European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 c the stars and stripes Friday november 22, 1991haitian refugee boat capsizes Miami apr sixteen haitians drowned and 119 others were missing after a boat carrying 200 refugees capsized off the Eastern tip of Cuba cuban news organizations reported thursday. In Washington . Officials said they were checking reports that 135 haitians died when their vessel Sank off Cuba. Prensa Latina the official cuban news Agency said Cuba had mounted a land air and sea Rescue operation after the boat capsized tuesday night. It put the number of confirmed dead at 16, said 119 people were missing and 60 people were known to have survived. The dispatch monitored in Mexico City said the dead included 12 women two children and two men. Cuban Rescue teams were tending to the survivors the Agency said. The cuban coast guard saved about 60 people from the turbulent Waters Between Haiti and Cuba reporter Anna Peralte of radio Havana told Winz radio in Miami. Hopes were dwindling for the Rescue of others aboard the boat she said. A there Are planes and boats and they Are even looking on land a she said noting the Shoreline was a wooded area a farm area that is really officials with the . Coast guard and the . Naval base at Guantanamo Cuba said they had no details but were investigating. More than 1,400 haitians aboard . Coast guard cutters were being moved to the area around the . Base at Guantanamo Bay to enable the cutters to continue rescuing haitians at sea. State department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said 858 of the haitians were transferred to the Navy vessel Tortuga in Guantanamo Bay and 572 were being sent to the base itself. That would leave about 380 still on the cutters. Conditions have deteriorated in Haiti As a result of a hemisphere wide Trade embargo imposed against Haiti to protest a military coup there on sept. 30. Tutwiler said haitians face great danger in attempting to flee by boat. The coast guard estimates that Only half of Haiti a boat people survive she said. The coast guard has ceased returning haitians to their Homeland for the time being in compliance with a temporary restraining order issued on tuesday by a Federal judge in Miami. On thursday . District judge c. Clyde Atkins denied a government motion to Carcel the restraining order. He scheduled a hearing for next wednesday on a motion for a permanent injunction to succeed the restraining order. Paul Hudson of families of pan am 103-Lockerbie talks to the Media in 103 families official argue Over Syria role in blast Washington a families of victims of the pan am flight 103 bombing clashed wednesday with under Secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger when they expressed displeasure at president Bush a dismissal of possible syrian involvement. On the Day that two libyan officials were indicted last week on murder and conspiracy charges Bush commented that Early in the investigation a a lot of people thought it was a the syrians took a bum rap on this a the president said. A some of the relatives were offended by that remark a said Paul Hudson of Albany n.y., president of families of pan am 103-Lockerbie. Victoria Cummock of Coral Gables Fla., said Eagleburger reacted heatedly to the families comments. A the Felt we were calling he and his president liars a she said. However Eagleburger said that when a member of the group complained about a Hospital laxity blamed in deaths of some patients the presidents comment he responded a you have not called the president and me liars but you kind of come close to it. I just want you to know we Are not in the business of lying to the american Hudson said Eagleburger a in defense of the president said that he did not mean that there was potentially no involvement merely that at this Point there was not shown to be Hudson a group was one of three that met with officials for a briefing. Officials told the families that the United states was talking to other countries to determine what economic sanctions could be taken against Libya. The family members said they urged officials to impose a Swift and meaningful sanctions on Lybia. A bomb planted on flight 103 exploded dec. 21, 1988, Over Lockerbie Scotland. All 259 people on the flight and 11 on the ground were killed. Washington a serious medical problems at veterans hospitals including unsupervised interns and inexperienced medical personnel have caused patients to die congressional investigators say. A i examined Chart after Chart where attending physicians rarely examined patients or did not examine them at All a said Mary Ann Curran a congressional health care investigator. A nurses allowed it patients with life threatening illnesses to anguish for hours even Days without told a House subcommittee wednesday that she found serious medical problems at All six department of veterans affairs hospitals she visited. And she said a broader examination of records found 30 a hospitals had High numbers of patient complications and other indicators of substandard care. A officials disputed the findings. A at this moment we really do provide first rate care a or. James Holsinger jr., chief medical director of the department said in anticipation of the hearing. Curran a health care specialist for the congressional general accounting office conducted her investigation for the House government operations subcommittee on human resources and intergovernmental relations. She told the panel that the most serious problem found at the six medical centers was the Lack of supervision of residents and interns a problem she said had a severe consequences for a we discovered several cases of patients who had died because of errors made by unsupervised interns or residents a she testified. Curran said the investigation also found that a doctors who were untrained and inexperienced in emergency responses such As resuscitation Ana that Basic infection control was inadequate. She said Many problems were caused by a the Lack of continuity of care to a in one Case a patient lost a leg because he was not checked regularly. In another Case a patients body was cold upon examination by a doctor indicating that the patient had been dead for several hours before anyone discovered him a she said. Curran said the worst Case she found was at Cheyenne wyo., where a patient was diagnosed for bladder cancer and scheduled for surgery. While the patient was awaiting surgery the staff urologist resigned in a contract dispute and the patient was allowed to go untreated for 45 Days. When his condition was recognized by a surgical officer the patient had lost 30 pounds and his cancer had spread to other parts of his body. He was transferred to the Denver a Hospital where he soon died Curran said. A the patients demise was expedited by the Lack of treatment a Curran said. A the medical care provided to this patient who was unnecessarily restrained in bed against his will whose suffering was allowed to continue amounted to Curran added that this a is not an isolated Case but an example of uncorrected systemic rep. Ted Weiss d-n.y., the subcommittee chairman said a there is a pervasive attitude among the hospitals and the Central office to cover up findings of poor patient retired general denies charges Tampa Fla. Apr a retired four Star army general pleaded not guilty wednesday in an alleged $40 million scheme to defraud the government by Selling defective parts for military munitions. Retired Gen. Wallace h. Nutting who commanded the 3rd army div in Germany from 1977 to 1979, entered innocent pleas to counts of conspiracy to defraud the government making false statements and two counts of obstructing Justice. A the charges Are incomprehensible said Nutting a attorney Sandy Weinberg . Magistrate Elizabeth Jenkins so the trial tentatively for january. If convicted the 63-year-old Nuttin would face up to 20 years in prison an $1 million in tines. Nutting was among 10 people indicate last month As part of sooner defense Florida alleged plan to sell Pari for military munitions they knew did meet specifications. They were accuse of falsifying test results
