European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes thursday february 22,1990 news update boat people protest Hong Kong apr four vietnamese men slashed their Abdomens tuesday to protest the policy that threatens to return them to their Homeland and a detention Camp fight injured three others later in the Day. Officials said. The four men. Aged 25 to 40. Were hurried to a Hospital after injuring themselves with homemade weapons at Whitehead detention Center said government spokeswoman Winnie to. Their wounds were not serious and they left the Hospital after refusing treatment she said. Four other boat people facing repatriation injured themselves in a similar fashion earlier this year at the detention Center. They All survived but another vietnamese Man hanged himself Friday after being denied refugee status. About 44,000 boat people languishing in Hong Kong Camps face repatriation to their communist Homeland unless they can show a Well founded fear of persecution. Flood of leave time donations overwhelms worker with aids by Dave. Walczak staff writer Heidelberg West Germany a dozens of . Government workers have donated hundreds of hours of their annual leave to a Heidelberg woman suffering from aids. The offers began feb. 12, a Day after a stars and stripes Story detailed How the disease threatened to keep Mishall Boyer from earning an income. Quot All i could do was cry that first  Boyer said wednesday referring to the number of donors who jammed the two phone lines into the  Post office in Heidelberg were she works. The number of Calls has slackened but Boyer and her co workers still average two Calls per hour from people wanting to donate leave. Kathy Godsave a management employee specialist in Heidelberg said 27 people have donated a total of 613 hours of leave to Boyer. Most of them live in the Heidelberg area but workers in shape and Kaiserslautern also made donations. In album a a pm Bitt to Stenti Fogo Bob a 3r�k a Vattana Fri Derick Corbin Ronto Dotton Scott Evan Shaidon Erwin Jonet Frank jus co wet mid Kirk William Lucas gnat Lyie Gary or Sid Anat Pedrosa Edma Tommy Perdomo Geroge j Pruitt Rhonda r. Rod son Trent m. Suko Tensia Thompson doctors have told Boyer that she should Start making plans to quit her Job at Patton Barracks because of a severely damaged immune system. She has accrued about 60 hours of leave but Hopes to remain on the  payroll until her request for medical retirement is processed. The process can take months and must be approved by the office of personnel management. Boyers husband also has aids and is on medical retirement. The couple and their 3-Ycar-old son Joszef had planned to return to the United states if the Mother was forced off the Federal payroll. Boyer has worked for the Federal government for about three years. She began working at the Post office in october 1988 and Hopes to continue working there until the Federal hiring freeze is lifted. Boyer said she contracted the disease from her bisexual husband about three years ago. More than 65 people called Boyers office Between 7 and 9 . Feb. 12 be fore she stopped listing every caller who offered help. A my fingers were cramped and my ears were ringing Quot she said. Callers included government workers in England Italy. Turkey and Greece and a colonel who said his troops wanted to donate their military leave. A one Guy said he prayed for me and that i was  Boyer said. A another woman called who said she hoped that 1 would get so much leave from people that i would t have to retire. �?o1 wish i had Xerox copies of information for All the people who called with questions. 1 never expected this kind of response in a million  Only government employees paid from appropriated funds can participate in the voluntary leave donation program. Those wanting to donate can Call the Heidelberg civilian personnel office at ets 370-6492. Boyer has taken part in More than 40 aids education lectures since november 1988 under the auspices of the european Congress of american parents teachers and  area forums to study rape problem Ramstein a West Germany a amps a mental health professionals and crime prevention specialists will be among the speakers at rape awareness forums to be held in three Kaiserslautern area communities beginning Friday. The sessions Are being held in response to a series of unsolved rapes and attempted sexual attacks that have taken place around Kaiserslautern in the last three years. The first forum will be presented at 3 m. Friday at the Falcon theater on. Amstein a. Others will be held at noon March i at the Simbach recreation Center and at 3 . March 8 at the Vogel Weh recreation Center. Topics to be discussed include a general profile of a rapist crime prevention tips rape victim advocacy programs and psychological effects of sexual  baggage Offenbach West Germany a warehouse personnel Are trying to locate service members and civilians m Europe who have not claimed their unaccompanied baggage a v corps spokeswoman said. Baggage left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject to disposal. The following persons should Contact the Offenbach warehouse Ito Box 44, Frankfurt military Community Apo 09710, or Call Frankfurt ets 320-5008 or 7309. 