Herald & Lantern 21 October 81

Pulmonary Therapy Expanded

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Catanoso: Dems Snub County On Tourism

COURT HOUSE - In June Henry Komansky, D.O. became head of the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Respiratory Therapy Department. With him he brought a background of knowledge and training in pulmonary disease The. Cape May County drea and Burdette Tomfm Hospital in particular treat a great many individuals with respiratory disease. Some Of this is due ta the high population of senior citizen^ and some due to the fact that New Jersey and the Philadelphia area are in "Canter Alley.” RESPIRATORY THERAPY is used for the patient with , a chronic obstructional lung disease such as emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, etc. Various inhalation devices W modality are used by the therapist or the patient himself to ease the problem. Dr. Komansky, since he has come to the staff, has been able to set up the special care needed in pulmonary disorders in the Intensive Care Unit. "We plah to add a registered therapist to our staff of 12. The job of the therapist will be to help me run the department and expand it to provide better and more organized patient care comparble to any city hospital," Komansky added. THE DEPARTMENT WILL provide instSvide classes for the nursing( staff to keep them provided with the latest in techniques and madality for improved patient care. When more space is available it is hoped that some outpatient care will be able to be given for those with chronic pulmonary disorders. Some preventive hints for Respiratory Disease control are: Stop smoking or don’t start; see a physician at the earliest signs of pulmonary problems, have regular chest X-fays or fiberophic bronchoscopy for early detection of bronchial or lung disease.

DR. KOMANSKY IS an in house doctor, in that he is on call 24 hours a day. He will have a small private practice when he and his family are settled, but his hospital duties will come first. A graduate of the College of Osteopathic Medicine, he received a fellowship in pulmonary diseases at John F. Kennedy in Stratford and at Hahnemann Hospitals. He practiced in Stratford and was assistant Professor of Medicine, Dept, of Pulmonary Disease, at The Cdllege of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and The New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine.

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COURT HOUSE - Failure of a succession of Democratic administra--tidns -in Trenton to recognize the importance of tourism in the state's economy has virtually forced Cape May CoUnty to go it alone to protect its growing tourist economy according to FreeHblder Anthony •X. Catanoso. "In.the years I have been director of the Department of Public Affairs, the County Board of Freeholders has pushed for the creation of a matching fund for tourist'promotiori to help the counfy’in its quest for prospective visitors both in season and in special pre-and-post season efforts to expand . the county’s tourism base," Catanose said. DESPITE FREQUENT

requests for the state to consider such a program, and in particular during . the last eight years of democratic control in Trenton, tourism matching fund programs were given low priority by the adrriinistra-

, lions.

Save for two small grants totalling less than $8,000 in nearly 20 years, the county has received little tourist promotion assistance from the State Division of Tourism in Trenton, CaCanose said. "WHILE THE STATE has literally ‘sat on its hands' by not creating a viable matching fund program, Cape May County has had to create its own tourist promption program. The . county’s success in luring Canadian

visitors has resulted from a concentrated program of travel show, Canadian newspaper advertising and the opening of a full-time office in Montreal four years ago. Prior to that time, the county maintained a part time office in the capital city of Quebec." Catanoso said.

"It has been incumbent on the county to develop and maintain a high profile in its efforts to lure tourists because it is apparent that the county's business com- * munity cannot depend on assistance from 4he Democrats in Trenton," Freeholder Catanoso said. "Most recently," he added,

"we are hearing from one Democratic legislative candidate (hat he is in favor of matching funds. "If the Democrats were that.sincere, why did they not do something long before this since they have held all of the power reins in Trenton for so long?" Catanoso said.

Florio Gets Tourism Group Aid

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Woods Endorsed, Blasts Commissioner

OCEAN CITY - William H. jyoods,.Democrat candidate for State Assembly on the November ballot, has received endorsements and contributions from statewide groups representing insurance and real estate agents. And he has asserted that the insurance industry in New Jersey is in a state of upheaval because of actions and inactions by the state Insurance Commissioner. The candidate has announced endorsements by William Doyle, executive vice president of the N.J. Independent Insurance Agents Assn.; and Robert Ferguson Jr, executive vice president of the N.J. Assn, of Realtors. Accompying the endorsements were $300 and $500 contributions from the political action funds of the respective organizations. WOODS, a city councilman here, htfs been an insurance agent and Realtor for 19 years and has been honored by both the local and state Boards of Realtors as "Realtor of the Year” for community service. In announcing the endorsements and contributions, Mr. Wbods blasted the state Commissioner of Insurance. "FOR MANY years the insurance industry has been in constant upheaval ^because of confusion and a lack of direction by the Insurance Commissioner and his department,” Woods Said. "Auto insurance rates have doubled,i companies are leaving thii state and the general publh^ can’t afford auto insurance and they can’t obtain proper coverages thrwfeh the conventional market. "Legislative sessions need to be held to address the matters of raising the no-fault threshold from its present level, introducing rate reductions through the use of deductibles or credits for. the elimination of duplioite coverages and/or payments and, as a last resort, Joint Underwriting Association," the candidate continued. "Also, if auto insurance isn't affordable as it is, there is a move by the Insurance Commissioner to restructure the rate classifications so that

drivers in the urban areas will pay less and we in South Jersey will pay even more. This I will totally oppose," he emphasized.

HADDON HEIGHTS •-* Rep. Jim Florio, who has projected the travel and tourism industry as one of the cornerstones of his plan /or economic development in New Jersey, has gained the backing of leaders in the industry in his bid for

governor.

A Statewide Travel and Tourism Steering Committee consisting of 15 industry leaders from around the state has been organized by the Florio v campaign to reach the over 220,000 people employed in the the v travel and tourism in-

dustry.

LARRY WILLIAMS, chairman of the steering committee, stated, “The

future of our-'industry depends, on a person who is committed to tourism. Jim Fierro can and will do much to insure the proper development of the tourism industry in New Jersey:” 1 Florio has written the National Tourism Policy Act, which has recently passed both houses of Congress. This bill will create a U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration within the Department of Commerce. The bill also has provisions ■ for establishing the Philadelphia-South Jersey area as a model tourism * promotion project The new U.S • Travel and Tourism AdminisUation will have an $8 6 million budget to begin a new ef-

fort to promote and encourage travel and tourism in tpis country „ IN NEW JERSEY, the travel and tourism industry currently generates over $3 billion in revenue 4uth a state tourism budget that is not competitive with dther states florio has outlined a plan to expand and promote this industry which will ultimately create jobs. His pin-includes the development of an image of New Jersey as a,place to vacation, It would also ihvite members of the toqrism industry .from other states and countries to New Jersey to see first hSnd what it offers.

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