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With the foregoing as background, what is the current status of‘the
program?
As of 28 January 1980, we have no ship.
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I have been unable to _
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obtain any reasonable estimate of when a ship will become available.
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am given a date by DOE headquarters, it will take from 3-6 months to mount
a survey from Majuro.
In addition, we have a large and defined amount of
work (data acquisition and clinical care) to provide to the study group,
this calendar year.
That work will be condensed into 6 months or less and
will require some degree of modification, but the basic elements must be
maintained.
During the period while we are awaiting notification of ship
availability, we will continue to prepare the 26-year report, develop a
system for extensive chart review and revision, attempt to recruit a new
principal investigator and resident physician, complete and distribute a
newsletter to update our associates and collaborators.
We hops to circulate
this lctter, quarterly, to inform and to seek comments and suggestions from
many pzople interested in the program,
The mailing List currently contains
about 120 names.
The final question to be addressed in this update
is Dr.
inquiry regarding "a few physical cxaminations on Enewetok".
Vachholz'
The previous
comments regarding the potential impact of adding this group to the present
study addressed only management policy.
such an expansion,
Ll.
If the decision is made to support
J would offer the following suygestions:
Ve amish lave accurate information on the projecked population
to be studie@, ile., demographic data
examination facilities on Fnewetok
(in detail), existing
{need scale plans/drawings)}
to compute the..flow characteristics.
this information will
determine the team composition, e.g,, male/female professional
staffing and the examination sehedale
(number of patients seen/day) -