European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday february t3, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 aids Don t die of ignorance the British pail office is using this special postmark slogan during he Valentine s Day period to warn of the something to take to heart dangers of acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The Only Post office in Brit Ain Lytfi its own special Valentine s Day franking service the Dorset Vil Lage of Lover won t be required to use the message Bill Valentine cards a photo malted elsewhere in Britain will have the special postmark slogan officials mid. Boeing offering to replace 747 frames Seattle a the Boeing co. Is offering to replace frames in its 747 jets in order to eliminate hairline cracks that have developed in some of the older models the 76 airlines that use about 650 of the popular jumbo jets were offered a modification program designed by Boeing to re place some or All of the 26 circular structural frames in the Forward part of the plane Boeing spokeswoman Elizabeth Reese said wednesday. As the air planes get older they crack which in t unusual in any air plane Reese said. Bui in the past year Boeing discovered the 747s were cracking sooner than expected she said. Internal cracks can happen and it does t alter the safely of the air plane because the outer layer holds she said. But cracks that arc not watched and re paired can be dangerous she added. A Federal aviation administration Rul ing last year required All airlines with 747s Wilh More than 3,000 landings to inspect Boeing 747 Type Houmu Renfan transport Sirof it Vang than 195 it. 6 in. A Worth 231 it 10 in. A Tim 63 it 5 in. Maximum rtt twi 45,000 it. Maximum Speed 607 . A wig 5,527-7.082 rites accommodation 447-516 passenger with Crew of three Wight a 357,000-397,000 Jos empty 520,00033,000 a. Maximum on take off depends on Model or configuration Chicago to Rebura or Apoc source jane1 a the worm s aircraft the planes for cracks and make repairs. Reese said 8,000 landings is about eight to 10 years in the lire of an average 747. Boeing has discovered the one Inch Long hairline cracks Are round widely among 747s with More than 8,000 landings. Hie repair work can be done at the same time As other maintenance Reese said eliminating the need to Lake the plane oui of service to fix the problem. Boeing will not disclose the costs of the program or say whether in will pick up part of inc repair Bill. Reese said the company has been negotiating the modification plan with its customers for several months. The Seattle times in a Story wednes Day said in is believed Boeing will pick up the major Cost which could be As High As $600 million. The replacement frames will be made Ofa stronger aluminium Alloy that was unavailable when the 747 was operation of the 747 began in 1970. East Germany reports on aids Berlin a the first East German victim of aids has died and 14 other people in the communist country Are infected with the virus the stale run news Agency adn reported. East Germany also must expect a number of unknown cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome adn on wednesday quoted East Niels Soennichsen As saying. A Middle aged Man who probably had been infected with the aids virus years ago died at the end of last year adn said wednesday in its first extensive report on aids in East Germany. In did not identify the victim nor give any de tails of his illness. Sonnichsen is director of an East Berlin dermatology clinic adn said and head of an aids advisory group set up in 1983 by East Germany s health reason East Germany has relatively few cases of aids is because ii systematically screens blood donations for the virus adn quoted soon Dichsen As saying. The aids caseload also has been limited be cause there arc no drug addicts dependent on the Needle in communist East Germany adn said. East Germany requires that people with aids be registered adn said. Medical officials say Public has t right to see others health records Chicago up1 the Public had no right to know that Liberace died of aids nor should anyone s medical records be released without the patient s informed con sent medical officiate argued wednesday. That right to privacy extends to celebrities politicians and individuals carrying the aids virus and should never be abridged unless a substantial Public health risk can be demonstrated lop experts from the american medical association and other health groups agreed in a Public forum. Only a representative from the insurance Industry offered a dissenting View arguing corporations need such information to control health care costs arid it s foolish to assume that anything is private or. James Todd the Ama s senior Deputy executive vice president strongly defended the Sanctity of medical records and chastised the Media for its insatiable desire to k now what s going of what Benefit is it to the Genera Public to know that Liberace died of aids Todd asked. Is that useful in anything other than gaining front Page coverage of what earthly Benefit is it to have on National television the words that mrs. Mcfarlane used when she was calling emergency medical services to come pick up her husband Robert Mcfarlane As he has attempted suicide is that necessary news or. Just sensationalism while acknowledging that both were Public figures in panel suggested that medical records should not be used to que Nina Public appetite for information. When you become a Public figure you do yield some of your right to privacy said or. Dennis o scary presi Dent of the joint commission on accreditation of Hospi tals. But 1 Don t think you automatically yield Ali you right to privacy the medical records of Public figures Are not the Only ones being breached however the panel said. Increasingly sophisticated electronic systems have made such information available to insurance companies corporation Sand sometimes even Banks. We re also concerned that patients today Don t even know How much their confidentiality is being eroded Todd said. Many Don t realize when they sign som health insurance forms they re signing away their Todd said the Issue of medical confidentiality has important implications in the qual ily of medical cure. The Healing process must be predicated on Trust he said. Therefore the privacy of the doctor patient relationship and the ability of the patient to believe that what Ever information they give to their physicians will not be used in an inappropriate fashion is really fundamental. Failing that cup action it is unlikely that a physician is Ever truly going to know the ins and outs of a patient and the treatment will suffer As a consequence of it
