European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday october 29, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 Gulf briefs it. Cmdr. Edward Cohill examines British warrant officer 2 Stevan Milia ailing foot at the Hospital. Navy s Field Hospital fixes Gulf gis aches and pain sex japanese head to plea for hostages release Tokyo up a former japanese prime minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said Friday he will travel to Baghdad this week to meet with iraqi president Saddam Hussein and seek the release of japanese hostages. Nakasone Japan a prime minister from 1982 to 1987, said he also wants to discuss a peaceful solution1 to the crisis but his priority will be to win the release of the japanese hostages. A of course As a japanese i am most concerned about the japanese a Nakasone 73, said at a news conference announcing his plans. A i want to do whatever i can to solve the  iraqi ambassador to Japan Rashid Al Rifai said Hussein will meet with Nakasone who is expected to leave thursday for Baghdad and stay four Days. Nakasone decided to go to Baghdad in response to the requests of the families of japanese hostages reports said. His decision was influenced by former British prime minister Edward heaths trip to Baghdad earlier this week which resulted in the release of 38 British hostages. There Are More than 200 japanese trapped in Iraq including 139 who Are being held hostage at strategic locations. Nakasone will be going As an individual not As a representative of the government said Taizo Watanabe a spokesman for the japanese foreign ministry. A we Are not involved in the  Watanabe said Nakasone will work for the release of All hostages not just  on iraqi Border reject dutch offer of jets the Hague Netherlands a the dutch government last week suffered a political embarrassment by having to admit that its offer to deploy a Squadron of f-16 fighter jets to the Gulf had failed because there were no takers. Prime minister Ruud Lubbers used a nationwide television interview last month to announce the dutch air Force was willing to dispatch 18 of the jets to Turkey to help enforce the . Air embargo against Iraq. Lubbers said the offer was a sign of support for the Only nato ally bordering Iraq. Turkey is one of the nations hardest hit by the . Economic embargo. Turkey refused the offer saying it had no need for the 18 jets. So Lubbers government feverishly began talks with several other nations confronting Iraq to see if they were willing to take in the f-16s. But in a letter to parliament last week the government admitted a the countries involved say they Are Able to police their airspace using their own National  a there is at this moment no need for additional capacity to enforce the air embargo against Iraq the letter said. Details of the other refusals have not been made Public apparently in order to avoid yet More embarrassment for Lubbers. At the time of the dutch offer military experts said it was a political gesture aimed at underscoring the dutch commitment to the multinational Gulf Force. They added that there was no real military need for that Many jets. The f-16s would have been under orders not to use Force unless fired upon and their deployment against unarmed civilian aircraft would have been relatively Low risk. The government said its offer was still open and the jets would be dispatched a if at a later stage there should be a need for a specific dutch contributions to enforcing the . Air embargo. Within a few Days after iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait the dutch Navy sent two frigates to the persian Gulf to help enforce the United nations embargo. The Netherlands has so far refused to deploy any ground troops there. In Eastern saudi Arabia a no shots have been exchanged in anger in operation desert shield. But that does no to mean there Haven to been casualties and almost All Are treated at the biggest . Navy Hospital Ever erected. Fleet Hospital no. 5 is a 500-bed installation that sprouted from 416 crates of equipment dumped on a parking lot. It took 16 Days to set up and now covers 28 acres. That a the largest Field Hospital Ever erected and the largest Navy Hospital in the world right now a bigger than the ones in Portsmouth va., Bethesda md., and san Diego officials said. A it has All the things you a find in a medical Center in the United states a said capt. Anne Rawley 44, of Cranford n.j., a Vietnam Veteran who a second in command at the Hospital. A a we re taking care of whatever comes our  v right now that san average 120 patients a Day suffering from scorpion bites broken legs sprained Ankles heart attacks appendectomy is and toothaches. The patient Load is nowhere near what the Hospital would handle in combat. Still More than 3,000 soldiers have sought treatment since it went fully operational in mid september. About 700 of those needed dental care. A even people Over Here get toothaches a said or. George Rounsaville of Virginia Beach va., who can perform just about every tooth repair but Caps and crowns in his two chair dentists office. Doctors treat everything from diarrhoea and heat exposure to injuries suffered on the Job or at play. One of the worst injuries involved a Jogger who tripped Over a rope and impaled his neck on a tent Peg. He was Fine following surgery. A being in the military is a dangerous profession. Unfortunately accidents happen a said it. Cmdr. Mike Mozzetti of Walnut Creek calif., who specializes in emergency Medicine and runs what the military Calls a casualty receiving room. A your Job is to snatch patients from the jaws of death and get them to  he has seen gis with heart ailments hernias ankle sprains Snake bites and scorpion stings which Are very painful but rarely fatal. Military rules ban the disclosure of exact troop strength but the dozens of doctors and scores of nurses and corpsmen have been trained to treat a special threat in this military operation a chemical weapons. Iraq is known to have stockpiles of nerve agents and iraqi president Saddam Hussein used them in a War with Iran and against iraqis own kurdish minority. Chemical warfare is a fear that . Soldiers carry As constantly As their Gas masks and the Hospital drills twice a week on handling nerve Gas victims. A a there a no telling what he Saddam might do. But we re prepared a Mozzetti said. A i done to know what would be worse getting blown up or getting hit in a chemical  Fleet Hospital no. 5 has three operating rooms that can handle a Peak of six cases at once and up to 60 patients a Day. It has two intensive care units an a Ray department a blood lab and wards to handle neurosurgery skin grafts psychological disorders and obstetrics and gynaecology. It has its own heliport to handle incoming wounded since helicopters Are the military version of ambulances. The Navy also has two Hospital ships in the Region. One who praised the medical care is army capt. Barry Napp 45, of Wrightsville Beach . He Tore the ligaments in his left ankle a week ago but he a Back on duty hobbling with a plaster cast. A i got first class treatment a Napp said. A a in a glad i was Able to stay. What we re doing Here is important. We re changing the world. I want to be a part of it. I want to do my  for buffs of the to show a pm a s he the beet hospitals chief of surgery is nicknamed a Hawkeye a the fictional doctor who healed wounds and cheered spirits during the korean War. The wards Are in air conditioned tents connected by a corridor that a nearly a mile Long. Units powered by generators keep the temperature at about 80 degrees fahrenheit a Cool Haven from scorching daytime heat that can reach 120 degrees. The Hospital is self contained with its own commissary Security laundry recreation area and kitchens. The staff sleep on cots in tents a relative luxury compared to what the front line troops have out in the desert. Everywhere there Are touches of Home. Paper pumpkins and halloween cutouts Are Strung around allowing thoughts of trick or treating and hobgoblins to offset the spookiness of real War. Letters sent by children Back Home Are Given to patients to cheer them up. Still Hospital Crews Are sobered at the thought of How things might be if shooting starts. A a we be been told what we might face a said cmdr. Wayne Quesenberry 45, of Hillsville a. A we really done to know what Well