830-Lancast*r Farming, Saturday, August 31,1985 LETTERS FROM ABROAD Editor’s Note: Below is the second letter from Lancaster County’s IFYE, Jody Henkel, who is traveling in Greece. Two of Jody’s fellow travelers were killed in an automobile accident, and she shares her feelings about her loss. Dear Friends Not always in life is there good news to share. As stated in my first letter, there were four Americans and three Hollanders in our group. It was reduced to three Americans and one Hollander on June 21. A car accident claimed the lives of Charlotte (from Iowa) and Jannis (from Holland). Jelle, also from Holland, has returned home. Yes, shock and grief for all of us. Even though we had only been together for one and a half weeks, we were getting pretty close. That happens when you live, eat and work together. How did the accident occur? We had all gone out to eat and af terward four of us went home while the other three went out for awhile. (We had two cars). In the morning, we noticed they had not come home. Later, the police arrived at the home of director Mr. Lansdale, to inform him of the accident. Jelle had been driving and took a wrong turn on the way home. So they turned around to come back through Salonica. He had his lights on low due to intermittant traffic and was driving on an unfamiliar road. As he came around a curve, a truck had been parked on the side of the road but his tail end stuck out. Jelle tried to go around it but didn’t quite make it. Charlotte hod been asleep and never regained consciousness. Jannis died in stantly. How Jelle escaped with just cuts is known only to God. We spent that weekend in the hospital visiting Jelle and en couraging him. He was fine physically but emotionally he suffered guilt and anguish. The next step involved informing parents. How do you tell parents that their child has died in a foreign country? There is no easy way and it had to be done. The Holland police informed Jannis’ parents but Mr. Lansdale reached Charolette’s parents before the embassy officials arrived. Our grief here extended not just to each other, but to the parents. None of us would want our parents to face this type of anguish. So, now all things are finished. They are back home and we packed all their clothes to be shipped to their parents. Nothing adds more to the hurt than to pack their clothes, for you realize you will not see them again. Why did I write this type of letter? Not because I wanted to tell a sad story, but to show that life has its ups and downs. To add to it, I wanted to share the love part of my title. We held a memorial service on Monday the 24th, and most of the Greek staff came. They shared our grief by crying with us and consoling us. They had known Charlotte and Jannis for only one week, but the Greek people are not only known for their great hospitality but for sharing your sorrow and joy. It seems at first to be “prying,” for Americans love privacy but they ask lots of questions about you UNIVERSITY PARK - Even though almost 14,000 additional doctors took their practices into the nation’s rural counties during the decade of the 1970’5, the historic imbalance between rural and urban health care is widening, says a Penn State agricultural economist. There are more physicians now than there were 15 years ago, but the large majority are going to metropolitan counties to hang their shingles. Compared to the 13,899 who went to Americana, 90,271 set up practice in counties classified metropolitan, Cordes says. “Some authorities believe this greater supply of physicians will cause urban areas to reach a saturation point, and physicians will diffuse or trickle into the rural areas,” Cordes says. It’s called the diffusion theory. and your family so they can share all things. They held their arms wide open and for that I am forever grateful. What did I learn from this ex perience? As Mr. Lansdale said at the memorial service, their lives were gifts from God. It is not up to us how long that gift lasts, but to say thanks for the gift of life. For me, it brings me even closer to my Lord since the day I decided to become a disciple of Christ. Also, love and tears can be shared no matter what nationality we are. For Americans, Greeks and Dutchmen shared tears and hugged each other. Charlotte’s and damns’ lives shall always be remembered and God is the rock upon which to draw strength. So, dear friends, remember that life is a gift. No matter how long or short. With Love, Jody trJK*; the airflo long range cannon total perfection for more effective treatment. @333 RD 3058 Fleetwood. PA 19522 Doctors scores in rural communities He isn’t optimistic that diffusion will lead doctors from urban practice. “For every one physician going into a rural area, more than six are going to an urban area,” he said. “And those nometro areas that receive more physicians are already in relatively good shape.” Cordes listed a few of the non metropolitan counties in the country that have gained a significant number of added physicians. They include Pen nington County, S.D., site of Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills; Story County, lowa, home of lowa State; Montour County, Pa., home of the Geisinger Clinic; Grafton County, N.H., in the White Mountains where Dartmouth College is located; and Beaufort County, S.C., where Hilton Head Island resort is'located. “The rich are getting richer,” Cordes said of the trend taking doctors to this type of rural area. But for many rural counties, health care is farther away now than it was before, Cordes says. “Because of rapid population growth in rural counties, the supply of physicians in many rural areas after adjusting for population was actually worse in 1980 than it was in 1970.” The immediate past president of the American Rural Health Association presented his findings to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress last month, invited by the congressmen to discuss this “spin-off” issue of the farm crisis. Gardes told the lawmakers that the need for health care is greater in rural areas due to the socio/economic profile of the rural resident. “Often there is a higher number of elderly and low-income residents. And rural residents tend \m (k iSSfa. ~ Is** EARL F. KEGERISE, INC. 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Cordes said that the National Health Service Corps, which allocates scholarships for those medical students who will locate in an underserved area, is in danger of elimination. “This is exactly the kind of program that is essential, and will always be needed,” he said. “It should be expanded, not eliminated.” He also said that the way to meet the rural demand is by en couraging medical students to become general practitioners, rather than specialists. “We have to have the right kind of physicians,” said Cordes. “Nationally we’re on the verge of a surplus in certain specialized areas, but not in the type needed in a rural area.” Cordes also mentioned that the precarious position of the rural hospital may lead to even less services for the rural resident. “Some and maybe many hospitals are going to close,” he said, “because of cost containment measures being enacted nationally.” “The ripple effect is the negative impact on a local physician and the significant economic loss to a town.” He added, “Hospitals may account for up to a quarter of the jobs in a rural community.” Says Cordes of rural living: “The fantasy of the good life may be just that.” • Plumbing Phone • ”® a « r « 215-944-8532 AirCond.
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