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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, May 8, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday Way 8, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 9. Continued from Page 8 said. You read the papers you hear people talk.". A pc Dilisi four wailing at the army haspita.1  for a Prescript worried about Iliene a a courts. Critical of military Medicine. It s a Lallo think about. It scares it hell Oil of me he said i d Docfin Ilcy Stop and ask  at the army Hospital in Nuernberg. Ii  was Ner Vous Aboul his knee surgery lifter seeing television and newspaper to cons on military Medicine. But the doctor was open in and honest with him. Llie said Ier said. They Don t Tome off on this strictly doctor patient routine. They want to know Haw you re Dong tic said. The Prog Nam wife  air Force staff sergeant drives 45 minutes to Sec n military doctor at the air Force Hospi Tal in Raf upper Heyford England even Hough Ine news report scare her. I think about it n lot she said but i feel More comfortable coming Here.". Sol. Linda Shelton said she did t think much Ali us the reports after scr car Accident lat a Ilia he medical personnel at the Nav Hosnik in Naples Italy showed a lot of concern a wolof its Mylot a i Mills bal Moulso delivers lunch o Deborah Montfort Al the Hospital in in Allun Turkey Montfort has Sines in released front the Hospital trim a Doss i the Middle of the night in the emergency room. Understanding and Praise a Navy senior chief Al Rota Spain said he understands thai doctors can t always diagnose n problem immediately. He was Al the Navy Hospital there for a nosebleed that was resisting treatment. "1 was kind of disappointed but a nose bleed is hard to ,"heaid." . Before she left Vlahn a teen sol. Roberta Evans said it s almost traditional to talk bad about military medical care. There s real Good and so so. You can get a bad doctor  a private said eare for his bad Back at the army Hospi Tal in Berlin was very Good. The doctors Here arc great he said. You just come in and you re seen generally in five to 15 minutes air Force master sgt. Harold ably was flown to the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden from the azores for treatment of n Bone infection. But he said he did t feel loss Al the regional medical Center. If i even looked like 1 was in pain they were up asking me How t was he said. An army specialist four from an outlying unit said he Felt More comfortable among English speaking people at the army s Bremerhaven Hospital than at Ine German Hospital where he spent several Days Afler an Auto Acci Dent. People at Bromer Haven also had a special feeling for the lonely Soldier. I had l had any visitors he said and one of Ibe night nurses brought me  army col Francis Olynn drove to the Naples Hospital from Rome where he works at the . Embassy. He said some understanding of the military medical personnel is needed. They Loo Are working in foreign lands under difficult circumstances and away from family. The medical people Are people Loo he said. They re suffering from it same things getting on with doctors air Force sgt. Lewis Shoemaker Al Torr Jon a said the amount of attention a person gets from military Doc lors depends on the individual physician. Some doctors care and some doctors could t care less he said.  eare a Lille More they want to hold on to their  staff sgt. Annie Jones created her own family prac Tice doctor when she was stain once in Germany to make sure the physician who saw her knew her if she had 10 wait a Little longer to we him Al the army Hospital in Frankfurt in was Worth Illo her. I always ask for the same doctor she said. Hus aware of my problems and knows How to rent me. I feel comfortable Wilh him and he really cares. I d rather Wail a Lille longer and be sure i get Good care than be shoved in and seen Rea  a woman at Torr Jon a was not so pleased with the doctor she sees Al the air Force Hospital there. Shu said she s gone through five different types of medication for an Eye infection. The last Lime the doctor kind of threw it at me. I was very upset. We were nol on Good  privacy privacy and quid Are sometimes hard id find in a Mill tary Hospital. In a room of six men Al the army Hospital in Wurz Burg two were Hying to sleep while the others watched television. Next door was a room of pc Dalric patients. When they snarl crying " said one of he men not needing to finish his sentence. Al lie army Hospital in bad Cannstatt Germany which has been undergoing substantial renovations a Licals generally complained about the appearance and the Lack of privacy although they liked their care. I m so appalled the people Are Lovely Here but 1 won t come Back  one woman said. Privacy was sometimes a problem Al the satellite clinic set up for sailors assigned to the flight Tine Al Sig nejla Sicily about 12 Miles away from the Nuvy s Branch Hospi Lal at the naval air Siaion. During construction to improve the Midi cd facility people Lead to walk through the trial Mcnol room to gel to the reception area one Sailor who was sitting on the examination table waiting for her injured tool to be treated look the intrusion with Grace. This is private compared to whal you gel on a ship she said  
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