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Call me brother : the story of a New Zealand doctor in Bangladesh / by Kate Day.

By: Publisher: Auckland, New Zealand : New Zealand - Kailakuri Link, 2022Description: 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780473631253
  • 0473631253
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Contents:
The simple idea -- A gentle soul -- New Zealand is full of doctors -- Vietnam -- Separations -- The lesson from the Montagnards -- Brushes with death -- Eat with, work with and live with the people -- The wanders -- Beautiful visions that no one else sees -- Call me Doctor Bhai -- Competition with the kabiraj -- The diabetes programme begins -- Healthcare by the poor -- Doctor Bhai was behind us -- The pressure of the poor does not let up -- Kailakuri is born -- New Zealand links -- The split -- Edric knows best -- We have not seen a programme like this -- Politics comes to call -- Vulnerabilities -- What will the clinic do without you? -- Only heroes need apply -- Special treatment -- I will die in Bangladesh.
Summary: "Edric Baker was driven by the idea that healthcare should be available for every person, rich or poor. In wartime Vietnam, he performed complex surgery on a patient, only to see him return and die from dysentery, a disease of poverty. Baker refused to accept that healthcare would remain out of reach of the poor, and devoted himself to living out an alternative."--Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
New Zealand/Pacific John Kinder Theological Library BV2500.B35 DAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan A42402788

Title from cover.

Includes index.

The simple idea -- A gentle soul -- New Zealand is full of doctors -- Vietnam -- Separations -- The lesson from the Montagnards -- Brushes with death -- Eat with, work with and live with the people -- The wanders -- Beautiful visions that no one else sees -- Call me Doctor Bhai -- Competition with the kabiraj -- The diabetes programme begins -- Healthcare by the poor -- Doctor Bhai was behind us -- The pressure of the poor does not let up -- Kailakuri is born -- New Zealand links -- The split -- Edric knows best -- We have not seen a programme like this -- Politics comes to call -- Vulnerabilities -- What will the clinic do without you? -- Only heroes need apply -- Special treatment -- I will die in Bangladesh.

"Edric Baker was driven by the idea that healthcare should be available for every person, rich or poor. In wartime Vietnam, he performed complex surgery on a patient, only to see him return and die from dysentery, a disease of poverty. Baker refused to accept that healthcare would remain out of reach of the poor, and devoted himself to living out an alternative."--Page 4 of cover.

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