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Medical Dept. Starts Functioning at Delaware Five Physicians, Two Alternates And Three Nurses Are on Staff STANTON, Del., May 10. Delaware Parks medical department, one of the most complete in American racing, began func tioning today with the opening of the tracks stable area for horsemen and thoroughbreds that will participate in the May 29-July 5 meeting. A staff of five physicians and two alternates, three nurses and the availability of two ambulances assures patrons of the track and racing personnel of around-the-clock medical attention from the time horsemen and their help move into the spacious backstretch, until the stable area closes following the meeting. A large, completely equipped emergency first aid dispensary with rest and examination rooms and doctors offices is located in the office building in back of the grandstand, easily accessible to the race-going public and all others needing medical attention. Prior to the opening of the meeting, the dispensary is staffed each day by a physir ciah and nurse, while during the meeting, three physicians are on duty at the dispensary, while the other two are on call in Wilmington. During training hours in the morning, as an added protection for jockeys and exercise boys, a man is stationed in the stewards stand, high above the racing strip, a vantage point from which he can immediately report any accident which might occur to the ambulance driver stationed near the entrance to. the main track. The second ambulance is stationed at the five-eighths mile training track during the early morning workouts.
