European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 . Friday oct Toor 1ft. 1986 study finds 93 a doctors disciplined by state boards Washington a a search by the veterans administration s inspector general found 93 a physicians with a record of disciplinary actions by slate medical regulatory boards Federal documents show. The a said that As a result of the study it had fired four  of the License limitations were unknown to the veterans administration because it lacked internal controls to identify doctors with impaired licenses according to the report which was obtained wednes Day by the associated press. The report was to be released  policy also did not require Independent verification of physicians License Talalus with state medical boards or Independent  disciplinary actions included doctors whose licenses to practice Medicine had been suspended or revoked. The reasons for discipline ranged from fraud and narcotics violations to failure to keep records. Al the recommendation of the a s inspector Gener Al the a s department of Medicine and surgery has established policies that the Repon said would allow it to More readily identify doctors who have bad prob lems with their medical  inspector general began an audit of doctors licenses in 1985 amid concerns Over the Quality of health care and the background of physicians in the nation s military and veterans Hospital systems the a operates the nation s largest health care system with 172 hospitals 228 outpatient clinics and 116 nursing  employs More than 47,000 physicians nationwide some part Lime. The audit report noted that the 93 doctors with licencing problems represented Only 0.2 percent of Allva doctors. The report was the final one on the inspector Gener Al s audit. An interim report released a year an brought attention to licensing problems among v a doctors and concluded the a May have exposed it patients and the Agency to medical and leg risks by allowing some of the doctors to practice. A administrator Thomas k. Tunge said be remained convinced that Veteran patients Are receiving Quality care by the most qualified physicians possible the study traced state licensing actions by Matching the names of a physicians with records kept by the american medical association the federation of stale medical boards and the California Board of medical Quality Assurance. The a said 31 of the 93 doctors were no longer working for the a at he time of the audit and that it fired four As a result. Eleven doctors were still under review and 47 others were found to have valid licenses were legally appointed and their work histories with a were  the most frequent action taken against doctors was probation in 27 Case. Thirteen had their licenses revoked another 13 had restrictions placed on their privileges to prescribe drugs and u had suspended licenses. Drug related problems either personal drug abuse or violations in prescribing were responsible for 60 percent of the actions. Gypsy woman pickpocket used a Handy technique los Angeles up a self described Gypsy woman suspected of picking the pockets of about 50 men distracted some cd her victims by fondling them with on hand while robbing them with the other police said. The woman was arrested with an accused male accomplice at a suburban shopping mall on grand theft charges police said wednesday. The couple who described themselves to police a gypsies gave their names As Kathy Stevens 33, and Cier John 34, but officers said they had operated under a variety of aliases. They were arrested at the Fallbrook Square in the can Oga Park area on monday after gelling into a scuffle with an intended victim Fram be York police said. Office Shad been following the couple after another intended Vic Tim provided them with a description. Detective Ted Bambi said the pair linked to at feast50 theft complaints in the san Fernando Valley were . Furnes said the woman would introduce herself i Omer Coil Tang you pm on Bac cd 1oialr m a i  it id flail pm on Pura on the floor no to it i in and a of you nans of Zoffl Rou my Rada rear do never my Oft a Cash m a Pouw. Bom to Paopao own b to to Iario am Only a Tong my of Etna Bush i Oca Iam main Donl we Nib a in bpm t space shuttle Atlantis moved to launch pad for series of tests Cape canaveral fat. A the space shuttle Atlantis was transported to a launch pad Early thursday for seven weeks of tests that include an emergency escape by astronauts from a mock fire. In the first Roll out of a space shuttle since the Chal Lenger disaster in january Atlantis moved out of a Assembly hangar at 12 26 . To Start the 4.2-mile trip to launch pad 39b. It arrived about 7 . Without incident the National aeronautics and space administration said. The primary reason for the move is to Check j3.2million Worth of new weather Protection equipment installed on the pad to better protect a shuttle s fragile Thermal tiles from Hail rain and wind blown debris. Engineers decided to add other tests As Long As they bad a shuttle out Here. Atlantis right Booster rocket was fitted with sensors to select stress or movement of its three joints during the Roll out. The measurements Are in response to questions from engineers about whether the Sharp turn in tracked transporter lakes to reach pad 39b could have produced loads and deflections on the  pad was used for the first time for a shuttle launch last Jan. 28, when challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff killing the Crew of seven. The Rogers commission thai investigated the disaster blamed a faulty Booster joint. During the tests technicians will measure detect Cal resistance on venous cables Analyse payload Bay cleanliness and determine if the payload Bay door can be opened without Adverse effects when Booster rocket ground hydraulics Are  raid november then will be a 16-hour count Down rehearsal with astronauts aboard thai win Simu late failures including tie shutdown of a main engine after ignition. Stateside Senate panel votes to of ambassador to s. Africa Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee voted 12-0 wednesday to recommend that the Senate  Mal Edward j. Patina to be the unitedswe1 to Mack  White run South Arica the action sends the nomination to the sen ale floor where favourable action was expected in the next few , 58, is currently the . Ambassador to Liberia. Iowa schoolkids invent playing cocaine game Des mo1nes. Iowa a some Grad school youngsters have a new game in which they put flour in bags and pretend to sell it to each  Call it playing cocaine i d say it s a sign of just How penetrating the cocaine problem has become said or. Dormer Dewdney a child psychiatrist."1 can t say its surprising because Here is so much Glamour associated with cocaine. An 8 year old is going to pick up on that Jack Gibbons principal of the Hillis Elemen tary school said the game came to his attention when a Mother called to say her son bad been pretending to be a drug dealer while visiting a Friend. They Call it playing cocaine Gibbons mid. It s a sad commentary on what Fridi Are picking up from television these  Light earthquake rattles Section of California Washington a a Light earthquake occurred late wednesday near Bishop calif., i the same area where a Strong quake nearly three months ago caused damage the . Geological Survey  Finley Survey spokesman said the lat est in a series of earthquakes in the Bishop and Chalfont Valley area near the California Nevada Border occurred at 10 37 . Ii was recorded Ata preliminary magnitude of 3,6 on the Rich scr scale according to scientists at the Survey earthquake information Center in Golden Coto. The epicentre of uie earthquake Wai about five Miles Northeast of Bishop where Emnott were reported Felt Finley said. 1 killed in . Collision of tourist commuter buses thursday with a commuter bus my exp Lane of the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel kill in one person and injuring at lean 24. Police police said the tourist bus was coming from new York swerved into a Lane of interstate 495 reserved for inbound buses during the Morain Tush hour colliding with a Decamp bus line commuter bus that originated in Nutley. We. The dead person was a woman on toe com Muter bus port authority spokesman Leon kit said. Paraplegic Mother saves toddler from drowning Al Mirage Lotf. Api  Cindy Dunlop saw her  floating Matwi Ilii in then .  out of her wheelchair to the water to Rescue the  Don t know How 1 did it Dunlop to wednesday. When 1 saw her in the Pool i Juat went for her. 1 did t even think about anything else. All i could think of we that 1 had to get her Safe. I had to get her , paralysed from the Chest Down after a car Accident 11 Yean ago suffered severe scrapes on her legs from crawling Low we Booc after she pulled Young Kyla Faipea the water and breathed life Back into  and daughter were treated St maty desert Valley Hospital and released after tue Day s Rescue