Children’s Ward at Dispensary. Moen, Truk Atoll
Asa result of the opposition of these officers it was decided to establish smail units at each district dispensary for the care of tubercular
patients and to send those persons requiring chest surgery to the Guam
Memorial Hospital. Accordingly, HiComTerPacls cancelled the DepHiComTerPacls letter of July 13, 1948 on August 2, 1950 anddirected
that the extensive facilities at Saipan be operated as a unit of the
Saipan dispensary for the Northern Marianas and the Bonins and designated the “Northern Marianas Tuberculosis Sanitarium”: facilities
for patients at other district headquarters. consisting of isolation wards,
were to be integral parts of the dispensaries.
Noseparatefacility for mentally deranged persons was established
during naval administration. The fewcases, averaging five in number
during this period, were confined at the local dispensaries.
Treatment of diseases endemic to the Trust Territory and respiratory illness accounted for the majority of dispensary work. Active
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