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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1961Vol. XXXII, No. 2

To Tokelaus

p. 51 · Read in the full issue

A no ther Mercy Mission A no th er Mertc y Mission To Tokelaus

For the second time in two months a medical team from the Apia hospital in late July was flown to the Tokelaus to perform an emergency operation. In the July operation a RNZAF Sunderland flew Dr, M. H.

Heycock, SMP Maua and Sister Davis to the Tokelaus for an operation on a woman suffering from a bowel obstruction. The operation, lasting 30 minutes, was a success, and the patient was brought back to the Apia hospital.