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| Community Overview |
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Medical Facilities |
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A dispensary, hospital and doctors residence are part of the planned
medical complex on Rongelap. |
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The dispensary includes a reception
desk and doctor's consultation room. Additional facilities are a
medical laboratory, linen storage room, medical/drug supply rooms,
darkroom and out-patient bathrooms. A day procedures room includes a
surgical table. In-patient
care is handled in the four 2-bed wards at the dispensary which also
includes bathroom and shower facilities. |
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| The Doctors Residence
is a 3-bedroom home attached to the dispensary. |
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The
Department of Energy maintains a state-of-the-art facility and staff
to monitor the island population for radiation levels.
Everyone on island for extended
periods of time is tested at regular intervals but no significant
levels of Cesium-137 have been detected. |
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