AIDS Victims Refused by Dental Clinic

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AIDS victims refused by dental clinic By TRISH WEBB people who has the disease, ten must take a leadership role in deal AIDS patients "apalling", and work — and therefore we are Dentists and healthcare workers more are showing minor symptoms. ing with this situation," said Dixon. criticized the dental clinic for the vulnerable," Vanry said. at UBC's dental clinic should be We have no idea how many more We're not expecting professional message they are giving their But Tivey said the problem will better trained to treat patients who' are Carrying We virus and don't heroism but' we must not tolerate "graduates. • not be resolved unless the College have AIDS, said and AIDS Van know it," he said. professional cowardice," he said. In an interview with the Van takes immediate action. couver official Tuesday. John Dixon, president of the Both Tivey and Dixon are calling couver Sun, however, the president "We'll have 1,000 cases of AIDS "Dentists have (o be trained in B.C. Civil Liberties Association, on the College to establish safety of the College, Serve Vanry, sym in B.C. by 1990," said Tivey. "It's procedures for treating AIDS suf said he is shocked that a clinic set procedures that would apply to all pathized with dentist's concerns a crisis situation that requires ferers and should employ these up to deal with infectious diseases patients, and would require all den over treating AIDS patients. leadership for anybody who might techniques with all of their at UBC will not treat AIDS pa tists to accept AIDS patients. "You have to realize we do deal be in contact with anyone who patients," said Bob Tivey. tients. College Registrar Roy Thordar- with blood — there is often might have the disease or carry the The high-risk dental clinic at "The College of Dental Surgeons son called UBC's refusal to treat bleeding from the gums when we virus," he said. UBC's Health Sciences Centre will not treat AIDS patients except in the case of an emergency. Tivey said AIDS patients are SFU Socred club vows legal action becoming silent about their condi tion because they are afraid they By RON STEWART early as Thursday," said Mike society's "defeat the Socreds' cam asked Sporer. will be turned away from dental of Simon Fraser University's Young Sporer in an interview Tuesday. paign which is paid for by $3,550 in Clift, however, said the student fices and clinics in B.C. Socreds are taking their student But student society president student fees. Advertisements which society is acting within its rights. "This is becoming an impossible society to court over an anti-Socred Robert Clift disagrees. have been running on local radio "We're like a mini-government. situation because no one is taking campaign which is supported by "I don't know what their lawyers stations criticize the Social Credit Our fees are more like taxes," he responsibility for the situation," student fees, said the club's presi say, but our's say there's no way the party's education policies, and urge said. voters to support a party that sup said Tivey. dent. case will come up Thursday." Sporer said the Socred club plans ports education. "Right now there are 170 AIDS "All the paperwork is done, our The Young Socreds are seeking a to challenge the student society's cases in B.C. For each one of these lawyer says we could be in court as court injunction to stop the student Clift says the Socred club has no constitution. "The constitution legal case because the ads do not states that student fees must be used support a political party. for student services to benefit Peace groups develop case against Canada But Sporer said the case is un students," said Sporer. covering more partisanship. He By JAMES YOUNG legality of nuclear weapons nuclear Armageddon," he said. claimed the student society has sent "A student society bylaw says the Canadian University Press themselves have failed, Knelman Knelman said some of the ways money to the Pacific Group — a society will not discriminate, and by Two national peace groups are said the new case could be based on which Canada participates in left-wing think-tank — and Opera using money this way they are developing a legal case to charge the "intent" law, and examine American strategy are cruise missile tion Solidarity, a coalition of B.C. discriminating against those federal government with complicity American nuclear war fighting testing, uranium exports, the trade unions which financially students who do not support the in American nuclear war-fighting policies. manufacture of MX missile com backed the 1983 Solidarity move