European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes military thursday december 10, 1992officials kick off Campaign to promote Safe driving Schinnen Netherlands a dutch German and . Officials have signed a poster size proclamation marking the Start of a monthlong Campaign to prevent people from driving while under the influence of drugs or alcohol this Holiday season. Col. Gary p. Drugley commander of the 54th area support group led dutch and German police authorities and commanders of army and air Force units in the Tri Border area of Holland in promising support for the areas first National drunk and drugged driving prevention month. National �?o3-d�?� month As it has been dubbed differs from the military a celebrate sober Campaign which the Community also is conducting said a Randy Goss a spokesman for the support group. That program which began wednesday and runs through Jan. 8, emphasizes that a friends done to let friends drive drunk a As illustrated by the logo for the stateside program. The heart shaped logo depicts hands clasped As in a handshake preventing its dangling car key from reaching the starter. As an added incentive to avoid taking driving risks this Holiday season a Brun sum based taxi company has offered a discount on fares of up to 15 percent Goss  get awards Sembach a Germany a Germany based airmen supported by the 601st support Wing from Sembach brought Home several top awards in the air forces worldwide lightning Challenge held in november at Hurlburt Field Fla. The Competition measures the skills of tactical air command and control specialists in a four Day test of physical and mental stamina. Staff sets. Juan v. Hernandez and James a. Burt won first place in the two Man team Competition. Tech. Sets. Max j. Porras and Michael g. Britton took second place. Staff sgt. Kris h. Engel and sgt. Gregory a. Bates finished first in the communications event Porras and Britton placed second. Seven two Man teams one alternate competitor and two coaches representing Germany based units participated in the  Halls to close Rhein main a Germany a base dining facilities Are closing for Holiday Breaks and maintenance. The Zeppelin inn closed monday for renovation and the holidays. It will reopen dec. 28. During this time Zeppelin inn customers May eat at the 21st replacement in dining facility located across from the bases passenger terminal. The 21st replacement in dining facility will close from dec. 28 to Jan. 3. During that time the Zeppelin inn will serve the battalion dining facility a  in Mannheim Mannheim Germany a four briefing sessions for people interested in becoming warrant officers or attending the . Military Academy preparatory school will be held at the Schuh theater starting at 9 . And 1 . Jan. 14 and 15. A recruiting team is visiting Germany until Jan. 23 to look for warrant officer candidates and for soldiers who want to apply for preparation for West Point. Emphasis will be placed on soldiers interested in becoming warrant officers in the following career areas special forces vehicle maintenance criminal investigation property accounting Supply systems counterintelligence military personnel Marine engineering area intelligence Marine deck interrogation attache bandmaster and aviator. Army team gives Booster to aged georgian hospitals by Barbara Slifer in the Valley City of Tbilisi the Kura River flows through Georgia a capital past Church Spires and monuments to bygone eras of the City that was founded More than 1,500 years ago. Visitors sense they be stepped Back in time. And in some respects such As health care time has stood still. To help modernize Tbilisi a health care the . Military recently donated equipment and supplies from a 1,000-bed contingency Hospital in the Netherlands to the former soviet Republic. In november a team led by 7th medical come headquartered in Heidelberg Germany delivered and installed the equipment and delivered the supplies. For most team members it was the first look at a medical system founded under communism More than three generations ago. The two medical facilities receiving the equipment a City Hospital no. 1 and the Republican Hospital a Are centers for specially and sub specially care for the 51 million georgians. A in theory the communists believed that every citizen was entitled to free state provided medical care a said maj. Bob Driscoll operations executive officer for the . Team who has studied the soviet medical system. A however the communists had their priorities for the use of resources a he said. A this meant that to perpetuate the communist system the first priority was defense followed by heavy Industry. Welfare programs such As the medical system were always on the Bottom of the  the Republican Hospital was built in 1974. Much of City Hospital no. 1 was built around the turn of the Century and parts of it Date to the 1860s. Funding for the medical system was called the a principle of remains by or. Irakli Mere ladle Georgia a minister of health and welfare. Money for the medical system was what remained after the military and heavy Industry were covered. As a result nearly 59 percent of Georgia a 160 hospitals Lack adequate sanitation and Hygiene 45 percent of the country a medical facilities done to have hot water and 53 percent have no sewerage systems. Also Georgia a medical system had no Way to upgrade technology maintain medical supplies repair equipment or pay adequate salaries to medical staff said it. Col. Edward Phillips team chief from 7th medical come Headquarters. A hallways Are dark and gloomy and lighting fixtures Are without bulbs or Are simply wires dangling from the ceiling a said sgt. 1st class Salvador Herredia a Heidelberg stationed electrician who was part of the . Hospital Mission. Clean Linen also is in Short Supply. A nursing personnel would carefully sterilize and told sheets of various sizes and shapes some mended some with holes a and All stained to some degree a said 1st it. Jackie Whelen an operating room nurse from the 2nd general Hospital in Lan Stuhl Germany. Perhaps the most significant Supply problem was pharmaceuticals and medical equipment. Or. Capt David Schachter an internal Medicine specialist with the 130th station Hospital in Heidelberg who served As team physician was consulted several times by georgian physicians on patient care. I i m  a a a a a a a a i n 1 Foj la a a a _ n for a amps Barbara Slifer or. Andro j. Tsiklauri left director of the Republican Hospital in Disi Georgia looks on As it. Col. Edward Phillips Center and sgt. 1st class Paul Campbell Check a Supply inventory. The three Are in a corridor connecting the hospitals main building to an a Ray Annex. Hospital. Although there is no shortage of physicians in Georgia a nearly 500 per 100,000 people a physicians salaries reflect the neglect that characterizes the entire medical system. Or. Aka Vakharia a cardiologist at City Hospital no. 1 since 1987, earns the equivalent of $5 a month. The directors of City Hospital no. 1 and the Republican earn about twice that much. Despite Low pay the physicians Are dedicated and Well trained Schachter said. A i was really impressed with the knowledge of the professional staff. Their medical information is pretty current and they read publications like the new England journal of Medicine when they can get them a he said. A however most of their exposure to technological advances in Medicine had been confined to what they had read. They Hadnot seen or touched much modern  the soviet system not Only deprived physicians of technological advances but it also left much of the staff dependent on higher authority to Tell them what to do. A one patient who a had major surgery was having a serious reaction to pain medication a Schachter said. A i asked the surgeon what other pain medication he had and he said  i  believe it a they did no to they agonize Over making decisions because they be Quot Erhard the Opportunity to make decisions a Phillips said. They be never had to determine where equip even have  a georgian cardiologist at City Hospital no. 1 asked Schachter what treatment he recommended for a heart attack victim. A i asked if he had a ventilator and he pointed to one in the Comer of the Ward that had been broken for two ears a Schachter said. A the patient died. He might ave died even with the ventilator but i knew he  survive without  the next Day another ventilator was delivered to the ment and supplies should go because they be never had the supplies or equipment in the amounts that we provided a he said. 1 Jofre St a concept of Middle management said sgt. ,355, a Campbell a staff medical Supply expert at to medical come Headquarters. However Camp Bell is optimistic that the . Delegation has helped the georgian facilities and staff take Steps toward improving medical service. They have seen How we work and How we make decisions without elevating problems to the team chief a tiffs i rec ave seen delegation of authority and that it works. They have seen team Nib a Barbara Slifer is chief of Public affairs for 7th medical come