402085 NOV 5 1979 » re Brookhaven National Laboratory Mars * I ECTOR September-October The third BNL survey of the Marshall Islez the period from early September through mid O¢t —Tate ‘Te MGT. REP. ap ty for itinerary of the participants ). E. (352 MGTREP The goals of this survey were as followsf 1. To O1n REMARKS: complete the pediatric caern ort —y the May and June survey. 2. To examine any available study members who had been missed in the two previous calendar '79 visits. 3. To followup on the 11 patients who had undergone thyroid surgery in July in Cleveland. 4, To reexamine the remaining group of patients who had previously been noted to have thyroid nodules and to make arrangements for their transfer to BNL and to Cleveland for surgery in October. 5. To provide dental extractions for patients in the outer islands (a precedent had previously been established for this type of care by the resident physician, Dr. Knud Knudsen several years ago). 6. To provide "reading glasses" for presbyopic patients (a precedent had been established for this action over a period of many years by the opthalmologist who had accompanied the major surveys. 7. To begin the health education programs on the outer islands as requested by the people of those islands. Table 1 details the number of patients seen on each of the islands and the type of services rendered. REPOSITORY mee a —— ne an pre i, ”m an Fare ary ” COLLECTION f es OD ROUTING Sup BOX No. Ho peeL PASC DoeJWV. A236 Fo Ee #S os 1929 DER (ned(At. fRogeAamn