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Pack 16 ; | ThE INDEPENDENT t s Jong 13, 2007 FRIENDS & NEIGHBOURS back s t life" of 1 by John Campbell also an opportunity to folâ€" 1y 6 6 PmÂ¥ ce enc low in the footsteps of his 8 m [ i. Mc DR. Rosert Stppurns conâ€" â€" grandfather who had been £ es * 6. Gex / e# siders himself blessed. a missionary in China in is > mc oo s blig hn it o Aaad d :5 CLCCS A devou(t} %hlttistian, he . the late 1800s. ie ...( /~ ts #4. ,r,,?:i & x TV : s praises God for having "There wasn‘t anything skeeâ€" ssm tie m \ me N o) uOS ®* g 9 * ;‘,g given him health, strength in the way of health care," k. ces s â€" a af] s fili;(‘k gg= & and myriad opportunities _ Dr. Stephens, 83, says, apart . 22â€" â€" _‘ y4 pemenl _.__~ . v$ 7 ‘,;2,{ lé_x to use his medical skills to _ from a small dispensary. lae o8 e 9 $ 3 ~€ ~â€"BL S CÂ¥ help people less fortunate _ There was no electricity ~% wes t ‘. oo ”kâ€". ww = _ :3 ~ around the world. and the only running ?‘ e ~. */oodl e oamesmemesinacocame = f The thousands he has _ water, he jokes, was provid: \g( [ Om "-, t im ~ ‘/39‘ <â€" o es s e | | helped would say they have ed by the Africans who \» _ â€"# ‘% ‘ n mz P t snn Wls *A X\ sz »ilte; been blessed _ by Dr. "ran from the spring to the y 3t * a> / Tig â€"â€"= e aidiean ie * bp Stephens, beginning in house." For the first five KE ,{‘3} k ut â€"2 . o_3 >l/ * > es > 7 4A 1948 with the aboriginal years he was the only B _ e <~CGA Cz aseâ€"G t &=â€"â€"~" : P people he treated while fillâ€" physician. f e _ 2 m pamz> § »’% i C ing m for a physician in the Ten years after the couâ€" . fln A szX _ M en a / k > > 6 coastal village of Bella ple‘s arrival the village of WWe V W : ogemmeee s sonncy “ ¢ Cw . @ Bella in British Columbia. â€" Nyankunde had a 100â€"bed i? es â€" _ us \ N f y igms _ 5 _‘/’9{ The threeâ€"month assignâ€" _ hospital with medical, surâ€" [ k % â€"â€" 7 oo \ f Sini.. «papteâ€" ment was "quite a chalâ€" . gical, pediatric and obstetâ€" "L( a \\‘K\L'Z‘f?"f CA e * n ioi lenge" for the neophyte â€"rical divisions, and four A in : h _ 0e a .e who had just completed his . . satellite clinics.. The outpaâ€" _ W omm ar internship at Toronto Westâ€" . tient department averaged w2 % ,’J exn Hospital. His train trip 500 visits per day. They also n"v;g}, ks f@ a out west began the same . established training faciliâ€" N/ w day he got married to Ruth_ ties for nurses and midâ€" Petrie, a nurse. The two, _ wives. ce who metas high school stuâ€" For some patients, payâ€" 4 mm n ut dents in Toronto, remained . _ment was based on the > Cakesâ€" "ue married until Ms. â€" going rate for a witch docâ€" s a â€" ;:{\ Ceaiet 0. z> Stephens‘ death last year. _ tor‘s services. The price of * 7 C \/ ; â€"a chicken bought the perâ€" 20 m son a month‘s treatment. w + â€" s Wns P <" i4 =% | In the late 1950s, storm / W e WE _ clouds began to appear As . ‘ W OO C â€"herecalls in a brief history.__ At left, Dr. Robert Stephens wears two medals he was given recently, one from the federal government to signify his appointâ€" lt "% of his life he wrote four _ ment to the Order of Canada, the other from his alma mater, the University of Toronto, to recugnize his 60 years of.postâ€"graduâ€" : C s x 1 â€" years ago, entitled Climbâ€" . ate medical service. Above, Dr. Stephens sits at his desk in his Warkworth residence. . aâ€"â€" l ing, "a wave of antiâ€"coloâ€" . tragic news. tive director of both the â€" Canada, a charitable huâ€" joyed having multiple caâ€" e PE â€"nialism swept over Africa Following his return to â€" Christian Medical and Denâ€" . manitarian organization _ reers. It‘s been fun." _ l coupled with a drive toâ€" â€" Canada, Dr. Stephensestabâ€" tal Society of Canada . that provides free medical Last month, he was apâ€" ~@g ward independence." lished a practice