European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 29,1994 less time More Money spent in ,. Iff. \ Washington a the trend continues to Ward More outpatient surgery at hospitals along with Shorter in Hospital stays in general. V the american Hospital association said tuesday in an annual report that hospitals registered 367 million outpatient visits in 1993, up 5.3 percent from 1992 and up 75 percent from a decade earlier. Of 22.8 million operations performed during 1993,55 percent were done on an outpatient basis compared with 54 percent in 1992 and 24 percent in 1983. The 30.7 million people admitted to the country s 5,261 acute care hospitals spent seven Days on average in the Hospital Down from 7.1 Days in 1992. Admissions were off by almost 1 percent. The association said Hospital expenses Rose 7.3 per cent in 1993, the lowest Rise since 1985, but still More than twice the general Fate of inflation. Hospitals added 57,000 workers in 1993, a 1.6 per cent increase. The 3.7 million Hospital workers were paid an average of $31,130 plus $7,041 in benefits. \ the association a nonprofit advocacy group for hospitals health networks and patients gathered data from almost 6,000 hospitals and health organization for its  found that More than a third of the country s 919,000 Hospital Beds Are empty on any Given night. The average Hospital has 175 Beds. Thirty four hospitals closed last year and 18 merged according to the report. Including new hospitals open ing there was a net decline of 31 hospitals. Advances in technology such As laparoscopic sur Gery which is minimally invasive and allows rapid heal ing have fuelled the spurt in outpatient activities. Fewer admissions and Shorter stays translated to a 21 percent drop in patient Days Between 1983 and 1993. The report noted that the trend toward ambulatory surgery is not the Only Factor behind growth in Hospital outpatient  hospitals Are expanding outpatient services with 94 percent offering ambulatory surgery 58 percent rehabilitation facilities 42 percent Home health care 23 percent outpatient psychiatric care and 21 percent Al Cohol and drug dependency treatment. The Survey also found that 83 percent of hospitals conducted health promotion programs such As Choles Terol screenings and free mammograms and 45 percent said they offered the Public report cards on their own performance. Eleven percent of the hospitals surveyed said they had formed networks with hospitals physicians and insurers to provide coordinated care. Re Hagerstown my. A Friendsville mayor Spencer r. Schlosnagle can t seem to Stop his compulsion to expose himself yet voters in his tiny Tow have looked the other Way when marking their ballots. Perhaps Schlosnagle s Stellar record has overshadowed convictions for expos ing himself on an interstate and in a mall parking lot. Others suspect his support stems from allegiance to his parents who ran a grocery store and clothing shop for 33 years in this River town of 577 people. Schlosnagle who won a fifth two Yea term in february by a vote of 99-58, has no plans to step Down. He is receiving counselling for his compulsion which he says stems from a sexual assault he endured As a teen Ager. A lady stood up at a meeting an said if we look in our own closets i m sure there would be some skeletons said Schlosnagle 30. First elected in 1986 at it he has won passage of a comprehensive development plan and zoning ordinance obtained More than $1.2 million in Grants for a new water Plant and improvements to the sewage Plant and overseen construction of a Park and a head Start building. It s a record that even Joe Scussa a Barber who lost two elections to Schlosnagle and has asked him to resign grudgingly admires. He has a lot of support from the senior citizens who still can t believe he actually did it Sessa said. The rest of the backing is friends of the family and relatives. I can t say he has Ever been a bad mayor. Yes he s done quite a bit for the town. But As far As his private matters ican t support  last month Schlosnagle was sentence to 3.0 Days in jail with work release and three years of probation for exposing himself along interstate 68 in 1993. Schlosnagle spent the past Mont working at a Hagerstown Motel and at a company booking accommodations for seminars. He returned to jail each night. 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Booth had moved to the Baltimore suburb several months ago from Bel air about 25 Miles Northeast. Bel air police said a raid last yearn Booth s former Home turned up traces of drugs and paraphernalia including syringes and pipes the information from informant was that he was supplying and abusing drugs along with others in that Home Bel air police chief Leo Matrangola said. He had a habit of bringing in numerous people who were know drug users Between the Ages 18 and 25, mostly Young single  charges were dropped to give a grand jury More time to develop stronger Case against Booth Matrangola said. The investigation was put on the Back Burner when Booth moved. Baltimore county police found no drugs in Booth s new Home in Middle River police cps Kevin Novak  is a homicide investigation and not a narcotics investigation he said. Wood s Mother told the Baltimore Sun her son had a drug problem. She accused Booth of supplying Herson and others with drugs. Members of the Christian Faith Tabernacle Church in Middle River reacted angrily to the allegation against Booth. He reached out to these people tory to get them on the right Road and it s just devastating because i know what everyone is saying is a lie said Kitty Garcia who publishes the Church newsletter. N visitor in coma after being struck by car Morristown . A an 11 year old russian boy who was on tour in the United states with a youth choir remained hospitalized in a coma tuesday after being hit by a car three Days before Christmas. Hospital officials and a member of the russian consulate in new York were at a loss to explain Why the choir and its adult chaperones left the country the morning after the Accident leaving the critically injured boy alone. But Holiday generosity by at least two Anonymous benefactors will bring the boy s Mother and sister from Moscow to Morristown to be with him. Eugene Marazov was staying with the choir at the Parsippany Holiday inn when he and another boy tried to run across route 46 at about 4 30 . Thursday according to Parsippany police sgt. John Mcgee. A car driven by an 18-year-old Man tried to avoid the boy but hit the Concrete median before striking Marazov and knocking him 12 feet in the air police said. Marazov underwent emergency sur Gery Friday night at Morristown memorial Hospital to relieve brain swelling. He remained in a Light coma on tuesday according to Hospital spokeswoman Annecone. He is in critical condition. He is a very sick Little boy. Our hearts have really gone out to him and to his family what with his parents being thousands of Miles away Coyne said. Michael Silin vice Consul of the rus Sian consulate in new York said he was very surprised to learn that the youth choir and its adult chaperones had left the country Friday morning without Mak ing provisions for the injured boy. But if visas can be secured in time Eugene s Mother Svetlana Marazov and his 9-year-old sister hoped to arrive wednes Day at John f. Kennedy Airport in Newyork Coyne said. We decided Friday night that the hos Pital would absorb any Cost related to bringing the family Here Coyne said. Subsequently a Community member promised to cover the airline tickets and a second pledged Cash for other costs Coyne said