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Hamlin, Dr. Catherine

 
9781854246738: The Hospital By the River: A Story of Hope
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1854246739 ISBN 13 : 9781854246738
Editeur : Monarch Books, 2004

Synopsis

Gynaecologists Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Over 40 years later, Catherine is still there, running one of the most outstanding medical programmes in the world. Through this work thousands of women have been able to resume a normal existence after living as outcasts. The Hamlins, both committed Christians, dedicated their lives to women suffering the catastrophic effects of obstructed labour - a problem easily dealt with in the developed world by assisted delivery or caesarean section, but disastrous without medical intervention. The awful injuries that such labour produces are called fistulae, and until the Hamlins began their work in Ethiopia, fistula sufferers were neglected and forgotten - a vast group of women facing a lifetime of incapacity and degradation. Catherine and Reg have successfully operated on over 20,000 women, and the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, the hospital they opened in 1975, has become a major teaching institution for surgeons from all over Ethiopia and the developing world. Since Reg's death, Catherine has continued their work, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. This book is her story. Set against the vivid backdrop of Ethiopia, it is a moving and utterly compelling account of an extraordinary life.

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À propos de l'auteur

Gynaecologist Dr Catherine Hamlin is a Companion of the Order of Australia and has won the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Surgeons. Australian by birth, she has spent most of her working life in Ethiopia.

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Éditeur
Monarch Books
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1854246739
ISBN 13 
9781854246738
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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