The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 73, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 6, 1975 Page: 5 of 16
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Acers, head of the
ophthalmology department
The McGee Institute will have
outpatient service only
agent on call within 50 miles of any
spot in the state "
Horen also announced a series of
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25 new law agents
Oklahoma (Uy
Gov David Horen said Enday
he wants the state to hire at least
20 additional Oklahoma State meetings he will attend later this
month with news media
representatives to discuss his
governmental reorganization and
law enforcement plans
He said he will meet wtih
northeastern Oklahoma news
media representatives at 7:30
pjn. I>c IS at Western Hills
Indite
Horen said he also plans to
spend about half a day tn
McAlester. lawton and Enid for
. . ! sessions.” He
said he would meet with any
citizens who want to talk to him in
McAlester and lawton Dec. 22 and
in Enid Dec. a.
Boulevard in Oklahoma Qty
The institute, which opens
Monday, is the only one in the
Southwest, one of seven
nationwide and will be privately
supported and run The S3 million
facility will be available to all
citizens of the state upon a referral
spend about half a day
Carolina has 250 agents doing the meeUhe^’le
same yob," he said.
Oklahoma does not need that
many agents, he said, but “we
ultimately should have an OSHI
Bureau of Investigation ^ents so
a resident agent can be placed
within 50 miles of every state
n immunity
He said he will «k the
legislature to make a start in that
direction next month, but he sad it
may take two years to acrompiirfi
the total increase
The governor said the state has
only 25 OSHI agents now •North
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Eye institute to open at HSC
members, in the field of disease, to research treatment
ophthalmic medicine and and prevention and to train more
research, Acers said eye doctors are included in the
To treat and diagnose eye goals of the institute, according to
15th in the nation. Acers said
"Fifty-five of the 77 counties in
Oklahoma do not have
ophthalmologists and screenii*
for early detection of preventable
eye disease," Acers said
Oklahoma has over 5,000 known
blind persons
The mfirmatiwi that tomes
from the research laboratories in
the future may be more
meaningful to people threatened
by blindness than anything else
the institute will do." Acers said
The McGee Institute u located at
Stanton I, Young Drive, formerly
part of NE II, and lancoln
Half of the blindness in
Oklahoma, is preventable,
accwding to Dr. Thomas Acers.
director of the new Dean A
Metier Eye Institute at the OU
Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma ranks second in
blindness in the southwest and Q1*' • ■“
basis, according to Acers
There are plans for a mobile
screening unit that will serve
-ounties without ophthalmologists
and will aid in the early detection
of eye disease. ‘ This should help
control preventable eye disease in
these areas," Acers said
The institute, which will house
OU’s department of
ophthalmology and an eye bank, is
expected to draw ophthalmolo-
gists nationwide
There is no doubt that the
institute will help attract national
and international experts, who
will also serve as faculty
Boren wants to hire
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Peck, Gail. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 62, No. 73, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 6, 1975, newspaper, December 6, 1975; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1826271/m1/5/: accessed June 7, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.