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a
September checkup on the people and organize and corey out tho ‘eanual
medical survey in March-April.
The Trust ‘Territory would, hopefully,
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fill fn'for the other quarterly visits to the outer Selunde,
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As in 1, except recruit. a paramedic {natead of a physician
to be in the jalands, .md make the quarterly visita Jacluding acdistance
to the physician on the September trip and the annual purvey.
(iterative
3 seemd to be favored. The concensus was that quartorlytripe chould be
continued if possible.
BNL would explore furthor theea posoibtlicios.
It
was pointed out that if the quarterly trips were ebandoncd en explenation §
abon
‘to the people vauld be necessary.. In any evant, a letter to Oscar deBrum
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concecning the future status of the medical program would be desirable,
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wae queatLon waa raised as to whether, from the roocarch point of view,
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vate nem,
ERDA might have gotten “nearly all the mileage" out of tho progrca and
aother organization might -take over.
It was pointed out that with the
increasing development of hypothyroidism in many exposed people and thie
continued development of thyroid nodules there was, 4£ anything, an iacrease in research interoat in the propran,
.
“It was agreed that ERDA should support further Cratniny of cra or more
Marshalicse personnel, perhaps at the University Of Ilavail, Co participate
fn the taedical program in the felands,
Such training would be primarily
for general health care, but algo include gom acpcets of rediatioa and
dite effects. Purther exploration of this program should be pursued with
the Trust Territory.