Stella Krumrey,
Transcript Section 5

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KAREN: You mentioned the first telephone, and that it was in another building. It made me think --

STELLA: Actually, it was not in another building, it was the same building, it's a different room.

KAREN: Oh, okay.

STELLA: Uh-hum.

KAREN: Because I was going to ask you, so what were the facility -- the clinic kind of facilities you started in and how has that changed?

STELLA: We had a building that was connected to the Tribal and the City office at one time, the first building that I work in, and so we just had, like, a one -- the waiting room and exam room and the bathroom. So there was only, what, three rooms --

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: -- that we had.

And then we -- they built this new clinic that -- well, this clinic that I'm working in right now was built in 1980 -- probably 1987. And we just moved in, like, 1990 --

KAREN: Hmm.

STELLA: -- to the -- to this building.

So we have -- it's a bigger place. We have two exam rooms, we have a waiting room, a receptionist room, and we have a dental room. We have two bathrooms and a storage room, so...

KAREN: Uh-hum. And does -- did KANA build that?

STELLA: No. The City of Old Harbor built it.

KAREN: Oh, I see. So you guys just --

STELLA: The Public Health -- the Public Health -- no, not the Public Health. PHS is what you --

KAREN: Yeah, Public Health Service.

STELLA: Rents that space --

KAREN: Oh, okay.

STELLA: -- from the city.

KAREN: Oh, okay.

STELLA: Uh-hum.

KAREN: What was I just going to ask. Oh, about the -- you mentioned communicating with the doctors. How often did doctors come -- did -- did doctors come and make a visit to Old Harbor?

STELLA: Yes, they did. When I was -- before I started working, they always came, you know, they are, like, once a year.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: They came. Then they made it to twice a year that they came, until KANA was formed, then we started having visits like four times a year.

KAREN: So that's what it is now, is about --

STELLA: Actually, it's -- yeah, pretty much four times a year now.

KAREN: Uh-hum. And then you also said now they have dental --

STELLA: Uh-hum.

KAREN: -- dentists that come?

STELLA: Yeah. Twice a year.

KAREN: And that -- that's a new thing?

STELLA: No, no, that's been -- gosh, how many years now that KANA has been doing that? I don't remember. But it's been twice a year for the past 10 years maybe.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: Maybe more. We have a dentist that come and then the hygienist that come, so it's two different groups.

KAREN: Oh, I see.

STELLA: The dentist will come and the hygienist twice a year.

KAREN: Uh-hum.

STELLA: So it's four visits for the dentists.

KAREN: Uh-hum.