The medical survey group spent one week in Majuro and then moved on to
Ebeye for 34 days.

Dr. Don Paglia unfortunately fractured his foot on the

last day in Majuro and returned to the United States on May 25th.

Dr. Pratt

and Dr. John Taman (Marshallese Medical Officer) performed a sick call while
Dr. Conard screened thyroids and Dr. Patricia Sullivan cared for the pediatric
patients.

On May 25th Dr. Jacob Robbins arrived to join the party for the

“outer-island survey.

(Please see Enclosure II for a tabulation of patients

seen for thyroid screening).

Dr. Conard and Dr. Robbins confined their

examinations to the thyroid.

Drs.

Pratt and Taman 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 age group.

Unfortunately, due to the Large number of children,

complete pediatric coverage was impossible.

We have assured the study group

that a.pediatrician will be recruited to complete the examination in the
September-October Survey

pediatric examinations).

(Please see Enclosure ITI

for a tabulation of the

On May 25th Mr. 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 II 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 required certification as a Master

(per Brookhaven National

Laboratory's Occupational Health and Safety Guide, dated Feb.

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