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1922 Radio connects remote Alaska villages to medical advice The U.S. Signal Corps establishes a radio network to link Alaska Native villages with doctors and nurses ... |
1922 New hospital in Ketchikan treats all The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace open the Little Flower Hospital in Ketchikan to serve all members ... |
1926 Anglican hospital opens in Tlingit village Named after Peter Trimble Rowe, who heads the Anglican Church in Alaska, Bishop Rowe Hospital opens ... |
1940 Rosebud Tribe in South Dakota appoints health committee The Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota appoints a health committee, a model that other tribes soon ... |
1945 Ship carries medicine, doctors to southeast Alaska The Territorial Department of Health uses the ship the M/S Hygiene to deliver medical services to isolated ... |
1964 Formal training and salary for physicians’ aides Village “chemoaide” program begins training Alaska Native volunteers living in remote villages to help ... |