Speakers’ Series

February 9 — Dr. Bill Hanlon
Medicine in High Places: Living a Dream

Tuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m..
Max Bell Auditorium
All tickets $12

Dr. Bill Hanlon, founder and medical director of Basic Health International Foundation, based in Cochrane, shares a 20-year medical and personal journey providing health care to high-need, remote mountain communities including Ethiopia, Honduras, Peru, Mongolia, and Tibet.

MEDICINE IN HIGH PLACES "LIVING A DREAM"
A 20 year medical and personal journey
From the University College Cork, Medical Alumni Newsletter,
March/April 2009

Shortly after arriving in Darjeeling (2134m) on a bitter November evening in 1988, I was escorted to the local tea plantation hospital where I joined my close Tibetan friend and colleague, who had been doing amazing medical work as a pediatrician for many years on this Himalayan hillside overlooking Kanchenjunga. I was greeted by the head nurse, carrying a candle as the power was out (a frequent occurrence in this area). She escorted me to see an extremely premature newborn (12 weeks early), who was being kept alive and warm by the frequent exchange of hot water bottles as a substitute for an incubator, and an intravenous line and nasogastric tube supplying life sustaining nutrients. The following day I faced the challenge of treating a nun from the lowlands with a leg clot with only a one day supply of anticoagulant at the hospital. These, along with many subsequent experiences had a huge impact on me medically and personally. They have led and guided me on a journey that has taken me to many remote, high altitude areas in the world, exposing me to some amazing people who have taught me so much about life, medicine and spirituality.
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