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  • Camp Lester doctor helps save Guamenian woman’s life

    02/24/2006 3:14:03 PM PST · by SandRat · 3 replies · 337+ views
    Marine Corps News ^ | Feb 24, 2006 | Pfc. Eric D. Arndt
    CAMP FOSTER,OKINAWA,Japan (Feb. 24, 2006) -- Doctors from U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa aren’t used to making house calls or traveling thousands of miles to operate on a patient. But when the urgent need for a neurosurgeon in Guam arose, Lt. Cmdr. Dennis J. Rivet answered the call without hesitance. On the evening of Jan. 23, a woman was admitted to USNH Guam for a sudden loss of consciousness preceded by headaches. Tests concluded she needed an operation quickly or she would die. The procedure required a neurosurgeon, but Guam had none on the island. Rivet, one of two Medical Corps...