VALE VIET NAM Memoirs of a Civil Surgeon

by M. Hall

The author describes the difficulties experienced in working in the University of Hue, Central Viet Nam, in the period shortly before the Tet offensive.

92 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2010

Reviews

[David Eden · Rating 4 out of 5]

A clear-eyed and slightly angry memoir of Dr. Hall's time *trying* to work as a teacher of orthopaedic surgery at Hue University in Vietnam in the 1960s. He outlines the personalities and situations clearly, taking the reader through the problems of helping to establish medical facilities in Vietnam, and also the problems with Canadian External Affairs. Many well-meaning countries send medical supplies and even doctors to places like Vietnam, and don't follow through. Dr. Hall explains all this, as it was just before the Tet Offensive in 1968, which left the German doctors dead, and much of the medical program in disarray.