Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-05

in the street, crying Help me
help me-"
DR.. Comanduras. consultani
to Veterans hospitals in the
District and Virginia. has SCI
aside his large private practice
to make the pilot tour.
The 49-year-old physician
stressed that MEDICO will fos.
ter person-to-nerson relation
ships and will work on a vii
lage level. He pointed out that
Communist medical aid groups
work almost exclusively on q
village level, where the Amer
lean programs are concentrated
in large urban centers.
"The physical contact Of the
healer's hand on the patients
head is something that can
never be forgotten" DR.. Co.
manduras said.
DR.. Comanduras, an associate
professor of internal medicine
at George Washington since
1913. recently conferred with
U Win, Ambassador of Burma
The two were speaking of the
gradual drift of Far Eastern
nations away from the United
States, and the Ambassador
said that a few skilled doctor!
could perform marvelS in hi,
country.
Mr.. Win introduced Or. Co.
manduras to the, Ambassador
of Laos and Indonesia, who
were equally enthusiastic about
MEDICO. They said their gov
ernments had secured England
and Europe in an effort to re-
cruit physicians to minister tc
their people.
Schweitzer Stop First
The visit to DR.. Schweitzer was
DR.. Comanduras' first stop on
a pilot medical survey. His
Journey will also take him to
Jakarta, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Cambodia, Thailand, Laos
Wet Nam, Ceylon, Malaga,
Burma, India, Afghanistan,
Pakistan, the Philippines, and
Palestine.
I'VE are continually trying
to influence the course, of world
affairs. MEDICO is a made
to-order methor-the emo
tional impact Of such work on
the beneficiaries will be ire
mendous," DR.. Comanduras
pointed out. He stressed that
MEDICO will be a private, nom
Government, nonSecular and
nonprofit organization.
There is a humanitarian
aspect Of American life that
is not reflected in our foreign
policy" DR.. Comanduras said
with today's talk of missiles
and the arms race, this aspect
is. often forgotten.
"MEDICO will show the rest
of the world the real America.
Another Key Figure
Another key figure in the or
ganization of MEDICO is DR.
Thomas A. Dooley, who has
fought communism with medi-
cine in Southeast Asia since
1854.
Convinced that American
medical men could do more Il
persuade Asians Of United
States friendship than any aic
program yet devised in Wash.
ington, DR.. Dooley went to Laos
as a civilian in 1856.
With the aid of i've Ameri-
can volunteers he built two
bamboo clinics. one Of them
within 5 miles of Communist
China.
Mr.. Duke said yesterday that
MEDICO would seek to raise
81 million from the American
public and foundations for the
program. And DR.. Dooley re.
ported that pharmaceutical
c ompanies have already
pledged more than $500,000 ir
drugs and equipment.
Another to receive support
from MEDICO will be DR.. Cor
don Seagrave, the Burns
Surgeon" who now operates q
hospital at Markham.
DR.. Comandurus said thai
getting doctors to stan MED
ICO will be no problem. "Ir
medicine there is a definite
foundation Of idealism - the
original motivation Of a young
man when he becomes a doctor
is to help people-it remain:
only for us to appeal to thi;
basic drive" He said that score:
Of young doctors have expressed
intense interest in the program
and that many are ready to &C
now.
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