The Miami clinic is the only public medical service in Florida for the treatment of dormant leprosy. Those suffering from this affliction depend on the PHS clinic for the special medication which allows them to lead normal lives. Immigration and quarantine officials also depend on the Miami clinic for their medical needs as they arise. even to the point of having PHS personnel from Miami accompany ailing deportees to their destination. Perhaps the most valuable service rendered by the Miami clinic is its contribution to the welfare of Cuban refugees. In this regard the clinic supplies a blood specialist and a physical therapist for the Cuban Refugee Center in Miami. It has been estimated that these services. if contracted out to private physicians or institutions. would cost the Government more than $35.000 a year alone. The unique service and contributions of this one PHS facility. and the evidence compiled by the subcommittee in its thorough consideration of this issue indicates clearly that the hospitals and clinics perform a vital function in the communities they serve and must be preserved.
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