Alfred Hospital Nurses League - Nursing History Collection
Book - Illustrated book, Gary McKay et al, With healing hands: the untold stories of the Australian civilian nursing teams in Vietnam, 2009
... Volunteer workers in medical car-Vietnam-history...History Collection Ground Floor, Building 10 Caulfield Hospital 260 Kooyong Road Caulfield melbourne Early in the Vietnam War the South Vietnamese government appealed to The United States and its allies, including Australia, for desperately need medical help. Most of the country's doctors had been conscripted into the army and the civilian population was facing a medical crisis. Of significance to the AHNL as it includes information about the two Alfred teams that volunteered. Vietnam War 1961-1975-Medical Care Vietnam War 1961-1975-participation-Australia Vietnam War 1961-1975-personal narratives-Australian Volunteer workers in medical car ...
From October 1964 until the end of 1972, over 450 surgeons, nurses and other medical specialists from Australian hospitals volunteered to work in South Vietnam. In the towns of Long Xuyen, Bien Hoa, Vung Tau and Ba Ria they brought expert medical and surgical care, comfort and support to a war-weary and traumatised civilian population. The extraordinary story of these Australian civilians at war is told here, based on interviews with many of those who served in the teams, The book includes two appendices: one lists the dates of service of the teams, the other lists the members of the teams.
Illustrated book, Fronts cover has a photograph of two women in operating theatre dress with a young child (Vietnamese anaesthetic technician Tran Thi Dung, theatre nurse Cathy Blackmore and a young patient in an operating theatre at Bien Hoa Hospital, in early 1972). Below this on a background photo of bandages title and authors names are printed in shades of brown. Abbreviated title (light brown ink) and authors names (dark brown ink) are also printed on the spine along with the publisher's mark. A summary of the book, along with information about the authors, is [rinted on the back cover. non-fictionFrom October 1964 until the end of 1972, over 450 surgeons, nurses and other medical specialists from Australian hospitals volunteered to work in South Vietnam. In the towns of Long Xuyen, Bien Hoa, Vung Tau and Ba Ria they brought expert medical and surgical care, comfort and support to a war-weary and traumatised civilian population. The extraordinary story of these Australian civilians at war is told here, based on interviews with many of those who served in the teams, The book includes two appendices: one lists the dates of service of the teams, the other lists the members of the teams.vietnam war 1961-1975-medical care, vietnam war 1961-1975-participation-australia, vietnam war 1961-1975-personal narratives-australian, volunteer workers in medical car-vietnam-history, alfred hospital
