European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes Friday december 6, 1985 re for people and buildings continued from Page 7 the bathrooms and showers where paint was peeling Ivy tiles were broken one of the Hospital s operating rooms cannot be used partly because inc ventilation system is inadequate. Artistic surprises have survived such As sculptured reliefs on some Walls. The Mizilar Community is spending about is i million on renovating the Hospital. The 7th medical come would like to replace the Hospital at a Cost of $110 million in fiscal w. Making major repairs and operating a Hospital at the same Lime is not easy. Medical departments have played musical  while the Hospital lost almost half of its space when the project began. Curtains were in Short Supply throughout the Hospital. There was Little privacy for Tiung stars in paediatrics until staff sgt. Johnnie Hawkins no in Chain charge of the department found a Roll of White fireproof material and asked the laundry service to sew up curtains. The contractor a s work on the main inpatient build ing will be finished in May. Berlin the army Hospital is 70 years newer than much of bad Canns Lau and it looks like it. Opened in 1976. The Berlin Hospital is modern looking with Large to Rintal while panels and big Orange and Blue signs directing visitors to the right department. The main patient waiting area is spacious and decorated with Large fish bowls. Although the Hospital was built to accommodate 200 Beds in Case it Ever reverts to the City of Berlin the army pcs Only 90 Beds. The Hospital docs not have the inadequate electrical and plumbing systems that plague other . Facilities Pitburg a. The Hospital was built in 1953 and the dental clinic in 1963. Joseph m. Machado Hospital administrator described the air Force facility As an old beat up building before last Spring when renovations spruced up the lobby and emergency waiting room in warm Brown colors and added new padded chairs and carpeting. Painting has been done in the past year and the roof was replaced. There arc plans to renovate the plumbing the wards and obstetrics this year. The biggest problem officials said is space. The facility provider services to Spang Dahlum a and Hahn a and troops in North Germany Belgium and the Netherlands. There is a big need for a paediatric Demist. But last year we had to turn one Down because we did t have space to put him. That Hurt said or. Col Bob Spray commander of the dental clinic. Bonner a in. No major renovation had been done on inc army Hospital from 1938 until 1983. The Emer gency room operating suite and a Ray facilities have since been renovated. The whole project designed in 1978-79, is expected to Cost $29 million including $5.6 million in Community funds. The Hospital is getting new plumbing wiring heating and air conditioning three new elevators have been installed and fire stairs built. Work probably will be completed l y 1990. Official id sandblasting and other work have made keeping the patient care areas clean a difficult task. Plastic curtains arc Hung from the ceiling to hold Back dust. Operation of inc Hospital still will be inefficient in some areas because of constraints with the Basic layout. On the obstetrics floor for example additional staff is necessary to care for patients because the Ward is so spread out according toll. Coi. Larry lung Rich. Nurs ing methods analyst. 9 Frankfurt. Construction was temporarily finished in 1939 and the rough Brick stayed exposed until 1948, when work was completed by inc . Army. Frankfurt and Landsi Uhl arc inc army s major medical centers i Europe. Frankfurt is at the Midway Point of a six year $60 Mil lion project that is virtually remaking the Hospital. More than half the funding is from the military Community. External stairwells arc being added and wiring up graded. Workers have gutted one of the main wings. Straw insulation was removed. New doors windows and roof arc being installed. Walls Are being added to rear Range space so there can be two exam rooms per doctor. The Wing will contain the dental clinic car nose Throat clinic and urology clinic. Also it will include the interim operating rooms and interim male and female wards while their space is redone. Intensive care and cardiac care units moved into renovated space earlier this year. The Hospital is trying to save the Marble framing sonic Doon. The reception area still has its Pink Ana Gray Marble Walls. While the improvements will support state of the Art equipment there s Little the Hospital can do to become physically a state of the Art facility officials said. From one end of the hallway to the other is z half Day s Worth of it training. The nursing staff takes a beating on  said or col William l. Moore jr., Hospital commander. This was louled As the Best in the Luftwaffe. It s not the Way you build i Hospital in 1985." Hahn a. The air Force Hospital was built shortly after the air Force took Over the 1-Rcnch base in 1953. It is outdated and has safety code  that would Cost millions of dollars to fix.  . Col. Cilin ii. Gray Hospital administrator. There should be fire doors that close automatically. The Hospital has smoke detectors but no sprinkler sys tem. The Central Supply is not ventilated adequately so water condenses on instruments causing rust and requiring res Tchili action. Possibly inc main code violation. Gray said is the emergency room Entrance which is inc same As the front door. In a crisis there could be life threatening delays because of confusion at the front door. We be got a Good Hospital Here we have a bad Plant Gray said  25-bcd Hospital just replaced its heating system and Bod painted the facility. Renovation of the dining Hall once described by Gray As a fire trap was finished recently. The dental clinic is new. Heidelberg. The army Hospital described by an official As a real dump a couple of years ago began As German Barracks in world War ii. But a renovation program beginning in 1981 As an electrical mechanical upgrade that grow has been All but completed recently. The military Community pad for almost All of the $12 million Bill. The renovation helped Case much of inc space Short age problems. In the family practice area More treat ment rooms were added. Because the suite of rooms for casting is badly arranged a wheelchair carrying a patient in must be picked up and turned around. Ventilation was also inadequate for inc plaster dust. This area is supposed to be Modernised in the coming year. One aspect of fixing up the a cilia that really did t Cost anything was Banning staff cars from the parking lot closest to the Hospital. Not being Able to find nearby parking angered Many patients. "1 Don l have a reserved space. I think the priority should go to the  said col. Dale Brown Deputy commander fur administration. Funds Lull. Work on the 310-bcd Hospital has been going on since 1980. Running into delays unexpected problems and now a shortage of Money. Officials had expected to finish the project by 1987 at 3 Cost of $40 million including More than $10 million of Community funds. However now they believe Only six of 12 existing buildings will be renovated when the project runs out of Money next summer. Six buildings which House wards and clinics will be of Cal in need of new plumbing wiring floors and ceilings said col. Ronald c. Jones Deputy commander for administration. The Hospital still hones to get funding fort High Rise inpatient building. An $18 million new support Core opened last year with operating rooms. A Ray facilities Laboratory intensive care units and emergency room. The gutting of the old buildings has led to the discovery of Straw insulation and structural problems. The Straw has been removed and the Walls braced. Renovation was probably a valid decision 10 years ago when the project planning was first done Jones said. But Hospital design and management have changed significantly since Hen. And now Jones believes the entire hot Pill should have been replaced. My Contention is we re doing this at higher Cost. How Long is it Pong to last we re going to have a pretty old building that s not  Jones said. Nuernberg. The Hospital was begun in 1934 and completed in 1937 for German soldiers. It was severely damaged in the april 1945 air attacks. Although repair were made the army Hospital was described by \ s. Medical officials As the pits or  a new addition and repairs began in 1978 and finished six years later for a Cost of about $36 million. The 200 cd Hospital is now accredited by the joint commission. New elevators and fire exit stairways were installed As Well As new wiring heating and air conditioning. There is a new emergency room surgery and orthopaedic clinics operating rooms and intensive care unit. Wiesbaden. Whal has become the air Force s regional medical Center in Europe was begun in 1936 and finished in 1942. The Hospital apparently was built with the German appreciation of fresh air patients on the South Side have the use of porches. Marble water fountains throughout inc Hospital have been turned into planters because the pipes have deteriorated beyond repair. New wiring and plumbing is being installed. The hos Pital is working on new roofing and windows. More space is needed particularly for outpatient serv ices and storage. Waiting patients crowd the hallways of the outpatient clinic Wing. Installation of a firt detection system is almost Complete in the current fiscal year the Hospital will receive Aba $218.000 in Safe funds to construct hallway doors the close automatically to prevent the spread of fire. For infection control and aesthetics the Hospital r. Needs s350.000 to overhaul the restrooms and show s. I he old plumbing was constructed without strap old the smell does t build patient Confidence or. Col Charles k. Maffit. Hospital comm a Der said the emphasis is to keep the Hospital in Good shape or a decade or  the building Structure will be her longer than you and  ,0?, cur burs the of cd army Hospital was built in1937 for the German air Force. The Long narrow hallways arc hard on the nursing stall. I no plumbing closes up from Calcium deposits and hooding is not uncommon. Healing is inadequate so some patients rooms have space Heaters. It would never meet joint commission construction standards said or. It. Col Thomas Auer. Chief of ambulatory care adding i s Safe. I Don t think Iff ?.vgtr-3fe to plus at Iraklion Greece. Ajr fore.-, ,mall.,. Sis Polo by r