Monday, April 30, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3
rlratton wins run-off election
yjor place on school board
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ByKARI FLUEGEL
Staff Writer
mid Bratton easily de
led Robert Stallings Satur-
in the run-off election for
:e 7 on the College Station
ool Board.
ration, head of the Texas
M veterinary anatomy de
ment, defeated Stallings,
ness manager of the agri-
ural economics department,
ilmost a 2-to-1 margin.
Only six percent of the regis
tered voters took part in the
election. Stallingssays he is dis
appointed in the low voter turn
out.
“I’m really disappointed that
only 1,000 people voted,” Stal
lings says. He also said that na
tional statistics show that one
out of four families have chil
dren in public schools, and with
the national uproar about pub
lic schools he is suprised that
ore people didn’t vote.
“I UO]
the three Texas A&M precincts
with a total of seven votes each.
In the April 7 general elec
tion, Stallings led the race with
40 percent of the votes. Bratton
received 39 percent and Jim
Luscombe received 21 percent.
Luscombe’s endorsement of
Bratton following the April 7
)eath at hospital may
je result of anesthesia
more
fon’t know if it would have
changed the outcome, but I’m
sure Dr. Bratton and myself
would have received more grat
ification if more people had vo
ted,” Stallings said.
Of the 1,002 votes cast, 637,
or 64 percent, went to Bratton
while 365, or 36 percent, went
to Stallings. , . , , ~
Stallings won only two of the election may have been a factor
14 precincts. The two men split Jf 1 change m the tide, Stal
lings said, and Bratton did
more advertising before the
, run-off which also may have af
fected the outcome.
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HOUSTON — The presi-
of Baylor College of Medi-
— faced with at least two
(practice suits — has ac-
wledged that one death and
cases of brain damage to
tots at Ben Taub Hospital
year may have resulted
i anesthesia, a newspaper
dried Sunday.
in a copyright story, the
ton Chronicle reported its
estigation indicated that in at
one other case, a woman’s
ly was told by doctors her
ithwas anesthesia-related.
In both cases involving a
the Chronicle reported
tors obscured or denied an-
lesia problems.
Sen Taub is operated by the
rris County Hospital District
'serves mostly indigent pa-
ttivewi its who cannot afford care in
rate hospitals. Baylor pro-
fessenlii k physician services to Ben
itrendoi ^ at a cost $20 million
iyear, and uses it for its pri-
ryteaching hospital.
a letter dated April 11,
ylor President Dr. William T.
tier reported on an internal
)US,sodi estigation to hospital district
twarencs ac ' m ‘ n ’ slrator Ri c h art l L.
rbin.
The Chronicle reported But-
said the rate of fatal errors
Jin anesthesia was within na-
.grounds. na | norm s, though Ben Taub oxygen
:se-wl ministrator Mike Bullard
d:‘'0ne is too many.”
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stigated after accusations by a
former Baylor anesthesia resi
dent, Dr. Olufunso Ogunbase.
Ogunbase filed a $10 million
suit against the medical school
in January, claiming he was
denied certification because he
criticized the anesthesia pro
gram at Ben Taub and said
there had been numerous
deaths from inadequacies there.
In his suit, Ogunbase cited 23
cases in which death or brain
damage resulted from “anes
thetic mishap.”
Butler said the college’s in
vestigation of 22 of the cases de
termined one death and two
cases of brain damage could be
related to anesthesia. The 23rd
case could not be identified, he
said.
His letter gave no details on
the cases, saying, “There is liti
gation concerning some of
these patients, and the circum
stances related to them are well
documented.”
In the one death acknowl
edged by Baylor, Patricia Lou
Glass, 38, of Channelview died
during surgery to set a broken
leg. Trie Chronicle said the doc
tor who had access to all her
medical records reported the
cause of death as “blunt trauma
to the chest.”
The medical examiner, how
ever, determined the cause of
death as an improperly placed
tube, which was in
serted in her esophagus instead
of her windpipe.
Butler said based on his
study, the rate of incidences in
volving anesthesia-related
deaths or problems at Ben
Taub fell within national
norms.
“On the basis of these compa
risons, it would be concluded
that the allegations of serious
problems with anesthesia at Ben
Taub have been given more at
tention than they deserve,” he
said.
There are indications Baylor
has taken steps to stregthen its
anesthesia services at Ben Taub,
the Chronicle reported.
Last July, operating rooms at
Ben Taub had to be closed
when two positions for anesthe
siologists became vacant unex
pectedly.
Two anesthesiologists have
been hired since then, and two
more have been recruited to
start in July, Butler said in the
letter.
Durbin has also requested
stronger requirements for su
pervision in operating rooms
and for the reporting of mis
takes or accidents during sur
gery, the Chronicle reported.
Bratton will be sworn into of
fice during the school board
meeting tonight.
Bratton said he plans to keep
a low profile until he learns the
people and the operations of
the school board. One issue that
Bratton hopes to look into, he
said, is teacher pay raises.
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