European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Fag 8 Thi stars and stripes september 2, i some bitter pills for it. Service doctor professional vacuum the letter from 2nd it. J. in in stars and stripes reveals him to be bitter disappointed and vindictive Young Man in my Opin Ion. I have never known an doctor or group of doctors in the United slates army who could fit 2 or 3 hours of hand Ball into their working Day. Indy Over 8 years of Active duty As a medical officer of the , i have never known anyone of who did such Athing. Occasionally someone can get off for one afternoon week or less but it. Stevenson is making quite an exaggeration in his letter. It. Stevenson s allegation that we doctors Are on paid vacation is totally he considers himself on vacation As he has said in his letter then i wonder what kind of staff officer he is making for Usa eur Headquarters. I Don t punch a time clock to Tel How much time i actually work each week but i dare say that it is in excess of the so called Standard 40-hour work week and i also say that this is prob ably True for almost every army doctor in Europe. Any conversation with officials inthe know would reveal to him that the medical service provided for the United states army in Europe is More than adequate for its needs and is really think it. Stevenson is somewhat bitter because redid not have Benefit of train ing paid for or supported bythe army. In his letter he has said that often the army has Orwill finance part of the medi Cal officer s education. This is Only partly True. All three services operate the senior medical student program which pays full salary of second lieutenant in the last year of medical school Only. Had the privilege of being on juvenile responses thank you for your article on doctors who gouge military dependents. It is common knowledge of course. We All know it except the juvenile response of Sev eral doctors to the article i regrettable. It is this Type of response and attitude in Genera which has caused the decline of . Medicine especially inthe last two decades. As an example Many . Hospital must now accept inadequately trained interns from backward and emerging nations in order to provide even a modicum of medical care on a continual it. J. J. Stevenson s reply to the doctors is equally child like. While 200 men a week die in Vietnam and communist tanks crush out the Flicker of Freedom in Czecho Slovakia he sees no Mission beyond a vacation from his$20,000 a year Job. Meanwhile at Home the citizen has grow cynical of Equality before Law As lawyers grow fat perverting Justice for a fee. It is tragic that these Youngmen see no higher duty to society which they have sworn to serve than the Dollar sign. It. Col. Dan j. Myers Heidelberg this program and in that year was Only one of 75 in the whole United states who was supported by the army in this manner. Obviously Only Small number of the 7000 medi Cal graduates of that year were being helped by the army. Of that 75 who were in the army that year probably Only a Small handful remain in the vast majority of army medical officers paid for thei College and medical school Edu cation from funds other than that which the army provided. Since that time i have remained on Active duty and have received my internship and residency while in the army. Those physicians who did not have training in the army do not always get to count army service toward residency requirements. This varies from specially to Spe Fialty and assignment to assignment. Some Are Lucky enough to get some of the Tim counted others Are not. I would like to give my own credentials Babs from presbyterian College summon cum laude 1956 and my from Medica College of South Carolina Al Pha Omega Alpha in 1960. Iam also a Board certified ophthalmologist and have been inthe regular army since 1961. Maj. Frank c. Young , ophthalmology 97th general Hospital Frankfurt i expect you will print the reply to 2nd it. St ver soft s sour grapes letter not be cause of the credentials which hang on the Wall of my office but because of its pertinent observations. Physicians like anyone else like regular hours free time and other benefits. Why then does t a competent physician stay in uniform after his obligatory tour of duty contrary it is not True that Alcinn is usually Kiven Lency training � 3 time spent in the service thin uncommon. "5 it is understandable that medical training centers do no give residency credit for this spent on paid vacations this is a loaded term and in it ies the malady which pain the doctors. There is an incredible waste 1 of m i n -. To popular opinion Money and of physician Talent in the sew in nor non Lin Imtair i. ,. Via rank Are relatively unimportant. The former is adequate when compared to salaries in academic institutions and Asfor rank it serves the physician Little purpose. The real answer to this ques Tion would require a thoughtful treatise that would More than ice. Some doctors do less than one hour of medical work in a Day Many do More. Few an proach putting out what they would in civilian life. The literally live in a professional vacuum. The atmosphere is it is shameful doctors accustomed to work fill a copy of stars and Stripe ing 75-100 hours a week with a from cover to cover but a Par maximum of professional inter till answer is part and parcel " of a consideration of Steven son s remarks. There Are physicians with great Range of professional change hate their paid Vaca Tion because it undermines their optimal functioning a physicians. Is it any wonder that they o seek some satisfaction out