European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday november 7, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9ramstein to be Hub for medical airlifts by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany Ramstein a will replace Rhein main a near Frankfurt Germany As the Hub for air Force aeromedical evacuations in Europe the Middle East and Africa said a . Air forces in Europe official. The change will result in the transfers of the 55th aeromedical Airlift so and the 2nd aeromedical evacuation so to Ramstein. Safe spokesman Doug Moore said they will be operation july 1,1993. Between the two the squadrons Are authorized just fewer than 200 personnel slots which will be transferred to Ramstein. No civilian jobs Are involved in the switch but about seven employees4-year-old London apr a 4-year-old girl who received a transplanted liver and Small intestine in Pennsylvania last Spring returned Home to England on thursday months earlier than expected. A a in a Back a Laura Davies said when she arrived at Heathrow Airport with her parents fran and Les in route to their Home in Manchester 185 Miles North of London. A we want her to rest get settled in and then we a have the Best Christmas Ever a fran Davies said. Doctors had expected Laura would have to remain in Pittsburgh As an outpatient of children a Hospital for a year after being discharged in August. But she was making such Good Progress that she was allowed to go Home Early. She will have to return to Pittsburgh next summer for minor corrective surgery her parents said. Laura who had surgery june 10, has attracted worldwide attention. More than $600,000 was raised to pay for her care including $270,000 contributed by saudi arabians King fahd since the surgery Laura has grown taller gained weight and no longer retains body fluids As she did before the transplants. A yellow tint to her skin has disappeared and she is eating solid foods. The girl was born with an improperly formed Small intestine and an operation to lengthen the Organ Wasny to successful. Before the transplant she was kept alive by intravenous feeding but the process destroyed her liver necessitating the double transplant doctors said. During her flight she ate smoked Salmon Steak and raspberries. From a private contractor Are being relocated to Ramstein. The 55th has 75 service members As signed to the unit while the 2nd has 102, said senior master sgt. Basil Kuzyszyn a Rhein main spokesman. Also moving to Ramstein Are four a 9a Nightingale aircraft used to transport patients within the theater the joint medical regulating office and a spare parts service which is handled by the private contractor serv air inc. The seven member regulating office is a joint command operation that includes a Canadian service member Kuzyszyn said. The office coordinates patient evacuations and Hospital transfers. Rhein main has been the Hub of the . Aeromedical evacuation system in Europe for 34 years. Today patients and passengers rely on a system that uses More than 25 airports serving 35 medical facilities and eight major hospitals. The closing of the air Force regional medical Center in Wiesbaden necessitated the shift to Ramstein. The land Stuhl army regional medical Center which is near Ramstein assumed in june the aeromedical staging responsibilities once held by the 7100th combat support Wing at Wiesbaden. An aeromedical Advance team Quot has been Down Here at Ramstein in support of the staging Mission for some weeks a Moore said. The c-9s have been flying into Ramstein regularly since june Moore said. Excluding emergency cases aeromedical missions at Ramstein will conform with the restrictions that bar Rou Tine night flights. A if there arc emergencies and they have to launch a c-9, that takes it out of the realm of the routine a Moore said. Depending on the medical Case Load there is typically one c-9 flight a Day in support of the aeromedical Airlift and evacuation missions Kuzyszyn said. Occasionally there Are two flights. Safe has yet to announce a decision on c-141b Star lifter aircraft which Are used on transoceanic evacuation flights. Currently two flights a week depart from Rhein main on wednesday and saturday mornings. Quot common sense tells me it is going to come out of Ramstein instead of Here a Kuzyszyn said. The shift is logical Moore said but for now it is All speculation. Girl returns to England Laura Davies 4, who got a liver and Small intestine in Pennsylvania arrives thursday in London with her ruling fails to satisfy librarian by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Furth Germany a Dolores Randall igers claim of racial discrimination s supported by an army investigation t she has yet to receive what she be ves is Justice. That will come she said Quot Only if i get r Job with Back pay and All the Bene Ruger said she was told in june 1991 inc acting Community librarian that r contract As librarian at ferns bar cos in Erlanger would not be extended Len it expired in the coming december. The reason she was told was the Adown and the anticipated reduction personnel. A i was too stupid to realize it was a a Al Issue a said Ruger. The Only Black i a Arian in the organization. She filed an equal employment oppor mity complaint and m july 1992, the my civilian appellate review Agen ruled that Ruger was terminated be Luse of her race. I1car. The review Agency known As Sacara is an investigative Arm that looks into Leo complaints for the army. The Agency report on the complaint contained non binding recommendations that Ruger be returned to her Job and that she receive Back pay and benefits but at an oct. 1 meeting it. Col. Kenneth d. Pankey commander of the 416th base support in offered Only to return her to the Job Ruger who has a masters degree and has worked at Public libraries in new York and Detroit declined the offer and has asked the local Leo office to escalate her complaint to the equal employment Opportunity commission in Washington. Sandra Boyce the director of morale welfare and recreation for the Community the umbrella Over libraries said the Back pay was not offered because of gaps in the investigation. Quot our advisers Felt there was a lot left out Quot she said for example she said Ruger was offered and accepted a Job in Schweinfurt Germany after being told about losing her Slot in Erlanger but she later declined it when she planned to get married. It was then Boyce said that the Leo complaint was filed. Ruger said the 50-mile commute from Erlanger to Schweinfurt would have been a hardship for her new marriage. Boyce also said the supervisor acted according to advice from the Community command that the draw Down made it preferable not to renew contracts. Quot it was not renewed because it was envisioned there would be too Many librarians in the Community if Ruger were extended Boyce said. According to the army civilian review Agency report witnesses interviewed for the investigation said the supervisor had on several occasions exhibited discriminatory behaviour. The investigation also found a history of arrogant and degrading behaviour by the supervisor toward ringer and other minority employees the report said. Boyce would not say whether the supervisor had been disciplined following the Agency a findings. Quot in a not at Liberty to say a she said adding that she does not discuss disciplinary issues in Public. Roger Scase will be a Quot High priority when a team from the National association for the advancement of coloured people visits military communities next week said the president of the european a act chapter. The team will not take action on any Case it hears Michael Lamberg said but will Bear testimony to determine if a problem exists. The team is scheduled to arrive in Europe today and visit Niernberg on tuesday he said. He did not want to discuss rugers Case in detail but said �?�1 think she needs to elevate this into a higher Ruger said the entire incident could have been devastating to her had she not Hecla husband Able to support the two of them while she is unemployed. Quot in a fortunate that in a married Quot she said. Quot this could have been a bad
