European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I " " " " i " " " "  welcomes a Young patient at his Nam Kham Hospital in the Shan Hill of Burma. Nana photo the Burma surgeon carries on his work or. Gordon Seagrave the Burma surgeon reached the Pinnacle of his Fame during world War ii. So quiet was his return to continue his work in Burma after the War that Many people Are sur prised to learn he is still alive and his reputation has turned to legend in his own lifetime. I have just visited Seagrave at his Hospital in Northern Burma. Rangoon is the capital of Burma but Mandalay 450 Miles North is the Geo graphic Center of the Southeast asian state. Another 300 Miles North an arduous jeep trip along the Burma and Ledo roads and you arrive at the Frontier of red China. Nested firmly in the misty Blue mountains along the China Burma Border is a outpost of humanity know As the Nam Kham Hospital. It is the life work of selfless extraordinary american. For 37 years Seagrave has Labore through strife plague poverty and imprisonment to bring modern medical treat ment to the Peoples  Burma and neighbouring China. Like an irresistible Magnet his Hospital at the Border Village of Nam Kham Hasaj Dawn the. Illiterate Semi primitive tribesman of the Region never increasing Nuh Ibers. To each the Prospect of curing affliction was itself a totally revolutionary concept. To be freeform malaria tuberculosis Gaiter rickets and two score other diseases was1 unti Seagrave arrived beyond comprehension. Today after almost a lifetime of Healing and giving medical education the Burma surgeon s of forts Are richly fruitful. About 5,000 patients Are treated annually within the Hospital twice that number Are  outpatients each Yeap Are Granit  in now journey 30 Miles by foot two months before delivery to have their Chil Dren born in the name exam Hospital. Som travel As much As 400 Miles by bus boat and cart for treatment