Fayette

Medical Clinic is ready to deal with New Year's

Day business this weekend with all Y2K safeguards

in place, a spokesman said Tuesday.

"All

systems have been checked and we're ready,"

said David Bradley, president of Sentinel Health

Partners, which manages the clinic.

The

clinic's computer systems will be staffed all

night Dec. 31, and medical personnel will be on

duty as usual this Saturday.

New

Year's Day typically finds the clinic busy no

matter what the year, Bradley said, because most

doctor's offices are closed for the holiday.

The

clinic also is ready for utility interruptions at

all times, not just those being threatened

because of Y2K. Ice storms and other phenomena

are always a possibility, Bradley said, and

alternate sources of power have to be ready to go

at a moment's notice in those instances as well.

All

emergency power sources have been checked and can

be utilized this weekend should anything go wrong

with the area's electricity, Bradley said.

He

also reminded area residents of another

contingency against computer failure, noting that

the clinic's doctors have decades of experience,

and were treating patients "before there

were computers in the office," he said.

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