European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 Ann land ers letters dear Ann Landers this morning As i walked through a parking a car whizzed by and the Driver threw a lighted cigarette out the it struck my the woman parked her car and got i picked up the threw it Back at her and you dropped she that i really didst want you b was i wrong to confront her i realize one should never react to but she was so obnoxious and arrogant i  help your opinion in Hartford dear bugged you should not have thrown the cigarette at the when you did that you brought yourself Down to her you could have burned a Hole in her coat or worse her in which you would have been the guilty it is never smart to tangle with one never knows who is carrying a a or a sharpened better to have stepped on the picked it up and said in putting your cigarette in the trash fires can cause a lot of dear Ann Landers i am alarmed at the number of Chil Dren in this Small Community who Are taking the drug these youngsters almost All boys do not seem to exhibit unusual they Are but proper discipline would get them in i realize that some children need to be treated with but in afraid too Many teachers who dont know How to command respect Tell the mothers of troublemakers that their children should be put on this and their word is i worry that we Are breaking the spirit of some Bright children and turn ing them into compliant blobs or zombies because it is easier to administer drugs than to Channel the energies of the Over Active and mischievous please address this matter and state the possible Side mama dear mama i enlisted the help of Jan a distinguished psychiatrist and pharm Colo who is chairman of the department of psychiatry at Lukes medical Center in Fawcett said that ritalin is a drug that has been used with great Success on children who have minimal brain by Sunc it works Well in quieting hyperactive ritalin cannot be obtained merely because a teacher or a Mother com Plains that she is being driven nuts by an unruly before a child is considered a candidate for ritalin he should be examined by a psychiatrist and undergo a euro psycho logical the drug can be obtained by prescription the Side effects Are sleepiness and a tendency to cry easily or become Overly at one time it was thought that ritalin could stunt the growth of some but we now know this is not Fawcett says it is a highly effective medication when administered prop comments on audit of air Force medical Center i am a former civilian and a consumer of medical care at the air Force regional medical Wiersba i was not terribly surprised by the results of the recent air Force audit of their Quality Assurance during my i found it unusual that a regional medical Center serving such a Large population had no Quali Tyas Durance management such As grand rounds and tissue which Are Basic Quality control features at virtually All stateside civilian grand rounds is a regularly scheduled meeting of physicians during which patient Case histories Are presented for and where critique of the medical care provided and recommendations for improvement Are tissue committee is composed of physicians who review pathological reports from All surgical cases to determine whether the sur Gery was necessary and was performed in compliance with accepted surgical Stan i also found that More emphasis was placed on administrative paperwork requirements than on patient with the emphasis of Hospital management on the Quantity of patients admitted rather than on the Quality of patient care one wonders How the Lack of a viable Quality Assurance program could not have been addressed during Wiesbaden accreditation by the Icah joint commission for accreditation of hospitals last withheld Lindsey Germany editors note Wil Liam Safe surgeon Gen replies the air Force audit you refer to was neither recent nor surprising in its it was conducted in november 1983 and examined an administrative surveillance system Only recently superimposed upon a civilian accrediting Quality Assurance sys tem joint commission for accreditation of hospitals in existence and working for a Why not be All that you can America was founded by men who had dreams of life and men who fought and lost but who never stopped striving for what they As they met challenges and hardships they grew together As a team As an unbreakable they grew and never stopped fighting for what they believed coming from this Freedom and from its Depths the land of Opportunity for today Why is it needed has All the fighting and bloodshed been in vain no there will always be govern ments and other ways of life trying to inter As in our earlier Days of there will always be a need for that Bond to stick together and fight for what we believe to give our future fathers the same Freedom and love which we were peace is a priceless lets keep and show the heart of a great Why did you join the army was it out of Pride or out of desperation did you know that right before you lies a door to to be a part of our never ending fight for Freedom to grow and find your lifes and to give something people from other nations come and join our they see the Chance to fight for whats to have a to have a feeling of America will never Stop growing or Tak ing in the refugees of foreign there is a sense of Pride a responsibility in which we All America is not a set nor is it a set of one kind of you but what is there for me America want founded on but giving what was needed to keep it every Man has something to contrib Ute to life because no two people Are the there is never a governor put on your ability to Success is what you put into average performance never got men to the but putting Effort into it and giving that Little extra always put your Best foot consistently strive to be rough times can always be endured without developing a bad bad attitudes Are a step Back in All through life there Are chances to bet Ter while in the army or any other service to this great always put your Best into Success will always All it takes is a Little determination to conquer the Obsta cles you encounter in Why Why be a part of the average when you have the Chance to be when you look Down at the uniform youre and it says United states Stop and think what it took to get it and what you can do to carry it 4 Christopher Hodges Germany emphasis wanted on retention it was Nice to see All the troops come to Germany from the United states for the Winter reformer 1985 now we await the big moment the Bot Tomline figure of How much of our tax Money went into this no i have no gripes about spend ing Money on but my question is How Many of these troops trained in the Central guardian will be in the army in 1986 or even 1987 training these troops is but lets spend some time in trying to retain them in the because troops with this Type of training we need working for us and not against so come you generals and first ser we know you Are from the old but these troops Are from the lets change our strategy in trying to retain these troops because apparently the old Way is not lets find out what makes these troops act and react and lets work on i Gua Rantee that at the next Winter reformer in Stead of having 100 percent new troops we jul have at least 40 percent passing on the lesson they Learned in the Central guardian Ellison Frankfurt editors note Lee mor office of the Deputy chief of he replies the answer to the writers question on retention can Only be estimated from pre Vious years retention during 1984 the army reenlisted approximately one third of the firs term soldiers and about on half of the career soldiers that were eligible for expiration of term of each reformer exercise is designed to test the deployment capability of different Continental units and the combat readiness of All participating army reformer exercises Are beneficial for both the army and the the army benefits from the use of new equip it gives valuable experience to com Manders and troops and exercises units combat the individual benefits from the training in his or her military occupational special to under conditions that Are similar to actual from reformer experiences army com Manders Are Able to support the army retention strategy to try and reenlist those soldiers that demonstrate the greatest potential for individuals Are Able to evaluate if they want to make the army a career and continue preparing themselves and others for the possibility of what the auditors found was that there were still imperfections and errors in compliance with the new system nothing a tissue committee is formed and functioning at us afric Wiesbaden As pre scribed by the grand rounds Are a medical education instrument used at teaching hospitals for the postgraduate education of interns and resident since such teaching is not conducted at grand rounds Are not Indi commanders Are expected to strengthen areas where weaknesses two years at accessibility Ivity needed emphasis was placed on providing our patients with greater accessibility to care increasing the results speak for them selves the services delivered to our patients increased 34 not a bad performance in my what really ensures Quality what really ensures Quality of medical practice is not administrative control and Al though those mechanisms should be and Are there As a safety the fundamental Factor is the character and integrity of sorted out in a highly competitive selection process and survival through a painstakingly Long training experience by masters in medical in the overwhelming majority of this Long apprenticeship leads to a lifetime commitment to the Wiesbaden medical Center staff is Replete with that Caliper of individual and was very recently recognized by the Secre tary of the air Force with the outstanding unit award for superlative performance of the military medical european edition Usa editor in chief us 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