News: Clark Co.-Dist. Tech. Honors Local Physicians (1978)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Wurtzel, Connolly, Casing, Ozturk, Capati, Gungor, Theiler, Harper

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 2/23/1978

Dist. Tech. Honors Local Physicians (1978)

The service of 94 area physicians, including seven from Clark County, who donated over 700 hours of instruction to Emergency Medical Technician instruction were recognized this week by Norbert Wurtzel, director of District I Technical Institute, Eau Claire.

In the Clark County group were Dr. James Connolly, Thorp; Drs. Myrna and Roberto Casing, Stanley; and Neillsville physicians Cahit Ozturk, Anna Capati, Bahri Gungor and N.R. Capati.

The doctors had donated their time since the program’s beginning in November 1975, now over 250 ambulance attendants have received training in thirteen communities served by the school.

With classes offered at nine communities, including Stanley and Neillsville, the doctors trained students in initial patient assessment, spina fractures, head injuries, anatomy and physiology, emergency obstetrics, genitalia injuries, wounds, burns, eye injuries, life threatening problems and other acute medical problems. Dennis Theiler and Ernest Harper, two veteran emergency medical technicians hired by the school, offered the basic instruction.