European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Png 6 the stars and stripes saturday. October 26. 1985 3rd Jarvik-7 heart patient critical Mandia improving Pittsburgh a a 47.scar-old factory worker win would have been dead Fruin heart disease was in Titi Cul condition rid in after doctors implanted a Jarvik 7 artificial heart in his Chest until a human heart can be found. Thomas j. Gaidosh. Who received the mechanical pump during a six hour operation thursday at  univ Lumly Hospital was the third person to be Given a Jarvik-7 As a Stopgap during in  implant. . To Hershey Aanthony Mandia was in critical but stable condition and showing improvement a week after becoming the first recipient of the artificial Penn  heart officials said. Cia Dosh near death from heart disease approved the implant before surgery  at 4 . Thursday said Hospital spokeswoman Mary Lnu Michel. He was in Crit ical condition Friday officials said. I he decision was based on the fact that the Man s life was being threatened said Michel. Death was Immi nent he would have been  the resident of the Western Pennsylvania town of Sutersville had been waiting for a human heart for about a month. He had idiopathic  a disease of unknown origin in which heart function is greatly impaired said Hospital spokesman Thomas Chakurda. Paidosh s wife do lords. And two adult children were at the Hospital but not available for comment. Chakurda said. They re bearing up Well under the circumstances. U s a very emotional Lime for them but they re handling it  Cia Dosh worked on the loading  of enamel products and plating co. In Mckee port until he became ill 2/ years ago and Wini on disability neighbors said. Meanwhile at Hershey medical Center i to Miles cast of Pittsburgh doctors said the absence of clots and bleed ing was an encouraging development in Manilla s week uld recovery. Mandia. Who also awaits a human heart remains in critical but stable condition free of the complications that arose earlier in the week said or. John w. Burnside a Hospital spokesman. Mandia 44, who slipped in and out of deep unconsciousness tuesday a Given drugs to relieve blood its Sci Vas spasms in his brain that triggered the unconsciousness. The output of the heart was Cut Back slightly doctors said. Learly thursday Mandia had abdominal pain that appeared to be cramps. Burnside said. Mandia a Bachelor from Philadelphia has lost about 12 pounds since the surgery and now weighs about 150 pounds Burnside said. The Penn state heart was designed by or. William Pierce of Pennsylvania state University to decrease clot Ting problems that have plagued the Jarvik-7. Both the Penn state and Jarvik-7 hearts Are connected to air pumps outside the body but the Penn state hear. Uses a one piece seamless inner blood Sac that Pierce by Anthony Mandia condition stable Tieves reduces the Chance of clot formation. He said the Jarvik-7 uses a two piece blood Sac that is coated so the seams Are smooth. Or.  Griffith. 36, a leading transplant surgeon with the University of Pittsburgh school of Medicine led a three surgeon team during Gaidosh s operation. Presbyterian University Hospital affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh received permission from the . Food and drug administration in August to use the Jarvik-7 heart in life threatening situations. Other Jaivik-7 operations have been performed a he Mana Hospital Audubon in Louisville ky., and in swe Den. The Hershey implant was among the first to use a device other than the Jarvilc-7. A Ihrck of the authored temporary hearts have been implanted in the past six weeks Starling Wilh Michael Drummond who was kept alive for nine Days on a Jarvik-7 before a human donor was found sept. 7. He continues to recuperate at University medical Center in Tucson Ari. In four other cases temporary artificial hearts hive been used without authorization to keep patients alive until donor hearts could be found. Insurance firm testing for aids if applicants live in High risk states Massachusetts planning ads to get riders to buckle up Boston api with a mandatory scat Belt Law now on the books Massachusetts officials arc planning a Public education Campaign they Hope will persuade motorists to buckle up Starling Jan. I and avoid a j15 line. Gov Michael s. Dukakis who signed the Law. Unveiled several Public service spots Ilia will Start running on Tele vision stations next month. The spots feature members of the Boston Bruins. Red sox and celtics All urging motorists to use the safely equipment in their cars. Seal Bell information also will be included in Public school curricula distributed by companies to employees and included As part of the registry of motor veto cles driving test i increase Public awareness of the Law. The new Law Calls for a $15 Fine for front seat and Back Seal passengers to fail to buckle up. State officials said they expected it to increase use of safety restraints from the current 14 percent to More than 60 percent. Prenatal care can prevent congenital syphilis official says Austin Texas a Texas had 103 cases of con genital syphilis last year 44 percent of the nation s cases and most of them could have been prevented with routine prenatal care says slate health commissioner Robert Bernstein. Congenital syphilis is transmitted to unborn babies by infected mothers. Two thirds of the Texas cases involved women who had no prenatal care or who did not seek care until the final three months of pregnancy Bernstein said. Infants born Wilh syphilis arc 12 limes More Likely to die before their first birthday. Of the 103 cases. 