Hospital in Papua
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A Sick Child Goes to Hospital in Papua
Port Moresby, August 29
THE sick child of a missiom doctor near Romilly, Papua, v brought into the General Hospit Port Moresby, recently by the co: bined efforts of five organisatior Qantas, the Health Dept., Air Rad Australasian Petroleum Co., and t MV Motorina.
The Motorina sent the origir message that the child was a si pected appendix case. Air rac then relayed a Health Departme request to Qantas Catalina VH-EE to pick up the child. The Catali could not be put down on the ri\ at Romilly, so APC arranged transport the missionary doctor, (E Anderson), his wife and child Ivo River where they were pick up next morning by another Qant Catalina.
Anticlimax: The child was lat diagnosed as having acute dysenter Mrs. F. de Burgh Thomas, w] spent some years in Tahiti, w guest-speaker at the Workshu Theatre in Wollongong, NS) recently. She illustrated her ta with records of Tahitian music ai photographs.