Left untreated, fistulas - rare in Western countries - result in severe incontinence, which forces women into a life of degradation and incapacity.Ĭatherine and her team have established six fistula hospitals, a village to accommodate patients and a midwifery school, and pioneered techniques that are used the world over. Now 92, Catherine is at the head of a world-recognised medical program that specialises in the treatment of labour-induced fistulas. This new edition continues the story of the remarkable Australian gynaecologist Dr Catherine Hamlin and her medical work that has transformed the lives of 45,000 Ethiopian women.Ĭatherine travelled to Ethiopia with her husband, Reg Hamlin, in 1959 on a short contract. The Hospital by the River has been in print since it was first published in 2001. "When I first met Catherine, straightaway I saw shining through the qualities and attributes which have made her one of the most loved and admired women in the world: warmth, energy, humour, optimism, vivacity, empathy, authenticity." DAME QUENTIN BRYCE
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