European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 121994 the stars and stripes 0 .-., .-.-, emergency room hop Oce for Page 21 dear Ann Landers will you please help e Ducate the Public about com Mon Courtesy and simple decency when visiting a emergency room. My husband is an emergency room physician. I can t Tell you How Many times he has had to ask someone to get out of his Way while trying to treat a critically ill patient. V these intruders Are not people who stumble into the emergency room by mistake. In variably they Are sitting with another patient and when they see some action they come Over and watch the show. Medicine is not a Spectator sport Ann please ask them How they would feel about a total stranger watching their Mother s Bare Chest being Defi brillates besides violating that patient s right to confidentiality and privacy the Gawker May actually be interfering with the patient s care by getting in the Way of doctors and nurses who Are trying to perform lifesaving procedures. Please Tell those who Are in emergency rooms either As visitors or As minimally ill patients to stay at their assigned Beds and let the professionals do their already difficult jobs. Have had enough of it in North Carolin adear North Carolina you told them and very emphatically. I Don t know Ann Landers How i can improve on the message but i can pass the word and Here it is. Dear Ann Landers i am the divorced Mother of Uva boys Ages 8 and 14 i met a really great Guy about 10 months ago. We be talked about getting married. He also has two children a boy age7 and a girl 5. ,. / the problem is his daughter., Betsy is extremely High Strung and has frequent temper she does t get her Way she lies Down Ort the floor kicks and screams. Last weekend i had to ask him to leave because Betsy was getting on my nerves. Ann have tried everything from talking to this child to putting her in her room and listening to her scream for 40 minutes straight. Nothing works. The tantrums continue. Her father does t know what to do with her either. 1 really want our relationship to work but i feel As if Betsy is succeeding at destroying it please Tell me what Todo. A / v bedevilled Ane bemused in michigander Michigan Betsy has Learned How to control the family. A new strategy must be applied at once. The moment the Tan. Trum begins she should be taken to her room and told calmly that she can come out when she is Able to con. Duct herself properly. Don t let her Wear you Down. Let her scream for an hour if necessary. This is one Battle you must win or you arc sunk. Letters to Ann Landers should be addressed to her at . Box 11562. Chi Cago. I. 60611-0562. C creators Syndicate elderly easy victims for by keeps fakes dear Abby i have kept the column you had regarding the elderly woman who was hooked on sweepstakes. I am sure that most people Don t realize How serious the problem is. I am an attorney in the Field of real estate and elder Law and not a week goes by that i do not get a Call from an older person who needs to speak to me privately. One 83-year-old woman had just built a two car garage onto her Home to accommodate the new Jaguar she was Jol she had won another woman had three shopping bags full of cancelled checks she had sent to various agencies to win some kind of contest. In two years she had spent More than $175,000. All her checks were for $3 and $5. I. Don t know what can be done in other states but in Florida we have a system where a guardian can be set up. Elderly persons can be allowed foreside at Homeland either family members or professional guardians Cay manage their Money. Believe me Abby sweepstakes Are not simply a harmless pleasure. They can be a real compulsion. Dear Abby Maria l. Dromm attorney fort Myers readers read on Pear in july you addressed the problem of sweepstakes scams. Since i am an employee of the postal service it is also one of my concerns. While ordering a consumer guide designed to help people avoid this kind of fraud remembered your column. To quote from our postal publication that advert " the postal inspect Ion service has teamed up with the direct marketing association dam to produce sweepstakes a consumer s guide. The guide has a checklist of questions to help Consumers evaluate the legitimacy of sweepstakes or other promotions they receive in their mailboxes " to receive a free copy of sweepstakes a consumer s guide mite to dam consumer services depart ment 1 101 17th St. N.w., suite 705. 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