THE new patient in the geriatrics clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan shook Dr. Jan Maby's hand, glanced at her name badge, and submitted to all the usual questions and proddings of an initial medical examination.

Mother, you are the only juvenile delinquent old enough for a geriatrics clinic whom I have ever known.

Abdel Kader Fahmy hospital has a geriatrics clinic.

Honest, I'm not exaggerating; our passengers look like refugees from a geriatrics clinic.

Oh, there's one thing I don't understand, uh, what I don't understand is, uh, this: why do I have to go, uh, to the geriatrics clinic at Luna City?