Vietnam Doctor
The Story of Project Concern
by Doctor James W. Turpin with Al Hirshberg
For Jim Turpin the American Dream had come true. He had a lovely wife, four
healthy children, a delightful home, a thriving practice. But this was too
easy; it did not challenge him as a minister and a doctor. So he abandoned
his life of comfort to begin a career of hardship and sacrifice, helping
those who needed it most. This was the beginning of Project Concern -- a
medical mission that expanded into an international organization. In 1962
Jim Turpin and his family moved into Hong Kong's dreaded Walled City.
Beneath an opium den and across the street from a brothel, the first Project
Concern clinic began to treat 50,000 people who lived in that festering slum
without water or a sewage system. Soon a second clinic was launched on two
barges to serve 35,000 Chinese who spend their entire lives aboard junks.
After another two clinics were opened up, Jim found fewer desperate
obstacles to overcome. So he set up Project Concern's first Vietnam hospital
150 north of Saigon and healed the sick regardless of their politics. This
is his story. Illustrated with B&W photos.
McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1966, second printing, 210 pages, 6" x 8 ½",
blue boards with black cloth spine and gold lettering, dust jacket,
illustrated.
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