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Catherine Hamlin

Dr Catherine Hamlin is an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist, the co-founder of Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital with her late husband, New Zealander Dr Reg Hamlin. The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital is the world's only medical centre dedicated exclusively to providing free fistula repair surgery to poor women suffering from childbirth injuries. Dr. Hamlin has been recognised by the United Nations agency UNFPA as a pioneer in fistula surgery for her development of techniques and procedures for obstetric fistula treatment.

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Title:: The Hospital By the River (MP3)
Written by:: Catherine Hamlin
Read by:: Kate Hood
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 10 hours 54 minutes
MP3 size:: 474 MB
Published:: January 01 2011
Available Date:: January 28 2011
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781742676661
Genres:: Non-fiction; Australian; Medicine
Publisher:: ABC Audio

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"Dr Hamlin is the new Mother Teresa of our age."

A story of hope.

The awe-inspiring story of the life and mission of Dr. Catherine Hamlin who, with her husband Reg, established what has been heralded as one the most incredible medical programs in the modern world. The Hamlins, both Christians, dedicated their lives to women suffering the catastrophic effects of obstructed labour. 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. Catherine and Reg, with their team of dedicated fistula surgeons, have successfully operated on over 25,000 women, and the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital has become a major teaching institution for gynaecologists from all over Ethiopia and the developing world.