European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The Hospital is a mix of state of the Art electronics and improvised equipment such As gurneys used for operating. Tables. At right patients and Hospital workers look for essentials at the Camp Post Exchange. A member of the american . Contingent works out in the Camp s fitness Center. Life on the Edge continued from Page 21 he said. I love trauma. It s a whole different Steward has seen some action however. After arriving he was one of a team of Navy medics called to help refugees from the fighting in ire Bihac pocket about 60 Miles South of the Camp. For 14 Days the doctors and corpsmen tended the refugees mostly children. _a. There was a lot of dehydration Steward said after. A few Days they started looking better. It was kind of Nice to see the kids when they started getting better. It makes you feel like it s All Worth ask the Hospital staff about patients and most eventually talk about Cre Gortz. " Cre Gortz is a Young polish Soldier. Nearly three months ago he was impaled on the gear shift lever of his armoured personnel Carrier when he drove Over a bosnian Cliff. The wounds were so bad that doctors gave the pole a temporary colostomy. They had to Anes Thetie him when they changed his bandages because the pain was so intense eventually someone found a Sailor who spoke polish. In the three weeks since Cre Gortz is up and around. He was spotted shopping in the Post Exchange. Nurses Don t know if the Soldier will go Back to Poland. They fear he May be sent Jackub the Field. The Hospital is supposed to take care of peacekeepers Only. So far the wards average Between 10 and 30 patients each Day. Most Are ill although some come in suffering from mine wounds and injuries sustained in vehicle most common complaint in the Hospital s intensive care Ward in t Bullet wounds shattered legs or even head colds. The peacekeepers in the Balkans have coronary problems the people serving Here fit the profile of people with cardiac problems said Navy it. Cmdr. Catherine Suttle the head intensive care nurse. They re hard chargers real Type a personalities All the smoking alcohol and work. Lots of cardiac complaints like any deployment creature comforts Are sorely missed at Camp Pleso. Give me real operating tables said Navy Hospital corpsman Richard Whitten a reservist from Champagne Iii. In the Ward where he works six wooden stretchers on wheels serve As operating litters just Don t work right he said. Navy it. . Arlie Swailes is satisfied with the recovery Ward she oversees. But Camp life needs a change. I wish i did t have to go outside at night to use the bathroom she said. In world War ii Lucky strike cigarettes went to War. In this . Peacekeeping action Burger King goes to the Balkans the Black and Orange Burger King trailer near the american compound is a popular place with Many of the International contingents hungry for american fast food. But the . Forces wary of the $3 double whoppers and $1.25 Worfler of Fries usually shun the limited menu in favor of the Chow Hall microwave food and snacks from the various bars on the compound. Winter is on its Way to the Balkans and the americans Are getting ready. Last year More than 52 inches of Snow fell in Croatia. The Seabee the Navy Quick response construction corps is Parker. I ,._.,. Building convex living quarters for the people who stay in senior enlisted and offices sleep in Large 10 Man tents on the Corner of the runway near the Hospital. Junior enlisted stay in nearby dormitories. But the Seabee plan mirrors what the French have already done. A convex is basically a two person rental Box. However the climate can be controlled and the Structure provides better Protection against the weather. When Navy cmdr. Alana Benton immigrated to the United states his last name was Malekovich. He was a croatian born near Zagreb. But Benton the Hospital s chief nurse won t talk politics or How she feels seeing her father s Homeland caught in a civil War. 22 the stars and stripes wednesday october 5, 1994
