Bill TANDY GP in the Forest (General)

by slowhands , proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, January 21, 2011, 12:00 (5131 days ago) @ muriel thornton

Bill Tandy was certainly in a GP in the 1940's - 1960's, He studied at Birmingham Uni Medical School, qualified as an FRCS, practiced for a few years before working in India with his wife Molly. On his return he took up practice in the Forest

The situation that Barbara Bruce found at the hospital in Itarsi was far from ideal. Tensions had developed between the traditional view of the Christian mission in India (articulated by Edith Bevan) and more radical and egalitarian ideas about living and working with Indian people, held by Drs Bill and Molly Tandy, and Dr Herbert Fischer (Lucille's husband). Bill Tandy, with the aid of a dispensary van funded by the Cadbury family, took the work of the hospital out into the surrounding villages. He also visited Gandhi in 1937, at his ashram in Sevagram, to discuss how issues of caste, custom and prejudice were affecting the operation of the hospital. There he met Herbert Fischer and Jogneshwar Gogoi, who were both persuaded to move to Itarsi where they began a series of co-operative ventures in the local community. George Jones, whose wife Margaret became a close friend of Barbara, arrived in India from Spain in 1938 and worked exhaustively with the Gond people, an aboriginal tribe who lived in the jungle and were considered outside the Hindu caste system.

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A DOCTOR IN THE FOREST Bill Tandy

Dr Bill Tandy's hilarious chronicle of almost forty years as GP/Surgeon to the Forest people.

ISBN : 0950592617
Title : A Doctor in the Forest
EAN : 9780950592619
Authors : Bill Tandy
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher : Douglas McLean
Publication Date : 1978-08

THE EVER ROLLING STREAM Bill Tandy

The sequel to A Doctor in the Forest, Dr Bill Tandy recalls his early medical student days in the 1920's, of the challenging years practising in India, where he met Ghandi, and of his return to settle as GP/Surgeon in the Forest of Dean.

Edale House
Folly Road, Parkend, Coleford, Gloucestershire, England

Built in 1850, this elegant Georgian house, overlooking the cricket green in the charming village of Parkend, invites you to relax and unwind at the heart of the Royal Forest of Dean. Once the home of Bill Tandy, author of 'A Doctor in the Forest', the house has been tastefully restored to provide a comfortable haven in an area of outstanding natural beauty and history. Edale House is ideally located for a country break; adjacent to the RSPB Nagshead bird reserve and accessible to the many miles of cycle paths within the Forest of Dean.

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