Tribal Medical Director James Melbourne says the crisis has been building for years, due to a lack of funding and a lack of leadership in the IHS.
He says the tribe has spent $16,000 to $20,000 to provide its own kidney dialysis machines and replace them every couple of years. Melbourne says the IHS lacks ultrasound machines and other diagnostic equipment, and doesn’t have a nurse-anesthesiologist to assist in childbirths.
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ike smith wrote on Jun 10, 2009 4:49 PM:
" many toxic pollutants are left in the water subsurface systems due to oil and gas drainage: an engineering feat designed to allow the heavy crude oil to flow to other areas of the east poplar oil field that has produced well over 60,000 million barrels and perhaps up to 60,000,000 billion barrels of oil unaccounted for in production amounts, much of which, was lost in the volcanic systems of Montana, but, the remnants of toxic pollutants were left behind destroying fresh water well systems throughout Eastern Montana without any hopes of healing; unless the main source of the pollution is harnested; which is at all the discovery wells of Montana where pure crude can flow freely; instead of salt water injection techniques that contributes to the vast amounts of iron bacteria that has affected all of Eastern Montana, North Dakota, Central Canana and Wyoming;
pollutants such sulfaric gases, nitrogen gases, methane and other hyrdocarbon poisons that only inhance the pollution problems of Montana; instead of having any chance of pure drinking water recovery! "
pollutants such sulfaric gases, nitrogen gases, methane and other hyrdocarbon poisons that only inhance the pollution problems of Montana; instead of having any chance of pure drinking water recovery! "
ike smith wrote on Jun 10, 2009 4:49 PM:
" many toxic pollutants are left in the water subsurface systems due to oil and gas drainage: an engineering feat designed to allow the heavy crude oil to flow to other areas of the east poplar oil field that has produced well over 60,000 million barrels and perhaps up to 60,000,000 billion barrels of oil unaccounted for in production amounts, much of which, was lost in the volcanic systems of Montana, but, the remnants of toxic pollutants were left behind destroying fresh water well systems throughout Eastern Montana without any hopes of healing; unless the main source of the pollution is harnested; which is at all the discovery wells of Montana where pure crude can flow freely; instead of salt water injection techniques that contributes to the vast amounts of iron bacteria that has affected all of Eastern Montana, North Dakota, Central Canana and Wyoming;
pollutants such sulfaric gases, nitrogen gases, methane and other hyrdocarbon poisons that only inhance the pollution problems of Montana; instead of having any chance of pure drinking water recovery! "
pollutants such sulfaric gases, nitrogen gases, methane and other hyrdocarbon poisons that only inhance the pollution problems of Montana; instead of having any chance of pure drinking water recovery! "
ike smith wrote on Jun 10, 2009 4:46 PM:
pollutants such sulfar, nitrogen, methane and other hyrdocarbon poisons that only inhance the pollution problems of Montana; instead of having any chance of pure drinking water recovery! "