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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1968-02-15, Page 9• • Greet gueits at Sorority dance Despite a heavy snow storm, the annual dance of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority was well attended in • Exeter, Friday. Members of the receiving line on the left are. Mr. and M rs. Don Gaiser, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Patterson and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Raymond. Coming through the line to the right are Mr. and Mrs. John Burke and Mr. and Mrs. Don Mousseau. T-A photo One of the highlights at the annual Exeter Figure Skating club carnival on February 24 will be the ap- pearance of trWiggily Wally", a combination caterpillar and worm. The green insect that measures some thirty feet in length was constructed last week by mothers of some of the skaters. Busily engaged in moulding their creation are from left, Mrs. Harold Boltzmann, Mrs. Walter Romaniuk, Mrs. Harry Dougherty, Mrs. Don McIver and Mrs. Jack Fuller. T-A photo • • • 4 • Getting ready for carnival like they are sent for on very .narrow winding roads and corn, pete for road space with cars, carts, water buffalo, bicycles piled high, Motorbikes, pedes, trians, cats and dogs. We drelre through miles of rubber Plant- ation. We met the team, had lunch and took off for Singapore to see the OR nurse. Monday we spent at the hospital and returned to Kaula Lumpur on the sleeper train, arriving at 8 am just in time to go to the office. We spent the day getting papers straightened out, Wednesday we spent the day at the hospital at Gornback. This is the hospital for the Aborigines. These are the tribal people that live in the jungle and they are considered the lowest class of Malay, Most are illiterate but shy, warm, friendly people. When one family member is sick they all come to the hospital, mother, father and all the kids. Somehow they manage to put them all up, most of the families do their own cooking. The food is provided by the hospital. A lot of the women are bare to the waist and the kids are as cute as bugs' ears. All of the Aborigines couldn't get over my fair hair. They were talking among themselves and one told the nurse 'I had a topay. If I go into an area and stand for a few minutes when I turn around there are anywhere from six to 20 pairs of little black eyes staring at me. Thursday we went to the office to complete paper work, then left for Penang. Charlie Flynn (lab. technician) his wife, Mary Lee and nine-month-old son Terry and Chinese Amah met us at the airport. We had dinner in Penang and then caught the ferry to the mainland and Sungei Patana. Much to our disappointment our house wasn't ready so had to spend another night at a rest home. By next afternoon our Amah had our house in livable shape and we scrubbed closets and cupboards so we could get in. It was such a relief to get to our permanent home. Our houses are side by side attached. We have four bedrooms, large living room, dining reent area,. icitC1194/ one western StYle hath with tub and cold shoWer and one Asian bathroom. The rooms have big ceiling fans, they keep going all the time, The door is huge, folds baCtk and has metal gate that nlosep on the out, side, The door is open all the time, haYe a front yard with a papaya tree and the boys have a banana tree in their yard so we do pretty well for fruit. Pineapples are 200 so we eat them lute crazy. If yoe forget to shut the gate you will find a goat frolick- ing in your living room. We have many mosquitos and little chi- chas. They are tiny lizards that crawl on walls and ceiling, They eat mosqpitps and bugs. HOSPITAL POORLY EQUIPPED The hospital has 280 beds. It's very old and needs several coats of paint. Each building is separ- ate and connected by covered walkways. The equipment is popr, almost nil. At the moment we don't have an auto slave at all. However in two years I hope we can say we have accomplished something. The hospital administrator is a. young Indian named Dr. Gurch- eron Singh. He is extremely nice and very anxious that we should be here. He took us to Alor Star to meet the important government officials. Everything here is con- trolled by the state which, in turn, answers to Federal Gov- ernment. We, of course, are looking for funds to support our program, so it is essential to meet these people and be able to get along with them. We have found them all very friendly, very pleased we are here and anxious and willing to help but funds are few. Things get done very slowly because of the amount of red tape but I am very hope- ful. We have to return to Alor Star tomorrow to meet the re- mainder of the people. Coming back today we drove alongside a river for several miles. In this river ladies were doing their laundry and bathing, children were swimming, the men were 1.43),)ffil))).0.0i7 '405 Adjutto-Rest* coils—crush-proof, felt-backed border that won't sag. Micro-Quilt' cover bonded to foam, Resort girl reports from Mqlg Finds streets packed with, ,people,smells Whim and, eo Were the water b144410. The Government here are try, ing very hard to give their people good health, stamp out 010401 %legate tporh And help them to IntPr9Y9 their 14;10-4 methods. I have seen two unusual cases; One elderly lady with beetle nut cancer, The beetle 'mat they chew, this produces upharra (somewhat like marijuana), Her mouth, jaw and glarttio down her neck were effected. The other case was a reasonably advanced case of leprosy. All her fingerS and toes had dropped off, It `.will be interesting to learn something about