of forces now. By am Large t8i banging a handball against a physician draftee is a very of Wall for a couple of hours Pable clinician by virtue of Hia Capi. Peter ii. Gruen training. Parent hell Mannheim Germany skills serving the armed regarding the letter of 2ndlt. J. J. Stevenson Iii of August 24, one would Hope that this attorney devotes More re search into his Legal briefs of the future than he did into his accusations. As for disgracefully inadequate medical care in usar eur in t this perhaps a slight exaggeration certainly there Are inadequacies but these Are a part of the sys tem. For example at my present duty station there Are four battalion surgeons who do not consider themselves saintly or self sacrificing and who must limit themselves to providing care of 3,000 troops. This task requires no More than 2-3 hours each Day. Yet at another dispensary Short distance away there Are three doctors who must pro vide medical care for 8,500 de Pendents. We would like Noth ing better than to practice Medicine eight hours a Day but army regulations will not let treat dependents except i extreme emergencies. Capt. R. D Addario a Friedberg Germany. Since modesty and professional ethics prevented 2nd it. J. J. Stevenson i from completing his argument i must come to his disparity Between what this Young attorney is wort hand his meager military pay is in his words the army sure got a bargain when it drafted d like to be the first to contribute to the 2nd it. J. Iii parity fund. I la begin the Campaign with a contribution of one Dollar which is enclosed. It s not much but if enough concerned readers contribute their fair share 2ndlt. J. J. Stevenson i might be persuaded to make a career of the service. Anthony Germany editor s note a Dollar which we returned was enclosed. I am of the opinion that the Talent and hard work it. Stev Enson applied to achieve his admirable academic record were not called upon when decomposed his letter to the editor of August 24. If the Letteris typical of the Quality of his work at present i seriously doubt that he will command an annual salary of $20,000 upon his return to civilian practice of Only one year of service in the army medical corps i would be presumptuous of me to attempt to defend the pro two standards unlikely1 fess ional standards of the army medical however i would suggest that the Ftp Parent difference Between the army and the civilian stand Ards of medical practice is basically due to the peculiarities that distinguish military life from civilian life in is unlikely that individual physicians have two standards of practice one for use in Mili tary practice and one for civilian practice. If Many physicians consid ered army service with All the benefits outlined by it. Stimulating controversial1 your gouging doctors article was really stimulating and controversial a wonderful Job of reporting. Like 2nd it. J. J. Stevenson in Esq. Princeton u., have nothing much to add so judge me not by what i say but by my academic re surae special treatment1 promised would you please inform 2nd will have ready for him Veryln Stevenson that the medical special individualized treat fraternity in Heidelberg is very ment should he seek any Roedi sorry that he has received in Cal attention in the future in adequate medical treatment in the meanwhile we can Only the past. We will without any wish him the Best of health. Doubt remember his name and Usarek medical officer round the it. Stevenson really thinks we have 8 to 5 hours five Days a week i wonder whole thinks staffs the dispensaries and emergency room the remaining times to care for the after hour colds lacerations dog bites drunks head injuries Etc. In addition who does he think makes rounds on the hospitalized patients on the weekends does he also realize that the majority of after pulling duty All night then continue with a full Day work. Capt. Donald 11. Cheu a Wuerzburg Germany frankly sceptical. I know a Good Deal about Law firms and am frankly sceptical that any reputable firm with whom he has no special influence would pay$20,000 a year to a Man who is so immature and allows distemper to take such hold of him that he makes in print such questionable unsupported generalizations that alienate Romany people. I Hope for the Sake of this very Young Man future that he realizes that lawyers and soldiers of Al people can ill afford to Avail themselves of such luxuries or. Randolph ii. Guthrie rs7 Harvard medical school 81heidelberg, Germany Westhampton Elemen tary school graduated safety patrol Westhampton Junior High graduated Thomas Jefferson High school graduated vice pres. Stamp club Hampden Sydney College at tended Homer Preakness ii Zumstein Germany the managing editor replies get your Tongue out of your Cheek before you choke. Stevenson a vacation the army would not have such a difficult time obtaining career officers for the medical corps. My superiors have not indicate they consider my work a Vaca Tion. However if either they or an important segment of Usa eur Headquarters ares inclined i hereby offer to deny myself the benefits of this vacation and save the army $10,000 annually by returning to civilian practice. Capt. E. Muley Aho Nathy . Core Best available1in defense of the medical profession in the . Armed services i wish to say that the medical care Given is at All times the Best staff physicians it our hos Pital As Well As those of other armed service hospitals which i have visited work Long hour during the Day sometimes having Only minimal if anytime off for lunch. 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