European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday november 28,1991 one third of doctors feel no duty to give his care Chicago apr almost one third of general practitioners see nothing wrong with declining to treat patients who have the aids virus a Survey of doctors shows. Physicians who refuse to treat such patients should be candidates for disciplinary action including the possibility of having their licenses revoked american medical association spokesmen said. A Survey of 1,121 randomly selected general care physicians nationwide last year indicated that 75 percent had treated at least one patient infected with his which causes aids. A a majority 68 percent believed that they had a responsibility to treat people with his infection yet half 50 percent indicated that they would not if Given a Choice a researchers said. Although 68 percent feel a responsibility to treat patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus nearly one third a perceive no ethical difficulty with denying medical care to them said an editorial accompanying the study in wednesdays journal of the american medical association. The study was aimed at identifying barriers for physicians in treating his infected patients said Barbara Ger Bert Lead author and head of behavioural sciences at the University of California school of dentistry in san Francisco. The barriers include aversion to treating homosexuals and intravenous drug users both in High risk groups. Treating his infected patients strongly agree or slightly agree with these statements willingness to treat unwillingness to treat 68% i have a responsibility to treat people with the aids virus. 58% i would be comfortable if other physicians knew i treated people with his disease. 46% i would be comfortable if my other patients knew i treated people with his disease. 42% people with his disease Are Welcome in my practice. 50% if i had a Choice i would not work with his patients. 48% 1 prefer t0 refer persons with his infection to other physicians. 32% i Don t want persons at High risk for aids As patients. Source journal of the american medical association doctor accused of illegal abortion had Shady record in of Hospital new York apr the new York state health department has suspended the License of a doctor who was accused of cutting an Arm off a fetus during a botched abortion. The physician or. Abu Hayat 61, was the subject of numerous complaints from fellow doctors when he served As a surgical gynaecologist at a . Air Force base according to a published report. Patients also complained about Hayat during his two year stint at Long fab in Limestone Maine in 1979 and 1980, new Day reported wednesday. A this nickname was boo boo Hayat a or. Roy Berko Witz said. A the had problems then and i tried to bring them to Light. In a the one who will stand up again if  Berkowitz who was Hayatt a supervisor at Loring is now a surgeon in Towanda a. The health department cited Hayat in cases involving eight patients. The doctor runs an abortion clinic on new Yorkus lower East Side. In one Case a woman died after her uterus was perforated during an abortion in another Case Hayat abandoned a patient in the Middle of an abortion when she  come up with $500, the department said. In a third Case a in which Hayat was arrested last week on charges of performing an illegal abortion a he allegedly attempted an abortion on a woman who was As much As eight months pregnant. The woman Rose Rodriguez later gave birth to a girl who was missing an Arm police said. The abortion was performed at a lower East Side clinic police said. The child survived. The air Force tried to prevent Hayat from performing surgery on the base after an internal investigation in 1979, but he filed suit in Federal court accusing the surgeon general and the Secretary of the air Force of violating his constitutional rights by not providing him with proper notice or a hearing. A hearing was held after the suit was filed and the air Force decided to curtail Hayatt a surgical activities limiting him to performing surgery Only in the presence of another doctor Hayatt a former lawyer John a. Eve Erhard told new Day. A spokesman for the health department Peter Slocum. Said he did not know of Hayatt a problems in the air Force but added that he did not think the 10-year-old charges would be relevant in the cases pending against the doctor new Day  to decide dec. 10 Washington apr conservative commentator Patrick j. Buchanan said wednesday he would announce on dec. 10 whether he will Challenge president Bush for the 1992 Republican presidential nomination. Buchanan friends and associates say Buchanan plans to run but a spokeswoman said wednesday that no final decision has been made. The time and place of the announcement were not scheduled pending Buchanan a decision. A nearly 50% of students believe coup possible in ., Survey says Centerville Ohio up almost 50 percent of american High school students believe a coup like the August 1991 soviet overthrow attempt could