Day: September 19, 2023

Search continues for former Wichita dentist missing in Colorado

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Search continues for former Wichita dentist missing in Colorado

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – The family of a former dentist from Wichita said the search continues for the 79-year-old man.

La Plata County Search and Rescue in Colorado said Jim Shahid went hiking on Sept. 3, in the mountains outside of Durango (near Purgatory) and never returned.

“…he was only going for a short while so didn’t bring anything with him (very unlike him as he is a very experienced outdoorsman),” said Shahid’s family on a website created to highlight the search. “We think he got disoriented and never returned.”

Search and rescue teams, drones, helicopters, specialized dogs and dozens of volunteers have all been working since Sunday to locate Jim.

He’s described as being 5′6 and 140 pounds. He was last seen wearing a tan safari-style hat and may have been in khaki pants. He was not carrying a backpack.

Anyone with information is asked to call La Plata County Search and Rescue at 970-385-2900.

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Please call 970-385-2900 with any information.

Posted by La Plata County Search and Rescue on Tuesday, September 5, 2023

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Navigating Indigenous Wellness Care Throughout Generations

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Navigating Indigenous Wellness Care Throughout Generations

“I could have had my grandparents a whole lot more time than I did had they been taken care of properly for their disorders,” says Ashley Krivohlavek, whose mother is additional than 1-50 % Cherokee, earning Ashley a quarter Cherokee.  

Skipping via memories of her maternal grandparents on the reservation in Salina, Oklahoma, Ashley inevitably remembers becoming close to 3 a long time outdated and sitting beside her grandmother in a health-related clinic waiting around home for what appeared like limitless hrs. Again then, there had been no scheduled appointment slots it was strictly a initial-arrive, very first-served program. If you arrived after 9 am, you had been too late to be found that working day.  

“She didn’t know how to push,” Ashley states, describing her grandma. “She was blind from glaucoma by that level, so she by no means needed to study. I think she only produced it to eighth grade just before she experienced to just take care of her family members — her brothers and sisters — from her mom’s health issues.” 

When asked about any strengths or benefits of residing remotely, at initially Ashley uncovered it complicated to assume outside of the hardships so etched into her reminiscences and stories explained to to her by her family members associates. “Family is at the middle of every thing,” she shared. “I consider living on the reservation and staying shut to folks that are the exact same as you, and are heading as a result of the similar struggles as you, are of advantage for the reason that you can enable every other out.” 

Variances in Treatment method Across Generations

Ashley’s maternal grandfather was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, but he hardly ever received correct treatment, she explains. “He only had his joints drained of synovial fluid,” she recalls. “He walked with a cane and was disabled.”    

Now 39, Ashley lives with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), Raynaud’s, and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). She simply cannot assist but distinction her have treatment method expertise in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with the lack of procedure her grandparents obtained on the reservation. She characteristics the remarkable big difference to the substantial sources available to her in a more substantial city.    

“When I go to see my GP, at the Creek Nation, it is in a greater metropolitan space,” Ashley clarifies. “It’s in Tulsa, Oklahoma, vs . Salina, Oklahoma, which is a blip on the map — you blink and you miss out on it. That appropriate there is a dilemma. I get treated in a different way just due to the fact I’m in a metropolitan area. I’m genuinely thankful that I’ve received this man or woman as my medical professional, but once again, they go all over a whole lot. You hardly ever know if you’re going to be able to continue to keep that medical professional very long-time period.” 

Underrepresentation in the Health care Subject

Native Us residents and Alaskan Natives make up only .4 percent of the medical doctor workforce

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