Dr. V An Extraordinary Journey

Name: Dr. V An Extraordinary Journey
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ISBN: 9781469745121

ISBN-10: 1469745127

ISBN-13: 9781469745121

Edition: 2012

Authors: Thomas D'agnes

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Raised in a Greek immigrant family amid New England's industrial decline, Manny Voulgaropoulos wanted to explore exotic places. His ticket to adventure was medical school in Belgium, where he learned how Belgium's colonization of the Congo exploited its indigenous people. His medical training, originally a passport to travel the world, became his means to alleviate suffering of poor and underprivileged people. A serendipitous meeting with Tom Dooley, the Jungle Doctor, brought him to Kratie, Cambodia in 1958 as the Indochina war was brewing. In Kratie Manny was the Great White Doctor treating hundreds every day just as Tom Dooley had done. After repeatedly seeing the same people with the…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Thomas D'Agnes was Manny's student at the University of Hawaii School of Public Health, and worked with Manny in Indonesia and the Philippines from 1982 to 1995. He works for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Vientiane, Laos.