European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. June 20. 1980 the Blake ar4u i kill to i Fri l%e4 Marine sergeant credited with Hod Renaissance v7l u St pkg of Jong suffering Hospital on Rota Navy base b Mikk. Is Kak main Galley said 1.1. Comdr. James me one of the Palicot complaints was that Hamilton also has Ina Pir staff writer Rota. Spain is time was when a patient at the Hospital Here just could t get a Good meal no matter How much he might mumble through bandages about the Quality of food or threaten future revenge from the confines of traction. Make no mistake the complaints were valid Hospital officials readily admit it. The Best you could say about the food was that it was cold tasteless and unsightly. A couple of thanksgivings ago the tur key served looked like ground up scraps that had been thrown onto the trays with reckless abandon said it. William Loren zen Hospital food service officer. The problem was that the food As brought Over Here in containers from the Mai it Carty. Patient affairs officer of the Hospi Tal. There is Jusi no Way to serve Good attractive meals under those  things were so bad at the Hospital that it looked like there might possible be a patient food strike or a revolt about sit months ago. Then along came Marine sgt. Mark Hamilton from the main Galley. Me was known Over there As a doer and that s what we needed to pet this thing set up and rolling and to ensure  it did t fall on its face  . There s been an amazing change and All the credit lies right therewith set. Hamilton. He sat Down with the chief nurse and the other nursing service personnel and developed a rotating menu specifically for the naval Hospital with a i Ricky of  on Patien tha there was Only one big meal on the week ends. The rest of Lime they got Hamburg ers or Sandwich Type fare Loren in said Hamilton changed that to where Sand Wiches arc served for Only one meal on the weekend. Hamilton is a Good  said one of the Cooks.  .1 Donna Byrnes who. Afong with Seaman Bill Polk duties much of the cooking now. Hamilton hand picked both for the Job. The have three Spanish Cooks working with them.  Sanche. Jose policy and Rafael Puyana before you did t always get what you selected on the menu either says Mccarly. If they had it Fine. If they did to they d substitute whatever else there  p.o.3 Donna Byrnes left and Rosin Sanchi Cook Fried Chicken for  f Donal j. Phipps serves meal to patient Donald l Moore. Sis photos by Milia with 35,000 a fiends 13 army vets Lead dog s life k kit ii bin Notts stuff Filer lid Usu acis a patients  through or. Maj Clifford Johnson s wailing room Here with nagging coughs queasy stomachs Cut and scrape-., and just about every Oiler ailment or injury known to nun or Man s Best friends. Johnson is an army veterinarian. Johnson is one of 13 veterinarians working in 11 army animal disease prevention and control Iaci Lipics and pack throughout i Europe. Although the primary Job of military veterinarians is Fox inspection More than 35.000 privately owned animals receive limited medical treatment from army doctors in i Europe every year. I s a officials said they have in Arpaci s in Liuro pc staffed by 25 veterinarians. Most of the animals Johnson and ins partner. Or. Capt  Brown see at the 4h? med Del and pack Here come in for preventive health arc reasons such As immunizations and examinations although some general medical care is available dogs cats and other annuals Are a lot like children said Brown. They Ean t ill you where it hurls which can make diagnosis difficult sometimes Iny " subject to a variety o. Viruses and other illnesses " about 50 animals including dogs cats Birds Gui Nea pigs and a Host of other Domestic creatures Hie through the clinic Here every week. Johnson said. Most of the work we do with privately owned animals involves the issuance of health certificates for transportation of Pels out of the country registration and  he said. The bulk of veterinary care offered to Pels revokes around the control and prevention of animal diseases.  am  which could be transmitted Lohu man1. Johnson said. "r.ibies. Of course is our primary concern the Dis  is quite a problem in Germany mostly with wild foxes lie said be also look for external and internal parasites like  Early 50,000 immunizations against rabies and other diseases Are Given to pets every year a 7th med c omd spokesman said. Services provided to Pels at a pacts Are offered on a Cost reimbursable basis whereby pet owners arc charged for the vaccine and Oiler medication used to treat their animals he said. A offer services to privately owned animal Only As Long As it does not interfere with our other  John son said he added that less than ii percent of his time is spent working with Pels. We rely heavily on our Veteri nary technicians to assist us especially when it comes to privately owned  he said. Although Johnson said medical care for pets is limited in military facilities. Army veterinarians provide a refer ral service for Pel owners who warn to take their animals to German civilian veterinarians especially for emergencies. Be try to do whatever we can for privately owned animals in the was of general veterinary care if we have the time and the facilities he said. But with Only two veterinarians working Here and the amount of other duties we have there really in t much More we can do besides give health certificates immunisations and Regis  about one out of every two military families in Europe  at least one pet. According to a 7th med corny spokesman. The number of pets has caused veterinary  Here to make some changes in the Type Andin Lunil of care offered to Pels we Vest Rich using Mobile Imam in action learns to vaccinate privately owned ant Nuu to some our Mili tary  said i r i of i rank Kanisty. Chief of 7ih med. Mud veterinary services the teams go out to  i a routine basis to vaccinate  Mth Nugh pets Aren i considered Olli Cul dependents of service members the emotional and morale factors involved with privately owned animals Are powerful. Ram ses said