55 babies were stillborn and five died in the first 23 Days of life. Mother Dies after throwing infant out of burning Home , . A a woman who threw her 2 month old daughter to safety from the second Story of her burning Home has died police say. Patricia Brunette 29, was sleeping on the first floor of her Home in this Syracuse suburb when the fire started police sgt. Daniel Harrington said. He said she ran upstairs and a neighbor called for her to throw the child Vanessa out 4hc window. Getting no response the neighbor tried to go into the House then heard the child crying on the Lawn. Vanessa suffered a Cut on the Check and possible Burns and was in serious condition at upstate medical Center in Syracuse and Brunette died later at the same Hospital Harrington said. Her husband Robert Brunette was at work at the Lime of the fire he said. Harvard students disciplined for anti apartheid protest san Francisco a tra Samerica Occidental life insurance co. Said thursday it is performing blood tests for aids on applicants for Large policies who live in five High risk states. Transom circa one of the nation s 10 largest insurance companies is the Only company so far checking for acquired immune deficiency syndrome As part of its regular blood test procedure for certain applicants according to the american Council of life insurance in Washington. We started the program on oct. I because our evaluation of the disease and its effect on mortality indicates it s in our interest to do a better Job of protecting against the risk of aids said Simon Baitler tra Samerica executive vice president in los Angeles. It s Good smart Busi Ness sense. We started keeping track of aids death claims this year bit scr said. In the first three quarters of this year 52.5 million of he insurance claims for aids victims were filed with us. That s three percent of All our  transom circa Occidental and an associated pension company transom circa life and annuity co., arc testing for aids Only in states designated to to centers for disease control in Atlanta As High risk areas. These states include California Florida. Illinois new Jersey and Texas plus Washington d.c., and will change its testing depending on the cd listing. Tra Samerica does not do business in new York. In California because of a Law preventing testing by companies to screen potential aids victims trans Mari Ca s test is different from those it uses in other states. The California test is the to cell test Wilh evaluates the condition of the immune system not the aids antibody. There s no Law against that said Larry Bush an assistant to stale assemblyman Art Agnos who fought for the Law. They would be going against the intent of the Law if they were using the tests As a screen for potential aids victims. Transom circa said it is using the tests As a first step in evaluating whether applicants have  in the other states transom circa is using the Lisa test which shows the presence of aids antibodies to the Htlv-111 aids virus. If an applicant tests positive on the Lisa test he or she is tested again from the same blood Sample. If the result is again positive the blood is exam ined with the Western blot test for the presence of the aids antibody and a to cell test. The company said Only one blood Sample is used for the ice and it does t matter whether the applicant is a Man or woman or whether he or she fits into any other High risk category such As homosexual men. The same blood Sample is used to test for other diseases that might affect insurability. We believe strongly that this is not a sexually related disease Baitler said. We Don t ask any question about an applicant s sexual  the selection of who is tested for aids is based or several factors relating to the age of the applicant and the amount of insurance requested he said. Cambridge mass. A a Vietnam a disciplinary committee revived in response to or War Era protest  win Macc it Veu 10 against South african apartheid has placed 10 students on the equivalent of probation for Barri University charges against four other students were dropped. The committee s 27-Page report details what happened May 2, when some 200 persons barricaded Abe Hoopen slain. Consul general of the South african Consul ate m new York for about an hour in the room where head spoken on Campus. Aviation fuel tank fire forces evacuations at Pearl Harbor Honolulu a fire broke out in a Lank holding 75,500 Gallons of aviation fuel at the Pearl Harbor naval base forcing the evacuations of a military housing com plex and an elementary school but causing no injuries authorities said. The Blae which sent a tall column of smoke Over Oahu began shortly before noon and was extinguished two hours later said Navy spokesman  Brady. The cause of the fire was under investigation although heavy Rains during the weekend damaged the tank facility which was under repair. Operations at the base were not affected Brady said