European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 24, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 3 in wants Cut in free drug practice outpatient dispensation costs millions Washington a the Pentagon s inspector general is trying without Success 10 halt the widespread practice by military pharmacies of providing non prescription drugs to military outpatients free of charge. The inspector general in a 3i-Pagc audit completed in August and released thursday estimates that Mili tary pharmacies Are dispensing roughly $15 million Worth of Over the counter drugs such As aspirin cough syrup and laxatives every year. In most cases a  or family member needs a written order from military medical personnel to obtain the non prescription drug free of charge the audit found. But at some military Hospi Ali and clinics the local commander has authorized the pharmacy to dispense Over Irie counter remedies to any qualified oui Alicel requesting them. The audit did not estimate How Many of the Mili tary s 152 pharmacies arc dispensing Nan prescription drugs without charge to concluded that the practice is widespread however because All 20 of the pharmacies selected for the Sample audit were doing so. We recommend the assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs restrict Llic quantities of non prescription items that military pharmacies can Issue to  the auditors wrote. Issuance should be restricted to patients not having Access to commercial sources and to quantities necessary to treat specific medical conditions until the patients have Access to commercial  that recommendation however has already been rejected by or William Mayer the assistant Secretary for health affairs. In a memo attached to the audit Mayer said he concluded that a uniform regulation would be counterproductive. Our Hospital commanders arc in the Best position to determine which non prescription items should he utilized at each location since military facilities world wide perform a wide variety of missions have in treacly different physician to patient ratios and re quire flexibility concerning non prescription items Mayer wrote. The auditors have asked Mayer to reconsider saying they were not trying to limit the Freedom of Hospital commanders or military doctors to Tell outpatients to use non prescription  doctors could still recommend the items and advise patients to buy the items at the military Exchange or at a drug store. Our recommendation is also. Not intended to preclude military medical facilities from issuing Smalt quantities of non prescription items to outpatients who do not have easy Access to commercial sources of the  instead of issuing aspirin in bottles of 36 tablets or example these items could be issued in much smaller unit dose quantities. Until the Pai Ieni has Access to a commercial  the Pentagon provides free medical care to Active duty  and allows heir family members and retirees to use military hospitals and clinics on a space available basis. The auditors did not question that Basic system and indeed they lauded the pharma cies for procuring drugs prescribed by doctors us the lowest possible Cost. The auditors noted however that when a family member or Retiree uses the private sector for health care because military facilities arc full the Pentagon s insurance plan docs Noi cover non prescription drugs. The Over the counter procedure at military phar Macies a disadvantages the auditors concluded. For example the army Hospital at fort Hua Chuca ariz., discontinued ils program in 1986because patients were obtaining items simply because the hos Pital supplied them resulting in tremendous waste and delays in he entire dispensing  Paris cabbies May put heat on fares who cause trouble Paris a parisian taxi driven already armed against hostile clients with a measure of arro Gance savvy and an occasional dog May soon be equipping their cabs with hot scats. Packing 52.000 volts be siege qui Brulc or the scat thai Burns is designed to thwart those who try 10 at tack cab Drivers. With the push Ofa discreetly placed pedal the taxi Driver can Send the electricity coursing for one Sec Ond through the Back seat stunning the passenger with a Jolt to the Back of the neck. Five prototype cabs with the seats already Are cruising the cily and a cabbies Union Leader Hopes it will be available to All Drivers who want it by the end of the year. There already Are 100 More hot seats on order. It s a marvelous system said Norbun Ben Arous. Federal Secretary for the workers Force National federation of transport. It s invisible it s interchangeable and it s  but a representative of riders blasted the invention in a statement thursday. The danger of such a demented project is obvious for anyone who is  said Jean Claude Del arc of the federation of transport users. Why not also install a