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The Hospital by the River
- A Story of Hope
- Narrated by: Kate Hood
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Gynaecologists Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Almost 50 years later, Catherine is still there, running one of the most outstanding medical programs in the world. Through this work, thousands of women have been able to resume a normal existence after living as outcasts.
The Hamlins 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.
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- vanesss barron
- 23-07-2023
great read
great book, loved hearing her life story and what she did in her life.
How inspirational the places the people and the achievements made
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- Lisa Robson
- 30-04-2022
An Amazing Story
Loved this book, well done to Catherine and Reg on what they did for the people of Ethiopia. Rest in Peace Catherine, your shift at the hospital is over.
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- Shaune Speed
- 25-04-2020
Fantastic
Possibly the best audible I have listened too. Highly recommend to anyone. Now to find one to compare
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