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“AU this point T would Like to express my profound admiration and sincere
appreciation to all of the members of the crew of the Liktanur II wha feequenty,
“yent out of their way to make our trip more comfortably
They are fully avsre
of the difficulties that the medical party encounters in using this ship and
attempted to do atl they could to remedy its defects.
Individual letters of
comneadation will be sont to the operators of US Oceanography.
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Medical
Results -
As you vill note from Yable 1, 48? individuil patient visits were performed,
OF J12 deuvat palionts presenting for eztraction 190 teeth were extracted,
One eddittonal tiyretd ue laut: that bed pot
3rosm Dobyns ves discoveret
agsseubled at
Lheye to be
sad couneqacadd oe croup of
five patiouls was
aeconp ated fo hu, ant thenee oa bo Clevetaml for
surgery with Jenauk Cabua as ct
vodant .
Ve
As usual,
bacn previous'ty screened hy br.
Suiseary =
the medical aupects of this survey a? dl roa smoothly and there vane
no great surprises From the staudpotnt of new medical findings.
cant
The wost sipnif i-
advance made by this survey vas the establishment of the initial prioritics
(as perceived by the people ef the istands) Jor the health education proprau
beginning vith a request by some of the Marshallese For a family planning prooram
and for a weipht reduction program.
beth of these clenents of the educational
progiam are felt to be critical from the standpoint of a reduction in morbidity
mul mortatity.
‘the guest faculty were outstanding.
Of particular interest, Dr.
liarvey Heidinger, a pediatrician from Loma Jinda University, demonstrated the fact
that
he is an expect in the arca of developing health care systems For emerging
nations.
He has previously been on assignineut from Loma Linda Loe Tanzania and is
currently op ausignment
to Haiti.
Wis thought ful comments and recommendations for
Ermine
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