Doctor in Vanuatu / Ted Freeman
- Bib ID:
- 3775848
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Freeman, E. A. (Edward Alan)
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Description:
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- Suva, Fiji : IPS Publications, University of the South Pacific, c2006
- 187 p., [16] leaves of plates : ill (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9789820203808
- Summary:
-
This book is a memoir of seven years spent working to heal and mend and to improve medical skills and resources in Vanuatu in the 1960s.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: 1. Memories rekindled 1
- Return to Vanuatu; 50th Anniversary Celebrations for the
- Church; Visiting Old Haunts; Remembering the Beginning
- 2. Something less than paradise 9
- Arrival in 'Paradise'; Tango Training Institute; Common
- Medical Problems of Vanuatu and the Pacific in the 60s
- 3. Arrival at Paton Memorial Hospital 19
- Dr Ron Ramm and Dr KnoxJamieson; Sister Elspeth Edgar;
- Settling in - new tasks, more new faces and new traditions
- 4. Early days at Paton Memorial Hospital 27
- "The establishment and facilities of PMH; Anaesthetic
- practices; A memorable emergency before my return to
- Sydney
- 5. The family arrives in Vila 33
- Short-term work and a new daughter; A special ceremony and
- a new anaesthetic machine; To Vila via Noumea; Welcome to
- Iririki; The basics - obtaining, keeping and preparing food;
- Dr Malkau Kalsakau; The big race
- 6. Early challenges 45
- Schooling for the boys; Codes of conduct; Sport as a
- contraceptive!; Coping with medical challenges; Visit to
- Malo
- 7 A brutal history 55
- The sorry practice of'blackbirding'; The role ofJohn Paton in
- stopping the slave trade
- 8 The challenges continue but the facilities improve 59
- Diagnosing in Bislama; Patients and staff from all over; The
- beginning of a blood bank; The blood bank saves (more) lives;
- More help from the Red Cross
- 9 Travel and customs - the outer islands 73
- Pre-WWII boats; WWII planes; Post-WWII sea travel;
- An orientation tour of the outer islands; Tongoa, Epi and
- Lamenu Islands; Paama and Malekula Islands; Ambrym,
- Ambae and Pentecost Islands; Godden Memorial Hospital,
- the Boyd Memorial Clinic and the Rev. Ian Taylor; Return
- to Vila
- 10 The ravages of tuberculosis and we go to Ambrym 91
- Treating tuberculosis; Another doctor - Dr Tuka Mua; The
- family goes to Ambyrm; Life on Ambrym; Visiting a 'bushie'
- village
- 11 International relations, women's business 103
- and Christmas
- The Russians arrive; Women's business; A visit from the
- House of Commons; Christmas festivities at PMH
- 12 Clinical work continues 117
- Medical emergencies; Retreat to Onesua; The dangers of
- childbirth; Birth control; Sharing the load; More medical
- emergencies
- 13 A visit from the navy and more obstetric problems 129
- The navy hits town; On-board medical facilities; Difficult
- deliveries
- 14 Graduation 1966 135
- Graduation ceremonies; An 'Aussie' moment; Broken bones,
- liver failure, asthma and appendiceal abscesses; Over-
- crowding at PMH; Furlough
- 15 Return to Vila 145
- Back to PMH and into work; A welcome dentist; A
- memorable operation; Work on the outer islands
- 16 A splendid offer 153
- Bluebird II, Dorothy takes a paid job; Malaria strikes; A new
- hospital, a splendid offer and a study grant; An emotional
- leave-taking
- 17 Success in Scotland, return to PMH and 161
- an unwanted end
- A Fellow of the Royal College; A fearful flight; Home to
- PMH; Felled by fever; Evacuation to Sydney; Lessons and a
- new direction
- Epilogue by Dr David Bannister 173.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- University of the South Pacific. Institute of Pacific Studies
- Also Titled:
- Doctor in Vanuatu a memoir
- Copyright:
-
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2006
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