Conversation with Dr. Corpron
Founding Doctor of the KRCH
Photo: L to R, Dr. Phil McDaniel and Dr. Doug Corpron. This video interview took place in the home of Carol McDaniel Licht, Phil’s sister, who was also our videographer. Thanks, Carol!
Part One
of the conversation with Dr. Corpron
In January, 2019, I [Dr. Phil McDaniel] had the privilege of doing a video interview with Dr. Doug Corpron, the founding doctor of the Kwai River Christian Hospital.
Dr. Corpron told how he dealt with patients who came to him at the original mission site in 1961, even before there was a hospital building. Not only did patients come to him, he made house calls! Would you believe a house call for a bur hole?
Part Two
of the conversation with Dr. Corpron
Here is part 2 of my conversation with Dr. Corpron in Yakima, Washington, January, 2019. There will probably be about 4 parts altogether. The house call for the bur hole will likely be in either part 3 or 4!
Part Three
of the conversation with Dr. Corpron
In part 3 of my conversation with Dr. Corpron, he describes what it was like taking care of patients when there was not yet a hospital building.
Note the shed on the right in the photo above. This was a storage shed converted to a clinic. The structure going up on the left is a “sala”: a roofed over area where people can get some rest out of the rain or out of the sun. This was to become the patient waiting area. Photographer has his back to the doctor’s house.
Dr. Corpron will tell more in the link below:
Part Four
of the conversation with Dr. Corpron
In this clip, Dr. Corpron describes some of the early surgical cases he dealt with (two of them, even before there was a hospital). He also tells about the “walking blood bank”.
Part Five
of the conversation with Dr. Corpron
In this segment Dr. Corpron discusses the Telakhon.
Part Six
of the conversation with Dr. Corpron
In this clip Dr. Corpron talks about the challenges of transportation and electric power supply at Kwai River Christian Hospital in the early 1960’s. This is the last video in this conversation series.