Word: dooley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Thomas Dooley [of Laos]. Not for the extent of his works but for his leadership in the application of the principles that can save...
...Splendid American (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). A retort to The Ugly American, the fictionalized exposé of ineptitude in the U.S. foreign service. This dramatic documentary tells the accomplishments of Thomas Dooley, Ras Johnson and Clyde Searl in Red-menaced Laos. Narrated by John Daly...
...Navy, Dr. Dooley persuaded the International Rescue Committee to set up Medico (Medical International Cooperation) to sponsor hospitals in remote, underdoctored areas. Meanwhile, he made use of his immense energy, considerable Irish charm and silver tongue to get equipment and supplies: drug and instrument manufacturers have donated material, several individual gifts topping $100,000. For ready cash, Dr. Dooley plowed in his book royalties and the proceeds from grueling lecture tours, once raised $10,000 (largely in dimes and quarters) from a single, heartfelt appeal on Dave Garroway's Today program...
...Chicken for a Baby. Then he went back to the jungle. For his first hospital, Dr. Dooley picked Nam Tha, a tiny village in north Laos. The royal government supplied 44 canoes for the eight-day trip to get his 14 tons of equipment to the site. "We built a hospital without water or electricity," says Dr. Dooley. "We had 35 beds, 50 mats, and a daily sick call of 100 persons." He insisted that even the poorest patients pay some fee, arguing that charity undermines self-respect, usually collected a pig as fee for an operation, a chicken...
When Nam Tha was running well with native nurses trained in the hospital, Medico turned it over to the Laos government. Dr. Dooley returned to the U.S. to deliver another book (The Edge of Tomorrow) and more lectures, raise funds for a similar pioneering hospital at Muong Sing. He had been there close to a year when cancer struck. This week, about to undergo surgery in St. Louis, Dr. Dooley is full of plans to open more hospitals in Laos...