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051 Teeth cleaning Four young girls enjoy learning how to clean their teeth.
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061 Yok Ngon - chronic tuberculosis long stay patient This Orang Asli man had been in hospital for a long time and was likely to remain so. He occupied his time weaving baskets from rotan that we collected from the nearby jungle. Also he was able to repair chair seats with strips of rotan. His baskets were usually made to order from requests from the local "ex-pat" community, Air Force personnel and other folk interested in the hospital. This provided him with some money to spend in the hospital kedai (shop).
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006 Family Ward Young couple with their young baby. The father is also being treated for a skin condition.
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080 Rubber tapper's home While on my way to visit a nearby kampong I was surprised to come across this rubber tapper's lone home. I chatted to him in malay and learned that he was a tamil indian and made a living by selling his sheets of latex to visiting chinese traders. He had his own small plantation of rubber trees. You can see the latex sheets hanging below his house. Note also the large banana tree to the right of his roof.
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066 Female tuberculosis patient Female long stay tuberculosis patient. She was very good at making Orang Asli handicrafts which I arranged to be sold at Air Force bases. She spent some of her money on food to supplement her hospital diet and cloth for bajus and sarongs, etc.
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018 Young Negrito boy This young boy accompanied his parents and siblings to Gombak. I found the negrito children quite quiet and retiring at first, but eventually joined in with the other children around the hospital.
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010 Helicopter Orang Asli body being returned to his kampong for burial.
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026 Orang Asli children Gombak was full of happy healthy children from different tribes. They had accompanied a sick parent to hospital along with the healthy parent. It had been found that many Orang Asli were reluctant to leave their kampongs for hospital treatment, and those who did were unhappy in the strange environment. To encourage them to come to Gombak and also to recover quicker it was found that the presence of the family around them was essential. Most of the children enjoyed the newness of the hospital setting and were happy to be occupied during the day with basic lessons in the three Rs, and art and handicrafts in particular.
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081 B.C.G. immunization programme The "Batin"(headman) is receiving his Mantoux test. The Orang Asli of the Satah area had always been very reluctant to come forward for Tuberculosis testing and immunization in the past. However, that was not the case this time. Their curiosity got the better of them as a "white woman" was at the Medical Post this time. Many had never seen one before. The "Batin" then ordered everyone to attend!