happen in the United states a Survey showed. When asked to respond to the likelihood of a coup in the United states 49.8 percent of the students calling on an Abc news toll free line said a coup is possible while 50.2 percent answered it Isnit possible. The Survey was part of an Abc satellite broadcast discussion involving american High school students and their soviet counterparts. Among soviet students 84 percent said a a yes to the question of whether a coup was possible. In the Survey of soviet schools conducted by handing out written questions to students in three High schools 16 percent of the respondents said they did not expect a coup. Watching the results were students in More than 9,000 american High schools that participate in that Channel one school network. The hour Long broadcast linked Centerville High school with Moscow Choc no. 23, a High school where English is taught and Man students speak it. During the program Abc Anchor Tom Brokaw am soviet Host Serguey soup Nev released the results c surveys taken in both american and soviet schools. Soviet teens said they worry about economic Issue and the need for financial recovery in their country by both groups recognized More similarities than differ Encis Between the two countries. Is democracy Likely to become a reality in the Sovie Union a i done to think it is possible Here to have democracy a said Maxim Basov 16, of Moscow. A maybe democracy is Best possible solution for the United states but maybe not the Best solution for  .tv guest who said he had sex with teen is arraigned from wire reports Napa Calif. A a Man who admitted on the television talk show Geraldo that he had sex with his girlfriends 14-year-old daughter was arraigned tuesday on charges including unlawful sex with a minor. Donald Bixler 24, was picked up monday on a parole violation sheriffs capt. Richard loner Gan said. The arraignment was continued until wednesday when Bixler was expected to enter a not guilty plea Public defender Mervyn Lernhart said. He was Neld on $20,000 bail. Authorities had been searching for Bixler since last week when child welfare officials removed the teen Ager now 16, from the Home her Mother shared with Bixler. Her Mother and Bixler Are engaged. Bixler was on parole for a previous burglary and drug related charges. His parole had been scheduled to end this  open to scholars Kansas City to. A the last restrictions on scholars Access to the dead sea scrolls have been removed said the israeli scholar who is overseeing their publication. Emanuel Tov said monday that the Israel antiquities authority which controls the scrolls had dropped a Rule that those wishing to study the scrolls or photographic facsimiles of them must agree not to publish what they have seen. The 2,000-year-old documents which were discovered in 1947 in caves overlooking the dead sea have shed Light on the Early years of christianity and Judaism. The recent controversy Over the scrolls arises from the 35-year delay in publishing Many of the ancient texts found in one Cave. Access to some of those scrolls has been blocked by scholars assigned to prepare editions for publication. Almost All of the material from 10 other caves has been  food ads draw Fine Washington a Federal judge has ordered Ralston Purina co. To pay $12.1 million to rival Alpo pet foods inc. To make up for false advertising in touting the health benefits of Purina Puppy Chow. The penalty ordered by . District judge Stanley Sporkin was higher than a previous $10.4 million damage award to Alpo which was thrown out last year by a Federal appeals court. Ralston a perpetrated a cruel hoax on dog owners in the mid-1980s with an advertising Campaign claiming that its Puppy Chow could help prevent degenerative joint diseases Sporkin said. Ralston will Appeal the ruling spokesman Patrick Farrell said from the company a Headquarters in St.  pleads guilty Denver a a 24-year-old computer Hacker who admitted breaking into a sensitive Nasa computer system has pleaded guilty to a felony count of altering information. In Exchange for the plea monday Federal prosecutors dropped six similar counts against Richard g. Wittman jr., who faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 Fine. Authorities said the government will seek a much lighter penalty when Wittman is sentenced Jan. 13. Wittman told . District judge Sherman Finesilver that it took him about two hours on a personal computer in his apartment to tap into the space Agency a restricted files. He not Only broke into 118 systems within the Nasa network but he also acquired a super user status allowing him to review the files and electronic mail of other users assistant . Attorney Gregory c. Graf  bomb tested Las vegas a scientists detonated a British nuclear weapon tuesday 1,500 feet below the surface of the Nevada test site. The test code named Briston was classified As Havinga yield of less than 20 Kilotons . Energy department spokesman Darwin Morgan said. It was the eighth test announced by the United states this year