Dr. Catherine Hamlin
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The Hospital by the River
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Author: Dr. Catherine Hamlin
Author: Dr. Catherine Hamlin
Gynaecologists Catherine and Reg Hamlin left Australia in 1959 on a short contract to establish a midwifery school in Ethiopia. Over 40 years later, Catherine is still there, running one of the most outstanding medical programmes in the world. Thousands of women have been able to resume a normal existence after living as outcasts. The Hamlins, both active Christians, dedicated their lives to women suffering the catastrophic effects of obstructed labour. The awful injuries that such labour...