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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 22 Jun 1994, p. 2

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SCHLUETER CHEVâ€"OLDS EXCLUSIVE Dr. Greg Flynn, medical director of laboratory at St. Mary‘s hospital, said the chances of those people being According to Donald Robertson, executive director of Cambridge Memorial Hospital, between 38,000 and 40,000 people recerved blood transfusions at the three hospitals during that time. That number includes peoâ€" ple admitted or treaded for major surgery, serious injunes, blood disorders or postpartum hemorrhage. The perrod between 1978 and 1985 is being specifiâ€" cally targeted because, prior to 1985, blood and blood products were not yet tested for the HIV virus, which is believed to cause AIDS. Physicians and public health staff will also play an important role by recommending and carrying out the HIV testing The $25,000 cost to run the campaign will be shared equally by the three hospitals. Posters, radio and newspaper advertisements and telephone information lines will be used to get the message out to Waterioo Region residents. PAGE 2 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1994 residents who received blood or blood products between 1978 and 1985, as the area‘s three major hosâ€" pitals conduct a fiveâ€"week HIV awareness campaign. Representatives of St. Mary‘s Hospital, Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo and Cambridge Memorial Hospitals, who launched the campaign Monday, said the campaign is intended to inform as many people as possible about the misk of HIV infection. As well, the campaign will encourage residents to check their medical records and urges them to be tested for the HTV virus if they did receive blood durâ€" ing the period in question. Chronucle Special Area hospitals launch HIV awareness campaign ‘94 Grand Prix SE. Green, 15,000 km . . . . ... .. . .. ‘94 Sunbird LE. 4 door auto, aqua, 16,000 km . . . . . ‘94 Grand Prix SE. Blue, 27,000 km . . . . . .. ... .. .. ‘94 Grand Prix SE. Maroon, 17,000 km .. . . . ... ... ‘93 Grand Prix SE. White, 40,000 km . . . . . . . . .. . ... ‘93 Grand Prix LE. 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They studied the option of reviewing the files of each patient treated between 1978 and 1985, and directly contacting those who received blood. Howâ€" ever, this method was shown to reach only between 20 and 40 per cent of those at risk. The campaign will be implemented in two phases. The first began Monday and will last for two weeks. The second is scheduled to take place for three weeks in September. The telephone information lines, which will remain open through the next six months, offer information and advice in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish and Vietnamese. infected is high because blood and blood products are often pooled. One patient, he said, died of AIDS in the late 1980s, after being treated with an HIV contaminated blood product at St. Mary‘s Hospital. "A lot of people don‘t know they are carrying the virus," said Al Collins, president and chief executive officer at Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Hospital. 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