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The Pilot program the first of its kind in Usa eur is mandatory for All Active duty soldiers in the a Firnberg military Community. It will apply to soldiers apprehended by West German or military police. The 1.0 Means 1.0 milligrams of alcohol per Millilitre of whole blood. A Reading of 0.5 or above can result in disciplinary action. For a Soldier who weighs 160 pounds the  blood alcohol level is usually reached after consumption of two half liter German Beers when they Are consumed in less than an hour. For a Soldier weighing 130 pounds the blood alcohol level can exceed 1.5 under the same conditions. About 320 Active duty military personnel were picked up on suspicion of Drunken driving in the Community last year said maj. Darwyn Donnenworth. Director of the treatment facility and Initiator of the program. More than 85 percent of them had a blood alcohol Content of 1.0 or greater. Donnenwerth said the major emphasis of the program will be to diagnose alcoholism in its Early stages. Quot Dpi is a significant Marker for alcohol abuse and addiction Quot he said. A statistics indicate that arrests for driving while intoxicated have a direct correlation with the likelihood that a person May be an alcoholic. A eighty five percent of those arrested for owls arc alcohol abusers or  in the alcohol intervention program a Soldier will be interviewed by a Community Counselor within two Days after apprehension. The service member then will be Given a Date within a week or two to attend the resident program at the Hospital. Tutere the Soldier will take alcohol and drug abuse screening tests have individual interviews participate in group counselling watch films and attend meetings for alcoholics Anonymous in the evenings. Most daily sessions will last from 6 . To 9 . In one of the most powerful presentations someone who has suffered a personal loss such As the death of a child caused by a Drunken Driver will speak on the Impact the incident has had on their family Donnewirth said. On the fourth Day the Soldier will meet with Counselor Hospital staff and the unit commander who will recommend whether the service member be returned to duty or assigned to a More comprehensive program the  a alcohol and drug abuse prevention and control program. Clinic scheduling goes High tech by Janet do Agostino medical writer Jan Mcquigg and a new computer software system Are helping make the task of scheduling appointments at the  clinic in Baum older less a game of Chance. Under the old system. Mcquigg had to schedule All appointments by hand using pen and appointment books. But with the new system she has reduced Long backlogs of patients by making More efficient use of existing appointments. She can also answer Calls More rapidly. A patient who cannot receive an appointment within two weeks is still put on a backlog. But does not have to Call Back to make another appointment. Mcquigg can Call when an opening becomes available. A a it s 100 percent belter than before Quot Mcquigg said. The program was developed by Wayne Wilson a computer specialist at the lands Tull  regional medical Center to improve Access to health care for people who live away from the main  Hospital and generally use the smaller clinics. The software is being used at the hospitals four outlying clinics a in Baum older bad Kreuz Nach Miinch Weiler and Vogel Weh at Lan Stuhl s dental clinics and Oral surgery department and at the  Hospital in a Litzburg in the orthopaedic department the Wiir Burg Hospital plans to expand the system to its outlying clinics said Ray Martin the information management officer at the Hospital. The Cost to run the system in  medical facilities overseas would be just $ 15 for the development software Wilson said. It can be installed at most places without additional hardware costs. At Baum older Mcquigg books appointments in primary care and obstetrics gynaecology Only. Eventually paediatrics Ana optometry will be added to the new system. She also keeps track of people who do not keep appointments and who do not Call to notify the clinic. Latte is can be sent to the commanders of service members or their family members who do not keep appointments and do not notify the clinic. The computer prints out letters confirming the appointments made that Day and Fonow up letters reminding people their appointment is drawing near. Care Baum older. 10 ., monday through Friday. But starting March a appointments can be made from 9 . To 6 ., monday through thursday. The number is 485-6205. However scheduling clinic appointments May still mean making More than one phone Call because there is Only one phone Tine into the appointment office. The system has one drawback. Mcquigg is the Only person at the clinic who knows How to Book appointments using the computer. However additional people will be trained to use the computer system said or. David Baumann the colonel who commands the clinic