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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: Ostomy Awareness Month
Box: 76 (1984)
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OF THE UNITED THE STATES. OF SEAL
Ostomy Awareness Month, 1984
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Ostomy is a type of surgery which allows for drainage when a person has lost
the normal function of digestive or urinary systems due to birth defects,
disease, injury or other disorders. Nearly 1.5 million Americans have had
ostomy surgery, and approximately 125,000 new ostomates join their ranks
each year.
Ostomy was formerly referred to as "the secret surgery" because ostomates
did not want others to know. Today, largely through the efforts of the United
Ostomy Association, Americans needing this treatment are becoming more
aware of the opportunities for education, mutual aid, and support that are of
such great benefit to them and to their families. Increased public understand-
ing of ostomy will eventually help dispel the fear of those about to undergo
this surgery as well as the fear that confronts their families. Both the Federal
government and the private sector are deeply committed to the proper care
and advancement of knowledge about gastrointestinal diseases and public
education about ostomy.
To increase public acceptance of ostomy surgery and to emphasize the need
for continued educational efforts, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 587,
has designated the month of August 1984 as "Ostomy Awareness Month" and
authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance
of this month.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim August 1984 as Ostomy Awareness Month, and I
call upon all Americans to observe this month with appropriate ceremonies.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day
of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.
Ronald Reagon