ETHIOPIA: BRITISH ARMY DOCTOR PROVIDES EMERGENCY HELP TO TRUCK ACCIDENT VICTIMS AT NORWEGIAN LUTHERIAN MISSION.

Record ID: 435187

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: BRITISH ARMY DOCTOR PROVIDES EMERGENCY HELP TO TRUCK ACCIDENT VICTIMS AT NORWEGIAN LUTHERIAN MISSION.
  • Date: 20th January 1970
  • Summary: 1. GV MISSION HOSPITAL AT MEGALE 0.06 2. LV HOSPITAL BUILDING, PAN TO PATIENT SITTING 0.12 3. LV INTERIOR..MEN'S WARD 0.17 4. CU BANDAGED PATIENT 0.20 5. SV BANDAGED BOY PATIENT 0.25 6. SV CAPTAIN ROGER TAMLYN TALKS WITH HOSPITAL STAFF 0.28 7. SV TAMLYN ENTERING WARD, SHAKING HANDS WITH WOMAN PATIENT 0.35 8. SV TAMLYN LOOKING AT X-RAYS 0.40 9. SV WOMAN PATIENT IN BED, PAN TO SISTER 0.43 10. SV MAN WITH INJURED ARM IN BED 0.48 11. SV TAMLYN LOOKS AT X-RAY 0.49 12. SV ORDERLY TAKING BLOOD SAMPLES FROM BRITISH ARMY DONOR 0.54 13. SV NORWEGIAN NURSES WORKING WITH TAMLYN PATIENT'S BROKEN LEG 1.04 14. CU SISTER, TILT DOWN TO NORWEGIAN NURSING BADGE ON UNIFORM 1.08 15. SV SISTER, TILT DOWN TO BOWL IN HER HANDS, PAN TO TAMLYN WORKING ON PLASTERING LEG 1.16 16. CU PATIENT'S FACE 1.18 17. CU 'SISTER KIRSTI' IDENTIFYING TAG ON SISTER'S UNIFORM, TILT UP TO 'SA' BADGE 1.23 18. SV ORDERLY TAKING BLOOD FROM BRITISH ARMY DONOR 1.29 19. CU BLOOD ENTERING PLASTIC BAG 1.35 20. SV INJURED BOY, TILT UP TO TAMLYN AND DR. ERNST WOLD 1.40 21. CU DR. WOLD 1.44 22. SV DR WOLD EXAMINING BOY PATIENT WITH STETHOSCOPE 1.50 23. SV TAMLYN AND WOLD SHAKING HANDS, ZOOM IN TO DR. WOLD 2.01 Ethiopia: 1. Bridge built by R.E.M.E. and. 2. Capt. Roger Tamlyn at Norwegian hearts and mind hospital. 3. Shots of village life in Megale. Initials SAW/V/JH/PS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 4th February 1970 13:00
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  • Location: MEGALE, ETHOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVAF2BFOX7KPG6OFBU6LVYUQ2MYY
  • Story Text: AFTER A MAJOR TRUCK ACCIDENT IN A REMOTE PART OF ETHIOPIA, A BRITISH ARMY DOCTOR AND NORWEGIAN MEDICAL STAFF FROM A LUTHERIAN MISSION WORKED SIDE BY SIDE TO SAVE THE 21 SERIOUSLY WOUNDED VICTIMS.

    THE BRITISH DOCTOR, CAPTAIN, ROGER TAMLYN, WAS ATTACHED TO A UNITED KINGDOM ARMY BRIDGE-BUILDING TEAM IN THE MEGALE AREA WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO ASSIST FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT WHICH KILLED FOUR PEOPLE AND WOUNDED THE OTHER PASSENGERS WHEN A TRUCK ROLLED OVER.

    THE WOUNDED, MANY OF THEM CHILDREN, WERE TAKEN TO A NEARBY NORWEGIAN MISSION WHOSE OWN DOCTOR WAS ON LEAVE. --- HIS FIRST IN FIVE YEARS. CAPTAIN TAMLYN WORKED WITH THREE LUTHERIAN SISTERS DURING 48 HOURS OF GRUELLING EMERGENCY OPERATIONS.

    ENGINEERS FROM THE BRITISH ARMY UNIT DONATED BLOOD TO AID THE INJURED. MEGALE IS ONE OF THE MOST BACKWARD AREAS IN ETHIOPIA AND WITHOUT CAPTAIN TAMLYN'S HELP MANY OF THE ACCIDENT VICTIMS WOULD HAVE DIED.

    WHEN THE NORWEGIAN DOCTOR WHO RUNS THE MISSION, DR. ERNST WOLD FROM OSLO, RETURNED TO MEGALE THE PATIENTS WERE WELL ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY.

    DR. WOLD TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO WARMLY THANK THE 30-YEAR-OLD BRITISH DOCTOR FOR HIS WORK. THE NORWEGIAN MISSION HAS BEEN IN MEGALE, WHICH IS 360 MILES (580 KMS) SOUTH OF ADDIS ABABA, FOR MANY YEARS. ONE OF THE NURSES, SISTER BERTE, HAS WORKED THERE FOR TWENTY YEARS.

    THE BRITISH ARMY ENGINEERING TEAM TO WHICH CAPTAIN TAMLYN BELONGED, WAS WORKING ON A BRIDGE SCHEME NEARBY WHICH WAS RECENTLY OPENED BY EMPEROR HAILE SELASSIE.
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