European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 6. 1905 the stars and stripes Page 7 waiting in the old army Hospital under renovation at bad Cannstatt Germany. Hospitals fit care within buildings limits by Judy Sarasohn medical writer l to k decades without funding for major renovations or . Must of the . Military hospitals and clinic in a u rope have become at Iasi pm Wicall out Moded and in need of serious repairs. To gel a picture of Hospital conditions. The stars and stripes talked to administrators health care providers and patients throughout a Lur pc. L or american Lal in l Europe was visited except for the air i orce a cilia Al in Ciurlik. Turkey Tail Iarj officials and patients were interviewed about the in Ciurlik Hospital the following Are snapshots of Hospital conditions and what is being done to improve them Belgium shape Hill in la 7. The 25-bcd and Hospital is leased from the belgian government. It has been main a tined Well but it is Short of dental clinic planned for the late i sos would free in one Wing. Health care providers Anil official said they need More space for administration and nicer More private areas for patients. P Basho vat the emergency room has been relocated Iron the Domenilo the main floor to improve ambulance acres of waver. Standing lights Are used because the ceiling Ofsow. The room can l support surgical lights. England Raf . I aliens waiting in the hallways an no cd facility. However. The patient Load in around 70 because of remodelling. The building designed to input British standards of the 1950s, dues nut meet safely codes it 9n\ although air i Oree officials it is Safe. I Here ire serious problems with the heal ing. Air conditioning ind ventilation systems and the run f leaks. I Ull Sie litters can t be turned around in the Stair Wells fur example so Hospital officials have alternate plans for evacuating patients in an emergency such As using Shiner British litters. Usa in is seeking $40 million for an addition and alterations to the Hospital Lor 19sx, Raf upper a Vford. This a bed Hospital opened in 1981 and is perhaps the most modern looking is military Hospital in Europe. Although at Force officials Don t normally seek accreditation from the joint com Mission on accreditation of hospitals for Small hospitals. They sought and received it for this one. Before the new Hospital opened the base had a 10-bed facility in the old motor Pool building. The two Story building has a pebbly finish. Wide. Brightly lighted hallways with Cream coloured Walls and blonde Wood doors Are decorated with bold modern pos ters. White bumpers protect the Walls from the scrapes of litters and equipment transfers. The layout in the obstetrics and surgical areas seemed vastly improved Over the Long hallway and cramped rooms of other hospitals. From prepping to the operating room to recovery and then on to the Ward the surgical patient is moved in an efficient Horseshoe direction. This also helps infection showing a patient in the Germany and a phys cd therapy Spe Hall How to use he be crutches illustrated the crowding Dicapi services were video in quonset. Huts until regional Hospital is designated Augsburg. The Hospital started during world War ii As Barracks and was converted for medical use in the Early 1950s. Last year a new to Pital Core Worth is i million was dedicated. It includes an emergency room outpatient clinic. A Ray facility pharmacy lab obstetric and one ecology clinic labor and delivery room Newborn Nursery and int Ernst Ward. Also included arc the surgical me and inc tits a care unit the facility was paid Lor by the German government under an agreement with the . And which returned a 200-bed Hospital in Munich to the germans in 1972. More work to be paid for with . Funds. Planned for specially clinics and a nursing Tower for patients i Here is crowding to accommodate the new work paediatrics for example has moved from its quart ers into one of the old wings until is area r. Rehabilitated forts have been made to Spruce up old facilities Walls with lost chunks of plaster were nonetheless freshly Vello. Health care providers Ai Augsburg like so Many of the other Honan a and clinics have to be com Sivc in adapting american products to German environments. Or. Maj Dae Hooky chief of internal Medicine used Bubble gum to hold his office curtains on the Rod. Had c him Astuti. A history of the Hospital describes it As the largest most modern Hospital in the area in 19,17. Some parts Date Back to the 19th Century but most were built Between 1908 and 1937. The renovation work on the army Hospital Lias been going on since 19s.v the buildings have had to be gulled with Pix s. Wiring and heating systems . Straw insulation. .1 fire Haard. Was found in the Walls and removed. The Fli trs in the most disrepair have been re placed but some wards still have floors with Bro Ken tiles men women patients continued a i / it and Hare miliary Medicine on the
