[Perspectives] Patricia Walker: pioneer in refugee health

It was as medical director of a refugee centre on the Thai–Cambodia border nearly 30 years ago when Pat Walker experienced the most difficult day of her professional life. “I was on an island off the coast of Thailand, caring for a Vietnamese woman with malaria who was in the early stages of labour”, Walker recalls. “The woman gave birth to a stillborn child and died a few hours later. That experience will never leave me, and has helped drive my passion for immigration and refugee health ever since”, she says.

from #AlexandrosSfakianakis via Alexandros G.Sfakianakis on Inoreader http://ift.tt/2ltZFor
via IFTTT