A Vietnamese patient with leprosy, displays his foot with missing and misshapen toes. He was ...

Accession Number P05211.019
Collection type Photograph
Object type Transparency
Maker Orr, K B
Place made Vietnam: Vung Tau Special Zone, Vung Tau
Date made 1968
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
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Description

A Vietnamese patient with leprosy, displays his foot with missing and misshapen toes. He was treated by an Australian civilian surgical team in Le Loi hospital. More than 450 civilian medical and surgical staff volunteered to work in hospitals in Vietnam to instruct and teach Vietnamese medical and paramedical personnel and provide medical aid to anyone who required it.