071 Deep Jungle Medical Post

Item

Title

071 Deep Jungle Medical Post

Description

Satah was one of the many deep jungle medical posts set up to deal with problems "on the spot" and to provide care and treatment for the local area. It was manned by trained Orang Asli Field Staff and was connected to Gombak Hospital by radio link. If a patient needed hospital attention he/she could be airlifted by helicopter to Gombak. This service was provided by UK, US, and Australian Air Forces.

Coverage

Malaysia

Creator

Duguid, Jennifer Cairns

Date

1965

Format

JPG

Identifier

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

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

11.jpg