European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 30. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Santa s sf/7/ Reading letters from kids s inia is Mill a min tots of mail. It you haven1 seen Yungr name yet cop watching because he is trying to a them nil on a Sunn us possible. Santa hns Fici in a Ici Ier from ,, it Tii Al 117.1 a Clam  flu fila Phinell cd ,,it h Jav March tiny Picen .1 i la Nunuo in  n h.vti"",h,l Lri kill Flat a tin j  1 1.11 Ligpit a i to to link to Exchange ideas a japanese audience in Tokyo watches a huge screen shoning a soul in audience As cilia cons from the two countries Exchange opinions on a pro Gram called to  the pro srum will air in Japan in late january. Donor kidney is found for retired . Soldier by Janet d  Miter Homburg Saar Germany the kidneys of a 25-year-old British woman the wife of a . Army sergeant were removed monday with one to be flown to Walter Rcd army medical Center in Washington d.c., far Possi ble transplant into an army civilian employee a retired american Soldier who As been working in Germany. The British woman who accidentally fell from the fourth floor window of her Parma sons apartment sunday had been Kepi alive on a heart lung machine at Homburg University Hospital sol. Jim Ward a spokesman for the lands Luh army medical Center said. She was declared legally brain dead by a Salt in Giro surgeon on monday Ward said. Sec. Ronald c. I car Organ transplant coordinator far Landsi Uhl met with the donor s family monday afternoon and obtained Legal permission for the kidney donation. The woman whom officials declined to identify was married to a sergeant with the 7lh combat support Hospital in Parma sons. The Organ removal operation was per formed by a German transplant surgeon at Homburg University Hospital. The kidneys were then to be flown from rms twin a o Waller Reed by an air Force c-5 Galaxy accompanied by he intended recipient my Ashur Deloach who is on dialysis treatment. Deloach 40, had preliminary tissue and blood testing dope at Walter Rcd medical Center six months ago. The other kidney was being turned Over loan Organ donor program in Ger Many Ward said. Tobacco use shows decline agriculture deportment says Washington a a new look at tobacco use by americans shows that total cigarette consumption Rose 70 per cent from 1950 to i9si and then Tell about 9 percent from l9si to 1986. The agriculture department Repon said thai total cigarette use is expected to decline during the remainder of this Ade because of lax increases health con Cerns and smoking restrictions an in ample of new restrictions is the government s ban on smoking of cigarettes pipes and cigars in Federal build Ings except in designated areas effective feb. 8, 1987. According to the analysis which is part of a forthcoming Outlook report on the tobacco situation use of cigars and smoking tobacco also has dropped Stead ily since 1970 and is expected to decline further through the remainder of the 1980s. The use of snuff gained in popularity Between the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s because of big spending on advertising and a shift away from other forms of tobacco the report said. But that is Chan Ging Loo. Dod attempts to mend its health care system b Richard Halloran Washington not among the biggest head aches suffered in the Pentagon has been the responsibility for the medical care of 10 million people in peacetime and for the wartime treat mint of men and women wounded in Battle. See related medical stories on Page 9. By Law the 2.2 million members of the armed forces and their 2.b million dependents arc entitled to free medical care As arc 5 million More retired military people dependents and widows. That free medical care ii a Strong Peinl used by recruiters. Bui the military system hat provides peacetime medical care has been strained. Department of de sense officials say. Overcrowded military hospitals try to treat 50 million outpatients a year. Costs of sending the overflow to civilian doctors and hospitals approaches $2 billion a year. And the Quality has been criticized in highly publicized cases of malpractice. As for combat Medicine senior officials testified last year that because of insufficient doctors nurses Field hospitals supplies and transport the armed forces could care for Only three of every 10 people wounded in conventional War. Also a secret audit of . Military medical facilities in Europe done by the Dod s inspector general reported last month that All major deficiencies would not be corrected until 1992 or 1993" because Large sums have been spent on arms and not enough on medical equipment and supplies. The european come in Stuttgart had no immediate comment Mon Day on the report still for All its defects the military medical system is showing signs of improvement according to or. William Mayer the Dod s senior medical official. A new plan for shifting part of the peacetime Burden to civilian doctors and hospitals has begun plans for recruiting doctors into the reserves Are under Way in vestment in combat medical equipment is increasing and new teams to assist those wounded by terrorists have been formed. Altogether he says programs to improve peacetime and wartime care Are about half completed although it will Lake into the Early 1990s before military medical care for both is fully adequate the system has been under Strain because of the rapid Tempo of training and operations. Even without hostilities activities like driving tanks piloting ships and f " tary i 1 flying air planes can be hazardous. And the Mili-1 is Short of doctors because it can t pay wages that they Cam in civilian life. We just cannot compete economically Mayer said. Further strains have been caused by the fact that More members of the services arc married and have children than before in an Effort to overcome problems Mayer says the Dod has shifted emphasis from peacetime Medicine to wartime readiness it will look to civilian facilities to pick up a greater share of military family care Pur primary Mission he said is to answer the question Are we ready logo to War the services have begun to standardize medical equip ment which should make it less expensive. And they arc trying to attract doctors with the necessary training into the reserves to be available in crises. The nature of War fare today Mayer said Means we should be Able to mobilize medics faster than the  to help in terrorist incidents medical teams have been formed and Are poised to move an Short notice. Lastly to relieve family pressures on medical facilities the Dod is testing a change in the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services champs. Doctors and hospitals will provide care for a fid cd fee and military people will receive care for a nominal fee rather than the current complicated sys tem of deductibles