>Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 22:01:26 -0600 (CST) >From: Grassroots Media Network <tta@mail.utexas.edu> >Subject: [generalnews] UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta condition remains >critical after surgery i > >News from the Farm Worker Movement(www.ufw.org): > >Oct. 30, 2000 >UFW co-founder Dolores Huerta >condition remains critical after >surgery in Bakersfield hospital > > Dolores C. Huerta--a pioneer in the Latino, labor and women's >movements--remains in critical condition after surgery early Monday >morning to correct a rare opening of the aortic artery within the >intestines. The condition, called aortic duodenal fiftula, was >discovered during the exploratory operation at Bakersfield Heart >Hospital. Doctors say her prognosis is guarded and that the next 48 to >72 hours will be crucial. > > Huerta, 70, who co-founded the United Farm Workers with Cesar >Chavez in 1962, was treated last week for a bleeding ulcer in the lower >intestines. She fell ill again Sunday morning suffering extensive >internal bleeding, was hospitalized and underwent surgery beginning at >11 p.m. Sunday. > > Among family members by her side are her son, Fidel, a physician in >Bakersfield, daughter Angela Cabrera, a registered nurse at the >hospital, and Richard Chavez, Cesar Chavez's brother and her longtime >companion. Huerta is the mother of 11 children, 14 grandchildren and >four great-grandchildren. > > In 1962, Huerta, then single with seven children, joined Chavez and >his family in Delano, Calif. where they formed the National Farm Workers >Association, which would become the UFW in 1966. She stepped down as the >union's secretary-treasurer in September to devote herself to other >pursuits, including campaigning for Vice President Al Gore. >---- >To reach a hot line with updates on Dolores Huerta's condition call >661-823-6206. > >Cards and flowers can be sent to Bakersfield Heart Hospital, 3001 >Sillect Ave., Bakerfield, CA 93308. E-mail messages can be sent >to:ufwofAmer@aol.com. > >(FOR WORKING PRESS ONLY: NOTE: Requests for interviews with Huerta >family members can be forwarded through the UFW. Call Jocelyn Sherman at >213-368-0688, ext. 269 .) > >-end- > >For more information on the Farm Worker Movement visit our web site at >http://www.ufw.org and/or subscribe to the Farm Worker Movement list serve >by sending an e-mail to UFW-subscribe@topica.com. To unsubscribe send an >e-mail to: UFW-unsubscribe@topica.com. > >==================================== >The Grassroots Media Network >1602 Chatham St >Austin, TX 78723 >rootmedia@mail.com >http://www.crosswinds.net/~rootmedia/
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