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'''Lucille Teasdale-Corti''', [[Order of Canada|CM]], [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]] (January 30, 1929 – August 1, 1996) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who helped the people of [[Uganda]] and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.
'''Lucille Teasdale-Corti''', [[Order of Canada|CM]], [[National Order of Quebec|GOQ]] (January 30, 1929 – August 1, 1996) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who helped the people of [[Uganda]] and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.


==First steps==
Born in [[Montreal, Quebec]], she attended medical school at the [[Université de Montréal]] and, in 1955, became the first Quebec woman to get her diploma as a surgeon. While she was interning at the [[Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine]] of Montreal she met Dr. [[Piero Corti]]. In the 1960s, she and Corti founded [[St. Mary's Hospital Lacor]] in northern Uganda, 6 [[Kilometre|KM]] west of [[Gulu]]. At the time, prior to Uganda's independence from Britain, the country was relatively peaceful. With Dr. Corti dedicated to the business development of the hospital, Teasdale was the only working doctor in the region and, as a result, inundated with work. She attended to patients all through the day, spending the afternoons performing operation after operation. Corti, meanwhile, dedicated himself to raising funds to support the tiny, understaffed and under-equipped hospital. In the course of their work, the two doctors fell in love and in 1961 they were married in the hospital chapel.

Born in [[Montreal, Quebec]] on the 30th January 1929, fifth of seven sons,from a middle class canadian family. Her father René ruled a grocery in Guybourg <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.48</ref>. She was always in contrast with her mother Juliette because of her gloomy and pessimist temper, in fact Lucille heard her mother while she was saying that she had been happy until her fourth son <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.49</ref>.
She grew up in a college ruled by nuns whose methods were very strict in her opinion; she had a rebellious nature and was keen on hockey and she disliked punishments.
One day some nuns, missionery in [[China]] came to the college and impressed Lucille with their stories; in that circumstance, she began to think about being a doctor in the future <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.51</ref>.
She was just 13 when she said it to her father who was proud of her, but he knew that medicine at that time could have been a difficult way for a woman.
So she attended medical school at the [[Université de Montréal]] and, in 1955, she got her degree and worked at the Hôspital Sainte Justine pour les Enfantes. At the end of the six years of training, she had to do a final exam in order to become a surgeon, but there was a clause: she had to work for a period of time in a foreign hospital.
Lucille tried to apply in the [[USA]], but many places refused her because she was a female <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.22</ref>.
and this remained unerasable in her mind, because she had always fighted for justice in fact she tought that being a doctor she could defeat the most evident injustice: illness <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.23</ref>.
There in Montrèal she met a young italian doctor, [[Piero Corti]] who was in [[Canada]] to get his third specialization in pediatrics, after that in radiology and in neuropsychiatry.
Piero showed her an interest, but Lucille was concentrated on her job, working hard even 16 hours per day so that sometimes she fainted in the theater <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.18</ref>.

==Time of big decisions==

On September 1960, Lucille came to [[France]] at the "de la Conception" hospital, where she was higly estimated especially by her boss, who trusted her <ref> Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.59</ref>, while she had always been little confident about her skills.


Although the country had been looking forward to a bright future, the tyrannical reign of Ugandan president [[Idi Amin]] brought an end to the sense of hope that had buoyed Teasdale's efforts at the hospital. Between 1971 and 1979, when Amin was overthrown, an estimated 300,000 people died. The hospital was flooded with Ugandans wounded in the fighting, and Teasdale found herself a defacto war surgeon facing waves of casualties.


Despite threats, fear and [[Uganda since 1979|war]], she worked at the hospital for 34 years, performing more than 13,000 surgeries. She died from [[AIDS]] in 1996, after contracting [[HIV]] in 1985 from cutting herself during surgery.


In 2000, a [[television]] [[biographical film]], ''Dr. Lucille: The Lucille Teasdale Story'' was aired on the Canadian [[CTV television network]] which told her story. Directed by [[George Mihalka]], it starred [[Marina Orsini]], [[Massimo Ghini]], and [[Louis Gossett Jr.]]


==Honours==
==Honours==

Revision as of 17:41, 15 February 2011

Lucille Teasdale-Corti
Born(1929-01-30)January 30, 1929
DiedAugust 1, 1996(1996-08-01) (aged 67)
Known forSurgeon and international aid worker

Lucille Teasdale-Corti, CM, GOQ (January 30, 1929 – August 1, 1996) was a Canadian physician, surgeon and international aid worker, who helped the people of Uganda and contributed to the development of medical services in the country.

First steps

Born in Montreal, Quebec on the 30th January 1929, fifth of seven sons,from a middle class canadian family. Her father René ruled a grocery in Guybourg [1]. She was always in contrast with her mother Juliette because of her gloomy and pessimist temper, in fact Lucille heard her mother while she was saying that she had been happy until her fourth son [2]. She grew up in a college ruled by nuns whose methods were very strict in her opinion; she had a rebellious nature and was keen on hockey and she disliked punishments. One day some nuns, missionery in China came to the college and impressed Lucille with their stories; in that circumstance, she began to think about being a doctor in the future [3]. She was just 13 when she said it to her father who was proud of her, but he knew that medicine at that time could have been a difficult way for a woman. So she attended medical school at the Université de Montréal and, in 1955, she got her degree and worked at the Hôspital Sainte Justine pour les Enfantes. At the end of the six years of training, she had to do a final exam in order to become a surgeon, but there was a clause: she had to work for a period of time in a foreign hospital. Lucille tried to apply in the USA, but many places refused her because she was a female [4]. 

and this remained unerasable in her mind, because she had always fighted for justice in fact she tought that being a doctor she could defeat the most evident injustice: illness  [5].

There in Montrèal she met a young italian doctor, Piero Corti who was in Canada to get his third specialization in pediatrics, after that in radiology and in neuropsychiatry. Piero showed her an interest, but Lucille was concentrated on her job, working hard even 16 hours per day so that sometimes she fainted in the theater [6].

Time of big decisions

On September 1960, Lucille came to France at the "de la Conception" hospital, where she was higly estimated especially by her boss, who trusted her [7], while she had always been little confident about her skills.



Honours

  • In 1986, she and her husband were awarded the World Health Organization's Sasakawa Health Prize, "given to one or more persons, institutions or nongovernmental organizations having accomplished outstanding innovative work in health development, in order to encourage the further development of such work". [1]
  • In 1990, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
  • In 1995, she was made a Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec.
  • In 1999, Canada Post issued a 46-cent stamp in her honour.
  • In 1999, Parc Lucille-Teasdale in Montreal was named in her honour.
  • In 2001, she was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
  • In 2001, Lucille-Teasdale secondary school in Blainville, Quebec was built and it has been named in her honour.

References

  • "Lucille Teasdale". Retrieved 2006-01-26.
  • Cowley, Deborah (2005). Lucille Teasdale: Doctor of Courage. XYZ Publishing. ISBN 1-894852-16-8.
  • Famous Canadian Physicians: Dr. Lucille Teasdale at Library and Archives Canada

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  1. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.48
  2. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.49
  3. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.51
  4. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.22
  5. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.23
  6. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.18
  7. ^ Michel Arseneault, Un sogno per la vita- Lucille e Piero Corti, una coppia di medici in prima linea- Paoline Editoriale Libri, Torino, 2004 pag.59
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