treatment at Holland’s
office.
“That raises a lot of ques
tions,” Whitehurst said. “I think
it will (raise questions) in the
jury’s mind too.”
San Antonio Attorney Bill
Chenault, who represents Jones,
countered Friday that all three
infants had a history of medical
f jroblems before visiting Hol-
and’s office.
Study to help
asbestos risk
United Press International
HOUSTON — A cancer re-
larcher says evidence shows
ibestos exposure weakens a
rson’s immunity. He suggests
e discovery may provide a way
terspeil reduce the cancer risk in
op 12,ilbestos workers,
orougll Dr. Irving Selikoff of Mew
:h Intelork’s Mt. Sinai School of Medi-
B. Jolme says an ongoing nationwide
ludy might determine why im-
ourceslunity systems — thought to
■d “loo«ay a role in cancer — are con-
e FBI lined in the bodies of asbestos
|orkers.
This research involves the
Lidy of the immunity of asbes-
sworkers and their wives, Seli-
>ff said.
Selikoff said he hopes the
ii then “dy fi n<; l vvays to reverse
asthei e problems of asbestos inhala-
hours )n '
He said asbestos has been
:on ha jkedto cancer, and 45 percent
tllon stijall insulators die of cancer. He
i(J there are also other types of
bestos-related diseases, which
ke years to show up in its vic-
not develop cancer. He said such
factors as stress are being stu
died.
He said the study could even
tually benefit other people ex
posed to asbestos.
The use of asbestos was re
stricted in the 1960s because evi
dence showed it caused cancer.
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Selikoff and his team ex-
nined 90 members of the In-
rnational Association of Heat
Jhd Frost Insulators and Asbes-
|s Workers who were exposed
asbestos at least 30 years ago.
pey also examined 65 of their
fves.
He said family members of
bestos workers have de-
loped cancer when exposured
the worker’s clothing and
ols.
■ Selikoff said the families will
Itdergo blood, urine, skin and
I-ray tests to gather data for the
[search. He said similar studies
le being run in 19 other cities.
I The doctor said asbestos
orkers who smoke have a high-
risk of developing cancer,
j Selikoff said doctors also won-
pr why some people who are
teavily exposed to asbestos do
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“The (Kerr County) grand
jury has records on these two
(Reichenau and Evans) that we
can’t see,” he said. “These kids
had serious problems going in.
One allegedly had problems
beyond mouth sores and both
had seizures before they went
in.”
Chenault said the McClellan
child also had been diagnosed as
a potential victim of sudden in
fant death syndrome, SIDS, be
fore she was treated by Holland,
and that an autopsy revealed the
child was indeed a SIDS victim.
Kerr County District Attor
ney Ron Sutton, who is leading
the grand jury inquiry into
McClellan’s death, is investigat
ing the possibility the girl was
given a muscle relaxant, succinyl
choline, that caused cardiac
arrest.
Sutton has reportedly talked
with a Swedish doctor who has
developed a test for the drug in
skin tissues.
Chenault denied the infant
was given the drug, saying “they
will never find it.”
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