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In The Arms of The Angels

By Kim Patra

In The Arms of the Angels is the story of a medical volunteer, Kim Patra and her account of the days following the Bali bombing.Kim writes through the eyes of an expatriate,a health professional,a woman and a mother.

‘‘British born and Australian raised, Kim Patra has spent the best part of her adult years on the sleepy tropical island of Bali. Kim is a mother of three, a nurse, a midwife, and a writer and very few long term expatriates will have not had cause to call upon Kim’s expertise at some time or another’’

Melina Caruso

Dear Kim,
Just finished your book, couldn't put it down. Many chapters had me in tears as I remembered the conditions that Sunday in the Melati Ward. I too have memories of Dr Ponytail's boundless energy and Dr Vijay cutting one girls arm open to save her fingers. Your book brought so many details back to me that up until now have seemed surreal and dreamlike.

Thanks for your story, it was definitely one that needed to be told.

Cheers,
Dawn

Dear Kim,
Thankyou for "In the Arms of the Angels" and your kind words on the inside cover. I certainly did not feel like an angel during my time at Sanglah. The true angels in my eyes were the silent army of volunteers that sat by bedsides comforting the injured and providing real care. I am so pleased that your web site and book go toward honouring them. Like Bill 'O'Neil and Tony Pethick, I do not feel I was able to provide much in the way of medical services and I hope that helping and providing support to the non-medical volunteers and simply 'being there' for the injured was a worthwhile contribution.

I'm not sure if we met at Sanglah as I was asked to restrict myself to the first floor ward by John Hogg - although in the last few hours I spent about half my time in Melati. Your book certainly encapsulates many of the thoughts, issues and emotions that I felt up on the first floor. It perhaps doesn't fully capture the sense of remoteness, lack of contact with the main group at Melati and constant fear of our patients being forgotten and left behind that we all felt. In all other respects it covers everything from the luck of not going into the Kuta area due to late change of plans through the frustration and senselessness of it all and the amazement at the stoicism & resilience of the injured, the dedication of the young volunteers and the battle to protect from the press.

Thank you for so accurately and explicitly depicting the events at the hospital and after.

Kind Regards,
Stephen Hodby .

Books are available at :

http://www.inthearmsoftheangels-bali.com/orders.html

The Tribute

Many awards have been issued in recognition of those who gave service in the hours, days, weeks and months that followed the Bali Bomb. Many of these have been based on nationality, profession or magnitude of deed. It is my intention to mention as many of those individuals and associations as possible on a list that is published on our website a tribute to them all.
http://www.inthearmsoftheangels-bali.com/tribute.html

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