Volunteers
  
The foundation of the RACS
International Development Program is the team of dedicated medical and
surgical volunteers who donate their time and services to perform
life changing operations.
If you are interested in volunteering
with any of the College's International Development
Programs, please contact
us.
Here are some of the stories from
Fellows who have participated in the RACS International Development
Program and worked with their local counterparts to improve the health
services in the Asia Pacific region.
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Dr
Glenn Guest
Long Term General Surgeon
Dili National
Hospital, East
Timor
15 March,
2002 – 30
June,
2003
"On the 20 May, 2002 the world's newest nation
was born…East Timor. But they have
certainly not been born with the silver spoon". (more)
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Dr
Malcolm Baxter
ENT Surgeon, Specialist Visit
Honiara, Solomon
Islands
22 October – 1
November, 2002
"This was to be my first visit to
the Solomon
Islands since the armed uprising
and I anticipated finding a gross deterioration in the country generally
and the Hospital service especially". (more)
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Dr
Perry Burstin
ENT Surgeon, Specialist Visit
Port Vila & Santo
Island, Vanuatu
6 - 21 July,
2002
"The two weeks spent in
Vanuatu as
part of the Pacific Islands Project easily eclipses anything I have
experienced in my professional life". (more)
Last Modified: 3 September 2010
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