European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 4, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1977 the stars and stripes military ads sound off Nosis is not encouraging s Page by Barbara Cullen Stah writer Guys dont stay they stay for Job that one Doc tors opinion of what keeps physicians in the better working conditions and better thars the Batlle cry of Mill tary physicians in hospitals and clinics throughout if some physicians remain in service be cause they Rind Job then Many other Are telling Uncle Sam that there is Little satisfaction to be there is a doctor shortage worldwide and it is getting worse a military doctors shed their insignia and go Back to a civil Ian world where the Only prefix to their physicians were willing to Ulk about the irritants that make them decide to leave the but not to have their names places m one specialist summed it up 1 have to watch what i there Are worse places they could Send an others did not want their names used be cause they were applying for speciality training or another assignment and Felt their comments might Lessen their the comments they made were not All Many cited the Opportunity for advanced schooling As a definite plus for joining the they also like having an office setup in which they dont have to hire and fire per worry about malpractice stilts or a patients ability pay Ibe but on the opposite Side of the there Are Many things they dont and  Many outweigh the i dont like the attitude that everyone should be stamped out of a Shim hair be Here at seven Bank Era have belter one doctor com i awned he continued i dont mind staying Over for an but i do mind being told to go to it at certain or being told to go to race relations classes or what we Are Short of physicians and yet told we have to do these things and we have patients at medical school were taught to Trust ourselves and be thais not compatible with the theres a subconscious rebellion against the Mili the Many physicians have the ill take care of Ute sick if theres a real prob Lem give me a but otherwise dont a major Gripe of Many doctors was bring used in work other then their special because of the shortage 11 is rumoured that Alt of us will have to stand in Tiem More then one w two nights a a physician its More than an a lot of physicians Are not clinically qualified to begin to see a and pathologists dont normally work directly with u Burden on All of another Hospital specialist ordered to work As general practitioner for a week in a health clinic want Happy with the feel sorry for the patients with Abdo Minal what do l remember about that the army treats you like if youre an my you Are supposed to know everything from psychiatry on youre just a warm body to fill an my said one Young physician what both ers me the most to the morale of he nurses end the corps is you find yourself being hauled it relates to the facilities you work they just Dele doctors died increased use of faculties As another cause of the theres been it change in one doctor if a Guy has a Runny in Stead of drinking water and taking he goes to Theta Spital to make sure he Doest have another physician complained patients develop the Altitude that they should be seen you have to have some triage medical screening pro Cess for patients to pick out those most a physician quickly learns How to watch you know More about a patient by watching him than what he tells you learn More from their walk to the door Kim anything they Tell one specialist said he has performed the same operation on five different people in one month because of injuries inflicted in i dont like the kind of patients we he they Are ignorant and and most dont appreciate what we most of the patients t see Are Sham Ming to gel out of another physician said too Many people come in for any Little listen to the recruiting they men Tion benefits and the first one on the list is and right after that they say free medical care for you and your depend so people come in for any Tittle one physician cited the time he spends on administrative problems As a1 detriment to bring in the v i find myself spending a considerable amount of time dealing with army administrative like should a Soldier be allowed to stay in in Tami or should someone luvs on the first floor of a stairwell w opposed a the second or med ical i see myself As a traffic specialist Shook his what is said in the is this la no new weve known about the age Forf Lve or Sli its the rediscovery of the Why get nervous about the shortage right now cause its one Good thing about the military is you get to be with you family but its Good for a Short not for a time people Are aware of these it has to be changed from the the Guy at the lop has to remember what happened or find out what u what would it take to keep them in the military one physician said if they could guar Antee me a Good reasonable Contact with my a Chance to go to xray a minimum of if they would just allow me b practice physician shortage one reason Europe champs claims up 30 Heidelberg ts4s civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services champs claims to Europe have increased same 30 per cent in the past two according to officials first Alan chief of the champs office of technical inform said three factors contributed to the increase of claims and one was the current physician we have to concede that a proportion of the increase is due to the physician Short be but he added that the bulk of the in crease was because of two other factors the increased number of dependents coming to outlying bases with limited med ical fatigues who must use champs and the recent congressional ruling that eligible personnel inel Udag Reti Rees and their dependents within 49 of b military facility must use that Burgess said that instead of fewer people using u has meant in creased Hospital loads for specialists and often results in two trips for patients who must first go to the medical facility and obtain a no availability statement from the overcrowded Hospital they can be treated by a civilian he said the claims office which handles All u s services processes some claims a these fall into three categories psychiatric care mater nity care including Obyn and abortions and which includes general acting director for Cham the average length of time to process a claim is 30 lie said All claim forms Are bilingual printed in English and the language of Host Barkac Tulien dispensary guide tells it like it can be understood Bubo Cullen half writer Germany its three years ago before the doctor shortage the authors began writing the but it  have come at a better that is tie consensus of medical personnel at the health clinic Here regard Singth Sirnew patient the purpose of the guide is to give laymen Basic medical information in tiers Andablo guidelines for Basic baby including instructions car proper breast and formula transferring infants from milk to solid funds and tips on providing proper Vitamin and Iron supplements Are Given in the symptoms of common childhood Ait meats such As nausea and Strep Throat and Scarlet fever Are listed with three pages of tables list prevention and care for such communicable diseases 69 Chicken measles and this is particularly slanted toward the Young said Cape David former director of the clinic and one of the prime movers behind the if you have no experience or direction at All a a this guide will offer Good information on childrens Basic Perry Hopes the guide will help trim the number of Patio no with Small prob lems at us clinic so doctors can tend to patients who need medical attention fire when despite doctor shortage and crowded there win always be a medic around to make sure children get Belr and Only a child such As ibis one u Heidelberg Caa Manege i pre Siim which combines stiff upper and a unite a the Needle Sis photo by Jim Cole