campaign," he added. strategy. Similar cases currently underway ponents, and anti-submarine war ment. But Clift says the Socreds are At a recent conference in Vic in Britain and the Netherlands are fare testing. "Art these student services?" grasping at straws. toria, B.C., both Lawyers for challenging acceptance of cruise "The cruise missile has a clear Social Responsibility and the World missiles and participation in the first use function — it means you Federalists of Canada agreed to be North Atlantic Treaty Organization commit a nuclear lobotomy on the Poll predicts NDP win lead plaintiffs in the case and plan on the basis that American policy body politic by knocking out com to gather evidence for it over the has moved beyond the nuclear mand, control, communication and If SUB was the entire province, If the votes of the undecided and next six months. stand-off known as "deterrence" to intelligence centers," he said, argu B.C. would be about to elect an those unwilling to state their "We think we have a good plans to fight and win a nuclear ing there is no defensive or deter NDP majority government, accor preference are proportionally sub chance of winning," said Fred war. rent use for the weapons. ding to a poll taken by the Ubyssey tracted from the total number of Knelman, a former Concordia With regard to uranium mining, Tuesday. people polled, the NDP vote University professor who presented "In numerous ways, Canada is Knelman said Canada violates its reaches 40.5 per cent of UBC now in complicity with the The poll, conducted in the SUB voters. The Socreds would attract research on Canada's role in U.S. own treaties of 1955 and 1980, concourse, found of 242 people nuclear strategy. American nuclear war-fighting which state no Canadian uranium 27.2 per cent and the Liberals strategies," said Knelman, citing polled, 73 (30.2 per cent) planned to would receive 17.2 per cent of the "We could have as many as two will ever be diverted into U.S. 245 classified Canada-U.S. military vote for the NDP, 49 (20.3 per cent) vote. The remaining vote would be or three million people represented weapons. agreements and 84 Canadian for the Social Credit Party, and 31 split among the Tories and minor — all the nuclear weapons free "It turns out there isn't a nuclear military installations integrated (12.9 per cent) said they would vote parties. zones in Canada, some of the major weapon in the U.S. arsenal that with American nuclear policy. Liberal. unions, the major churches, and doesn't have Canadian uranium in The above percentages are native people's organizations are "The opportunity exists for us to it," he said. "And there is probably A large number of voters were roughly similar to the vote division flocking to be co-plaintiffs on the be one of the major obstacles to the a bulk of weapons in the British and undecided, 61 (25.3 per cent). of the 1972 provincial election, issue," said Knelman. While fulfillment of a global strategy French arsenal now that have Cana Twenty-one people (8.7 per cent) which resulted in an NDP majority previous cases challenging the which will inevitably lead to a dian uranium in them," he added. would not disclose their choice. government. Page 2 THE UBYSSEY Wednesday, October 15,1986 FOR DELICIOUS Quebec students to strike SANDWICHES with Daily Specials MONTREAL (CUP) — ANEQ has reached common Nicolas Plourde of FAECQ. "It is Quebec's largest student organiza ground with FAECQ, a coalition of the only way the government will Also tion is calling for an unlimited strike 10 CEGEP groups, and RAEU, a listen to our demands. SOUP at the end of the month to force the coalition of five university groups. "We'll try hard to make com SALADS provincial government to listen to "It is important that a united promises without giving up our their demands. group comes out of this," said principles," he said. PIES & PASTRIES More than 40 CEGEP and IN SUB LOWER LEVEL university student councils across Quebec decided during a recent Chilean grassroots grow Open daily 7:30 a.m. 5:30 p. meeting of l'Association Nationale By JOHN GUSHUE organizations, including the des Etudiantes due Quebec to Canadian University Press defunct National Union of pressure the Liberals to maintain OTTAWA (CUP) — Democratic Students. While being aware of the the existing freeze on tuition fees. reform in Chile may seem inevitable changing politics in Chile, Sagaris UBC AGGIES BRING YOU Delegates also pledged to lobby abroad, but the situation for detaches herself from the opposi for a better loans and bursaries Chileans is much more delicate, ac tion movement.

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