The Hospital by the River: A Story of Hope
The Sickbay by the River: A Tale of Hope Books
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Product Description
Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a small narrow to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Over 40 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. Catherine and Reg have successfully operated on over 20,000 women, and the Addis Ababa Fistula Sickbay, the sickbay they opened in 1975, has become a major teaching institution for surgeons from all over Ethiopia and the developing world. Since Reg’s death, Catherine has continued their work, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999. Set hostile to the vivid backdrop of Ethiopia, this book is a tender and absolutely compelling account of an extraordinary life.
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I did like this book but I reckon because the novelist was older it wasn’t what I expected. Some parts were long and not very fascinating. I did like the private tales about the women. It did raise my awareness about something I had never heard of before, fistulas. I was also surprised to hear the novelist and sickbay referenced in the book Half The Sky! I am glad I read it though.
Rating: 3 / 5
This book tells the tale of Dr Catherine Hamlin, a missionary nurse in Ethiopia, who ongoing the Addis Ababa Fistula Sickbay. It entails a lot of her history and work with her spouse. I plotting it was only about the Fistula Sickbay, but it did give enough info about the sickbay. The tragedy of child marriages and 3-7 day labors to deliver a dead baby break your heart. And it gets worse- the teenaged mother is left with a fistula that causes urine and feces to continually drain from her vagina. Her spouse abandons her and society rejects her because of the smell of her drainage. She has a hopeless, depressing, lonely life unless she can make it to the Fistula Sickbay for free surgery. I’ve toured the Sickbay and it is a wonderful work they do there!!
Rating: 5 / 5
There is so much awareness in a book like this. It’s tales of these women are compelling and shocking. I doubt that I will forget about this suffering for a very long time. I appreciate the author’s efforts to educate and depict the real life of these forgotten women. My heart goes out to them.
Rating: 5 / 5
I and my friends who have read “Sickbay by the River” have all liked
it very much. It tells about an Australian link
trained in obstetrics who went to Ethiopia and customary aa sickbay
to help woman in Ethiopia who had suffered the terrible effects of early
child impact. I judge it shows how the Christian life should be lived.
Rating: 5 / 5
I am glad to have come upon the dvd on netflix ‘a walk to gorgeous’ through which I learnt about this book. A very well written memoir covering private life, professional life and interlinkages thereof. Inspiring, humbling life sketch the Hamlin link who found purpose healing women with fistula for all the years of their life. I couldn’t place the book down for a second. A gorgeous read. It can be motivating enough to send you on a flight to Ethiopia and be of some help…..
Rating: 5 / 5