Two mornings ago my telephone rang at 0630am. Alice was on the other end of the line, calling me from Darwin. Two months after she stood in my front yard shouting at me. Down the phone line I was woken by “Alan! My sister! I’m sorry my sister… for doing that thing, you know, shouting … More A third stab of pathos
In October 2012 I travelled to East Timor to volunteer at Bairo Pite Clinic (BPC) in Dili, for three weeks. BPC provides free health care to those in need, and is the most visited health clinic in East Timor, with over 530 people attending the clinic per day (with a single doctor reviewing patients, coordinating … More Timor Tuberculosis Tales
This is an essay I wrote some 10 or 11 years ago, as part of a Bachelor degree course in Nursing. It remains relevant, sadly, to this day. The health status of Australia’s indigenous people today remains far below that of the general population, with life expectancies comparable to India and Central Africa. Many nurses … More An Essay on Indigenous Health
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