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September-October
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The goals of this survey were as followsf
1.
To
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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.
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