
The Ottoman Lieutenant
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WOMAN:
I'll tell you the storyof my journey.
Where I went, how I got there,
and what I saw along the way.
I thought I was going
to change the world.
(SHOUTING)
But, of course,
it was the world that changed me.
We need a doctor! Please help!
- MAN:
You can't be in here.- Please!
- We need help.
- Here. This way. This way.
- They can't be in here!
- It's all right.
- What happened to him?
- Hang on, Sam.
- Hold on. You're gonna be all right.
- You'll be all right, Sam.
- Help me, please.
- They don't belong here.
- What are you doing?
- He's bleeding to death.
- He can't be in here!
Help me!
- What is going on?
- Doctor, he has a deep puncture.
This man is in the wrong hospital.
He doesn't have time for the right one.
- Get him out of here. Quickly!
- He's bleeding to death!
- He's bleeding!
- This isn't right!
Move it! Move it! Get him out!
- What is wrong with you?
- Take him down the back stairs.
This way.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
MAN:
It gives me great pleasureto introduce our speaker and friend,
Dr Jude Gresham.
(APPLAUSE)
JUDE:
Thank you.Eastern Anatolia is a rugged country.
Its people are poor but hard-working.
For them, modern medicine
is a revolutionary concept.
You might have changed
out of that uniform.
- Sorry. I didn't have time.
- Shh!
That is why the work of
the American Mission Hospital in Van
is so vitally important.
For many people in the region,
our hospital offers
the only medical care available.
People come from
hundreds of miles around.
And the only reason
we are able to provide for them
is because of generous donations from
open-hearted Christians like yourselves.
There are impediments, of course.
Eastern Anatolia can be a place of
unspeakable violence and transgression.
But it is also a place of fierce spirit.
And the people
who have survived there...
When I first came to Van
my plan was to stay a year,
do my service,
and then come back to the States
and open a prosperous practice.
Well, that was eight years ago.
I didn't intend for it to happen,
but once I got to know these people
and live among them,
- Than k you.
- (APPLAUSE)
- Sounds like a whirlwind.
- It has been a whirlwind.
I've been visiting hospitals
in various cities,
catching up on the latest advancements
in modern medicine.
It's true. Medical science
has been making amazing advances.
If only we could advance
the thinking of the doctors.
- Lillie...
- How do you mean, miss?
Yesterday, a man was turned away
from the hospital where I work
because his skin was the wrong colour.
Dr Gresham, I have to apologise
for our daughter.
I assure you, Miss Rowe, no one has ever
been turned away from our hospital
due to the colour of their skin
That would be against
everything we believe in.
Dr Gresham, I'd like
to show you something.
(HORSE WHINNIES)
Isn't it beautiful?
- It's very handsome.
- It was my brother's.
He was training to be a doctor
when he died.
- I'm sorry, Miss Rowe.
- I want to donate it to your mission.
- Hm...
- You can use a truck, can't you?
Of course.
And I appreciate the offer.
But there's no way
to get this to our hospital.
Why not?
Well, for one thing, the railroad
only goes a third of the way
and the roads are just rough trails
cut through the mountains.
Goat paths, really.
I'll find a way to get it there.
I want it to serve a purpose.
JUDE:
Are you sure it isn't you thatwants to serve a purpose, Miss Rowe?
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