cobra in a Cage in the Back scat that the Driver can open when he wants Ben Arous said the hot Seal renders an attacker groggy for about two minutes but he does t lose conscious Ness it s like being slugged. You can get him out of the cab remove his weapon. Ben a oui said the system would not endanger the life of anyone zapped because although the voltage is High the amperage is weak. He said Paris Public hospitals tested the device on five types of pacemakers and found it harmless. British broadcasting corp. Reporter John Silverman accompanied by a cardiologist a lawyer and an insurance agent also ran a lest this week. I actually recorded it. I let out a tremendous yell Silverman said in a Telephone interview. Blood pressure and Electrocardiogram tests taken be fore and after the experience showed no noticeable Dif Ference he said made in Israel. The hot scat complies with Israel s safely and Hygiene requirements and the Israel Stan Dards Institute according to a soles brochure. The israeli taxi owners Union says a few of the de vices Are in service in Israel. In Paris a woman cab Driver was killed oct. 10, bring ing the number Shin since 1979 to 19, there Are an estimated 40 attacks per month on Paris 14,300 Lanis. It gives you a much greater sense of Security said Paul do Angelis whose cab is one of the five now equipped with the hot sear. It s a Means of self Dofi new without being a  but Jean Claude Marie a Paris cabbie Foric past 19 years said he thought the electric chair could be danger Ous in this Job you live on the Edge of your  he said. You could instinctively push the Button in the Middle Ofa simple argument. This system could go too  Ben Arous who introduced the idea to the Paris uni world has applied to the City for a permit to install a hot seat in the taxi of any Driver wanting one. Until Permis Sion is granted the five demonstration cabs Are prohibited from turning the current on an attacker. Undaunted by criticism he suggests the device could eventually be installed in commercial air planes to Short Paris taxi Driver Paul de Angelis shows the elec tric hot seat he is promoting. Circuit a terrorist in his scat. As a safely measure the Driver must Puth two other buttons before pressing the pedal. Many taxi Drivers now bring dogs who Survey the passenger from the from seat. De angst is who has driven a taxi for 17 years said some cab Drivers keep a knife hidden illegally in their taxis. He said he always carried a screwdriver Tor Quick  Bui since his hot seat was installed 17 Days ago he said the screwdriver is no longer  . Official says Waldheim damaged Agency London a austrian president Kurt Waldheim accused of nazi War crimes his been living a lie for 40 years and has caused immense damage to the United nations which he headed for 10 years a former . Undersecretary Gen eral said. Sir Brian Urquhart a British Diplomat who retired after serving As undersecretary general from 1974-86, made the accusations in his memoirs a life in peace and War published thursday Urquhart who was associated with the United nations for More than 40 years also rebuked the great world pow ers for their readiness to appoint a mediocrity to the Job of Secretary general one of the most prestigious International jobs. Waldheim was Secretary general of the United nations from 1972 to 1982. Waldheim has acknowledged serving in a German army unit implicated in the deportation of greek jews to death Camps and in atrocities against yugoslav partisans during world War ii. But he has vehemently denied any connection with nazi organizations or atrocities. Urquhart wrote that Waldheim lied for nearly 40 Yean about his War record presumably believing that the truth would stand in the Way of his relentless Pursuit of Public position and  Waldheim emerging As a living lie has done immense damage not Only to his own country but to the United nations and to those who have devoted and in some costs sacrificed their lives for it he said. However Urquhart said Waldheim performed belter As Secretary general than he had anticipated demonstrating determination and on occasions Cour age. But he lacked the qualities of vision integrity inspiration and leadership that the United nations so desperately  Urquhart said that when looking for a Secretary general . Members place a Low priority on finding a candidate Quali fied for the demanding Job. Rather political differences dictated a search for a candidate who will not exert any troubling degree of leadership commitment originality or Independence he wrote. Urquha said on top of this acklus Ter selection the permanent members of the . Security Council four of which were members of the Allied War crimes commission apparently never checked the commission s files or their own records to see whether there was anything unsuitable or questionable in Waldheim s past