062 Along - paraplegic patient

Item

Title

062 Along - paraplegic patient

Description

Along fell from a tree while searching for food and sustained a serious injury resulting in permanent paralysis of his lower limbs. He became one of the hospital's longterm patients and eventually learned to use a wheelchair. When a telephone exchange was installed in the hospital Along and another paraplegic patient were taught to operate it. This gave then full time employment and a wage, and they became very important and valued members of the hospital community.

Coverage

Malaysia

Creator

Duguid, Jennifer Cairns

Date

1965

Format

JPG

Identifier

https://commons.keene.edu/s/KSCArchive/item/7076

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Type

StillImage

Provenance

Keene State College

Item sets

Jennifer Cairns Duguid Collection

Site pages

Jennifer Cairns Duguid Collection

Media

33.jpg