European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes wednesday february 5, 1986 Camp new Amsterdam . Clinic depends on dutch Storie by Judy Sara Tohn the Small air Force t inic Al Camp new Amsterdam can t perform surgery or oper ate an emergency room after hours but it commander says the facility can do  the catch is the clinic can do almost anything busing the dutch military Hospital in utrecht about nine Miles  we rely on them a great  Sid or. It. Col Harold  Oesterberg a clinic is  Only . Military medical facility in the Netherlands. It serves an Active duty population of about 1,700 and has a total patient population of up to 5,000 people. There Are four doctors one air Force nurse two part Lime nurse reservists a physician s assistant and other support  clinic which is scattered in three buildings sees 1,800 to 2,000 patients a month in cramped quarters. It was built More than 30 years ago. _ Mair Force officials say a new clinic for Camp new Amsterdam is one of the service s top medical construction priorities. Although they had hoped for a new build ing last year Federal budget restraints make it unclear when the Community might get congressional approval. So the Community has repainted the clinic and is working Lon new drapes and carpets. Sprucing up May not provide More space but it is important for patients mor ale Hoefle said to. Link has same Day appointments for ill o that can t wait and is open an extra hour at the end 01 the Day for people who cannot leave work even though they Are  of its limited Start the clinic cannot operate an emergency room after hours. Two technicians Are on duty to provide information and transportation to dutch facilities and a doctor is on Call for advice Over the Telephone. _. Airmen with emergencies Are cared for at the dutch military Hospital. Because it does not treat civilians family members must be treated by their dutch mock doctor Jor a civilian Hospital. Dutch health care is or. Gani Zed on a Block system with doctors responsible for " the clinic limits its ambulance runs to the military housing area because of distances involved. Each bloc doctor area has ambulance service and a newcomer s briefing explains How to use it. The level of care in the dutch civilian system is  Hoefle said. He has met with dutch doctors visited medical facilities and evaluated local health care As part of air Force efforts to Aurare Quality medical care. Language is not much of a problem because Mart dutch medical personnel can speak English he Aldu Hoefle who s due to leave Camp new Amsterdam soon runs a morning Limp in clinic for sports Ian wife. He believes it helps gel airmen Back to duly faster i like other patients with ailments that cant be1 can led by the clinic Many injured athletes must be referred to doctors with More expertise and resources. While some patients Are referred to the dutch military Hospital others Are sent to . Medical centers in Ger Many the air Force Hospital at Wiesbaden and the army hospitals at Frankfurt and Lan Stuhl. The clinic is visited periodically by doctor from Wiesbaden for consultations and training Aad it h \ helped out at times by medical personnel on temporary duty from Pitburg a and spa Dahlem a Germany. Pin Tamare Italy doctors move to patients or Basic medical care service members families and defense department civilian employees in Naples Italy Don t go to the Navy Hospital. It does t have enough room because seismic threats forced officials to close two floors of the. Seven Story Hospital to patients. But instead of seeking local medical care they go to and  the Navy expanded Tor them at pin Tamare near where most or the military families live. The clinic and housing area is roughly a half hour drive from the main  clinic on the ground floor of an apartment High Rise is so Small there is not enough room for All of the doctors to be there the clinic s evening hours had been a plus . Smith kept an Eye on his son while Bis wife Soa Jia kept her clinic appointment. A it s Convent to come after work because. I can looks after him Smith said. A the clinic used to be open from 8 an. To % Fol. In december u began closing at 6 Pun. Codr pm Knight Hospital executive officer said the cutback 1 Lowed the clinic to organize a family practice Opeta with families Assignee to particular doctors Rathe Toti Alon a Spain a a Vwe without care Ibe Cutnaw Honing area and our and a Sao Miae f the a Banc is a w october ims alter new treaty a Tot Aliaa w the Tae Spanish government cleared Ike of a Al off. " the patients were children. So now Hospital paediatrician generally take turns at the clinic. Hospital officials said the clinic pro Vides important care for relatively minor ailments. It also eases the Burden  Hospital emergency room they said by giving aft alternative to a Mother who otherwise would have had to wait for her husband to return Home from work  one family car before she could take the baby to the Hospital after  least they know one of us will be Here in the morning said or. Mai Juan Soler Echeandia chief of paediatrics. If a Tittle boy has a cold they Aren t going to take him to the emergency  clinic sees about 25 patients a Day. Serio Utsy ill children and adults still must go to Hospital. The clinic can handle Only minor and Roun illness Burns and cuts. It has no major Laboratory or Ray facilities at the clinic. " we keep the colds in Here the Little in Here Soler said. The clinic is open from 9 . Although appointments Are .preferrediso5 health records can he brought from the hdtpitel.al80 percent of the patients Are walk ins Soler said j. Common medications such As cold medics Anges and aspirin Are stocked at thorclstfe3 can receive a to a three Day Supply if a needed Hen it is assumed the patient Isdr be seen at the Hospital. The clinic also has some Roaby formulas that Are difficult to find., there is life saving equipment at the clinic in Case emergencies. But the intent u to Sla Blize the part " then transport him to the air Force Hospital it wish facility Only 10 minutes away. There n a military ambulance at the Royal works1 Ort of the Brit Fah crime Ahn comm to Raf Dolten of . A British doctor is always on duty. I Fisk. J -. -. Capt. Bob g. Rees commanding officer of the is. Nanal Cwg. A he would feel More comfortable with a no Udd wig doctor by he could not justify h for such a Small Gnyp of people. ,. I be lived with Independent corpsmen All my career. Tic eve Good Rees said. If i int feel confident in be screaming. If my troopers get sic they re going to be taken care of. -. Only aet duty Pera Onney Are seen at the  members Are treated by local civilian doctors or by us. Air Force doctors at Raf take Heath Landraf upper heyford.,female sailors see the Raf Doc tots by  care. Dental care u to it Comdr. Uoy3 Mcdonald who to serves As chief us. Medical officer at 3 do pfc. A until recently chief Petty Mark Scales was the corpsman in charge of s medical care. He Len for a new assignment1Treplaced by Petty officer . Thomas town 7 Scales said he saw up to Iso patients a month