The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, February 12, 1986 - Page 5 HEALTH & FITNESS 'U' hospital hopes for es machin the permit From staff and wire reports The University hospitals have been ordered by the state Department of Public Health not to bill patients for use of its new kidney stone machines until the agency decides whether to issue the hospital a permit. The hospitals, along with Henry Ford Hospital of Detroit, acquired the 1.7 million machines without ob- taining certificates of need, which are required for any capital expenditure over $150,000. Officials of both hospitals said Mon- day they have not yet charged patien- ts for using the machines, and thus have not violated the law. Hospital of- ficials expect a decision on the per- mits by Friday. 'U' Hospital spokesman Dave Friedo said yesterday, "We haven't used the machine on patients - we've been using it on research." The machine isn't scheduled to be used on patients until Saturday, he added, the day after the new hospital opens. Friedo said he expects the Hospital to get the permit. If the permit is rejected, he said, the hospital might continue to use the machine in a research capacity. The kidney machines, called Lithotripters, use shock waves to disintegrate painful kidney stones without surgery. Eight other Michigan hospitals have applied to the state to buy the machines, but the state's health co-ordinating council has recommended that only three be permitted to operate here. Last Friday's order to the two hospitals is the first time the state has issued compliance orders since the certificate of need law has passed in 1978. Influenza outbreak: plagues University M 1 Y k By ROSE PURRELLI Winter's traditional outbreak of in- fluenza has once again sent Univer- sity students scurrying to Health Ser- vices and campus drugstores. Dr. Ceasar Briefer, director of University Health Services, said the new outbreak has led to five to ten documented cases each day of in- fluenza strain B. He added that the outbreak started about three weeks ago and is expected to continue until some time in March. "THIS IS somewhat more than weve seen in the past three or four years, but I'd call it an outbreak, not an epidemic," Briefer said. Teenagers and younger children are most susceptible to the virus, he said, because older people often have an- tibodies that prevent them from cat- ching the current virus. According to Briefer, most cases have been "pretty straightforward," and no complications or deaths have been reported. He suggested that common sense in health habits and a humidifier in residence halls might improve the situation, but cautioned that "There is no way to prevent it unless you've been immunized against this specific virus." Building directors in major campus dorms had few statistics on the num- ber of students who have contracted the virus, but Caroline Gould, building director at Bursley Hall, said, "In the past two or three weeks we've been running about twenty per wing." MARIE HILTY, an LSA junior, is one of those unfortunate students stricken with the flu. Instead of going to Health Services however, she has treated herself with a home remedy of rest and over-the-counter medicines. "People don't go to Health Services because of the bad reputation it has. They prefer to suffer alone," she said. The influenza virus has not significantly affected the rest of Washtenaw County. Dr. John At- water, health officer for Washtenaw County, said that "clearly we don't have an epidemic," though the Washtenaw County Public Health Department is "aware of illness in the community." The only confirmed outbreak of the influenza virus was at Ann Arbor's Green Hills School. Dr. Atwater said, where roughly one-third of the student body has called in sick at one time. Daily Photo by PETE ROSS The University's old hospital building stands silently as hospital staff and patients begin moving to their new location this week. A special committee is currently evaluating possible functions for the old building. 'O Main maybedemolished (Continued from Page D' you're almost better off building a latest radiology equipment. new building." Up until now, the 700,000 square foot TRESTER and Ayers point to building has been "maintained on a dilapidated conditions in the old patchwork system kept within," ac- building that stand in the way of its cording to Keith Molin, director of continued use. capital projects for the University. "The hospital was built in the early The building's structural problems 1920's - it isn't air-conditioned, needs originally provided a major reason new windows, and the plumbing and for building a new hospital. electrical systems need repair. Under a stipulation in the new Parking is also a huge problem," hospital contract, the old facility can-; Ayers said. not be used for patient care. John "Old Main isn't sufficient for Forsyth, executive director of the medical technology today. For hospital, said this requirement leaves example, the floors can't support the him open to the possibility of using part of the facilities for research. He admits, though, that some wings "really ought to be ripped down." Joe Diderick, director of the Replacement hospital, maintains that the most feasible idea generated so far is partial demolition. He ex- plained that each of the hospital's wings can thrive independantly because utilities are maintained separately. "Demolition of the whole building is unlikely. The best ideas are to keep portions," he said. A What's Happening Recreational Sports 4 AIDS antibodies found in saliva SPRING BREAK HOURS: February 22 - March 2, 1986 W . Quad BOSTON (AP) - Antibodies to the Aids virus have been discovered in the saliva of AIDS victims, and this may explain why the disease isn't tran- smitted through kissing and other contact with saliva, researchers say. The discovery also opens the possibility of developing simpler screening tests that would sample saliva, rather than blood, for evidence of exposure to the AIDS virus. THE VIRUS itself has been found occasionally in the saliva of some AIDS patients. Yet there is no evidence that the disease can be tran- smitted except through sexual inter- course or injection of tainted blood. "Saliva seems to be very uninfec- tious," said Dr. David Archibald of the Harvard School of Public Health. "There has to be some reason for that." One explanation may be that saliva contains so little virus that it can't cause the disease, Archibald said. But the discovery of the antibodies in saliva could also mean that these natural germ fighters have deac- tivated the microbes so they don't in- fect others. ARCHIBALD'S research, conduc- ted on 93 people, appears in the March students 'form SCARF (Continued from Page 1) "The empty set was a favorite of a lot of students. These are scary results if you're in food service," said Tim Pletcher, SCARF co- 'chairman. In addition, 92 percent of the studen- ts expressed a desire to have more in- put into what goes onto their plates in the cafeteria. A STUDENT worker in West Quad, who refused to be identified, agreed that the West Quad food crew is far from efficient. "My God, they cook food an hour before they need it and store it in a hot cart. I have problems with that," she said. "Everything's supposed to be wrapped in cellophane when it goes into the hot cart but sometimes it's not. I ran French toast all afternoon that wasn't wrapped. Chicken patties are never wrapped." THE STUDENT added that there are two groups of student workers - "there's one that cares and works hard and is responsible. And there's the other groups that only puts in three or four hours a week." "I think there's a sense of apathy." SCARF will attempt to overcome apathy and any other problems West Quad food service may face by distributing guides in students' mailboxes on how to improve their meals in the cafeteria. They also plan a second survey which will ask students to rate entrees on a scale from one to ten. SCARF members are displeased, however, by the lack of response from other West Quad students. The com- mittee called a mass meeting before the holidays and only two students showed up. 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