irePiCalrneclieine. icecian, our state, observes the Mpplern religipus day, so our weekend is Thursday afternegn. and Friday. We work every other day including Saturday and Sun- day. Last Sunday someone saw the moon over Mecca so we had a holiday. We went shopping at Penang for Christmas dinner. Food is very expensive with the exception of local fruits and vegetables, Turkey, $3 per pound; jello, 470 for 1 pkg; pickles, $2.35 a med- ium jar; cranberries, $1.47 a can; chocolate bars, 400 (100 at home), so needless to say we don't eat many chocolates; pork or beef, $3 per pound; cheese, $2.60 to $3.50 per ib; smoked oysters, $1.55 a can and gas $2.05 gal. HOSPITAL IS BUSY Tomorrow we will do our first case, just a small one. We are so short of equipment it's pathetic. The hospital is extremely busy and only four doctors to see 300 clinic patients plus 285 very sick patients. They are so short of linens that many beds haven't any linens on at all. The patients sleep in their own clothes and they are never changed. A couple of wards, chronic medicine and psychiatry, haven't even any beds, the patients sleep on the floor. We wash all our linens by hand and hang it out to dry. The place is wide open for the most part except for our major theatre. Last night we had a bat flying around while we were doing TimpsAdyocitipf. February. 1960 11140 . MIPS Berm Baker, gradu- ate of Victoria Hospital of Mrs,. London, and .-ciaeghter of Mr, and Pira, William Baker, QrRncl Bend, 'lett in November for a two-year stint as pperate ing room nurse . with .a Medico team in :Pling.el Patani, North, ern MalaYstn. She writes of her oxportehoog to her pereets and they have kindly given thteresttag e).c! cerpts IN MALAYA I left London Airport November 25 at 5:40 pm and arrived in New York and stayed two busy dayp for orientation. Then on to San Francisco, Hawaii, Tokyo, BangkOk, flew over Vietnam and Laos and landed at Kuala Lump- ur December 1 with Dr, whit, sener although neither of us real, Ned and didn't meet until the Malaysia officials held both of us for questioning about working here.. mr. Atwood, mission chief, met us so it didn't take long to clear us. He drove us to the hotel where we stayed for the follow, ing few days. I shared a room with the nurse anesthetist Mary Sullivan. We ate lunch in a.Chin- ese restaurant and it took about one and a half hours with. chop- sticks but we had fun. Tonight Mr. and Mrs. Atwood took us to a beautiful Oriental restaur- ant. I had their native fish and it was delicious. Mr. Atwood is Egyptian and a very delightful person. MANY PEOPLE,MANY SHOPS You have no idea of the number_ of people here, the streets are absolutely packed, many Indians, Chinese and Malaysian and traf- fic is wicked. It's worth your life to cross the streets. It is also a city of numerous smells, most of them nauseating. They have open sewers, garbage on the street, many dried fruits, nuts, spices and 90 per cent of the shops are open on the street— it's very intriguing. The shops are tiny, packed tight together and are just piled with goods. You can buy almost anything you want, Western foods and canned goods are very expensive. There are numerous little restaurants, both stationary and on wheels. They just move to a new area if business is bad. They open up little businesses anywhere. Sunday we drove by taxi from Kaula Lumpur to Kluang, and talk about a taxi ride, they drive SIMMONS SIM-QUILT* CONTINENTAL BED Floral Satin Micro-Quilt* cover. Exclusive Adjusto-Rest* coils. Complete with matching box spring and legs. Size 3'3" only. ,per case, Both the doctor antli wereafraid hut 09 ow else, Tl9tieed. Tonight we had a clot wandering tilraug0. At BAY UM* ciuring the day or pipit you can look out and see cows, goats, chickens and cats wandering all over the hospital grounds. Last night I went "to one of the wards to get the doctor. I shared the walk with a cow and when I got there two, cats were having a fight, under the beds, up one side and doWn the other. No one paid too mulch attention. We were over end had dinner with the administrator and fat„ ily, He has three children, We had Indian food, curried chicken, plain chicken, rice, crabs, cur- ried vegetables and we ate Indian fashion, with our fingers, even the rice, The only spoons on the table Were the serving spoons and it was fun. CHRISTMAS IN PATANI otir first Christmas in Patent is over, We had a nice day but Very difficult and hard to believe it was Christmas. I went to Anglican mass Christmas eve. We had a little Christmas tree 12" high with decorations 'and managed to get a Christmas tablecloth. We splurged on din- ner, had turkey with dressing,. mashed potatoes and gravy, cab- bage salad and bean salad, pickles and mince tarts with ice cream— no Christmas pudding, We have had a lot of accident cases. Christmas night a man had been bombing fish out of, the river. It's illegal so they bomb only at festival time, so people will think it's firecrackers and he blew his hand off. Last night a man cut the ends of two fingers off. This morning the ambulance came for me at 6:20. They had a child (one year) for tracheotomy. I rushed in and the child had ex- pired. It's sad, people come to the hospital as a last resort. It's a place to die, not to get well. Many of them go 'to the Bombo (medicine man) before coming into the hospital. If the patient gets well the Bombo gets the , credit and if he dies it's the doctor's bad medicine. It's a losing battle. ARDEN HIDE-A-BED® CONVERTIBLE SOFA Features Nimbus* seat cushions—full size Simmons Slumber-King® Mattress. 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