The medical survey group spent one week in Majuro and then moved on to
Ebeye for 343 days.
Dr. Don Paglia unfortunately fractured his foot on the
last day in Najuvo and returned to the United States on May 25th.
Dr. Pratt
and Dr. John Laman (Nacshallese Medical Officer) performed a sick call while
Dc. Conard sereened thyroids and Dr. Patricia Sullivan cared for the pediatric
patients.
On May 25th Dr. Jacob Rabbins arrived to join the party for the
outer-island survey.
(Please see Enclosure TI for a tabulation of patients
seen for thyrotd screening) .
Dr. Conard and Dr. Robbins confined their
examinations to the thyroid.
Drs. Pratt and Laman saw all other medical
problems including Full examinations of those patients found to have thyroid
nodules that might require surgery.
Dr. Sullivan continued to see between 25-40 patients per day in the
pediatric ase group.
Unfortunately, duo to the large number of children,
complete pediatric coverage was tiapossihle.
We have assured the study goroup
that a pediatrician will be xeeruited to complete the cxamination in the
September-October Survey
pediatric examinations).
(Please sce Enclosure I1f for a tabulation of the
On May 25th Uc. Wayne Munk (Holmes & Narver)
arrived to accompany the outer-islands survey.
The ship sailed the following
day for Rongelap.
The support given to the Brookhaven National Laboratory medical team
by the crew of the Litkanur IT and Mr. Munk was outstanding.
The multiple
discrepancies noted in my previous trip report had either been fixed or
some corrective action had been taken (in most cases).
Throughout the
ship-based portion of the survey, the ship's crew and the medical party
functioned as a unit.
The Captain (Keith Coberly, Master) of the ship
possessed the requtred certification as a Master (per Brookhaven Nationat
Laboratory's Occupational Wealth and Safety Cuide, dated Feb. 8, 1979,