in Toronto _ (CMDS) and the Evangeliâ€" aid with the help of heath pointed to the Order of _ e While Dr. Stephens, his _ but it wasn‘t long before he cal Medical Aid Society _ care companies that donate _ Canada, for the "vital leadâ€" wife and their two children . became director of the Misâ€" . (EMAS). medicines, vaccines and. ~ership" he demonstrated F were in Canada on a schedâ€" â€" sionary Health Institute His work with EMAS medical supplies. Physiâ€" _ over the decades in providâ€" uled furlough, Congo deâ€" â€" and launched an internaâ€" . took him frequently overâ€" _ cians headed to other coun: ing health care to people clared its independence _ tional medical service to _ seas, sometimes for adminâ€" tries are provided with a â€" most in need. b i from Belgium. Fighting assist those working overâ€" istrative purposes, more travel pack containing It was an "unbelievable" 9 broke out and missionaries seas. He and his wife . often to participate in. medicines worth more..honour, Dr. Stephens says, yhree were forced to flee the counâ€" â€" bought a farm property _ shortâ€"term missions with _ than $5,000 wholesale. but he views the award not | f ' try. near Warkworth to enterâ€" _ medical colleagues. "I take Christian beliefs _ as recognition of his own f he "They say two million . tain foreign university stuâ€" He‘s made 14 trips to . and responsibilities seriâ€" _ lifetime achievements but feAll people have been killed in _ dents they met through Ms. â€" China where EMAS has es ously," Dr. Stephens says. _ of all the volunteer work. hi the fighting since," Dr. . Stephens‘ involvement as a . tablished seven hospitals... "Christians have a lot to_ that is being done abroad Stephens says. member of the board of the _ On his last trip there, in Auâ€" _ share and should share, not . by Canadians. f The hospital continued _ International Student Cenâ€" . gust 2000 he was made an _ only with their belief sysâ€" Dr. Stephens has reâ€" Tn 1950 the couple travâ€" .. to function in his.absence . tre. honourary . citizen. of _ tem, which you could call â€" ceived additional tributes elled to the Congo, to build _ and eventually grew to 200 The connection to this . Haiyuan county for his . gospel, butalso in practicalâ€" since then from his home ahospital in the northâ€"eastâ€" _ beds but in 2002 it and the â€" area ultimately led to Dr. contributions to installing. . terms. Christianity is aree community. He was the ern part of the impoverâ€" . surrounding community _ Stephens setting up afamiâ€" a system to supply clean. . ligion.of loveâ€"God‘s love to _ guest of honour at a black * _ ished country with funding. . were attacked by 5,000 warâ€" . ly practice in Campbellford _ water. : us and our love for our felâ€" _ andâ€"white ball held recentâ€" supplied by their church. _riors whose tribe was a in 1977 with his sonâ€"inâ€"law, It was through EMAS _ low human beings...I want _ ly in Warkworth and last e "It was partly my Chriss _ longstandingâ€"enemy of the _ Dr. Robert Henderson, now _ that Dr. Stephens made his. . to share that love in practiâ€" . Friday, the conference and tian conviction that Iâ€" tribe that lived in the area _ the chief of staff at Campâ€" first visit to Cuba in 1991. _ cal ways (and) God‘s given education room in the should help others: Loveâ€" and worked at the hospital. _ bellford Memorial Hospiâ€" He has visited the island~ me the strength, the vision, _ Campbellford Memorial ) . your neighbour as yourself Two thousand people . tal. every year since then, more _ the will, the health to do__ Health Centre was officialâ€" â€"a practical outreach to _ were slaughtered and the Dr. Stephens retired . recently as medical.conâ€" . that for 60 years. ly named in his honour by help the poor and opâ€" â€" hospital was destroyed. He _ from the practice in 1990 to . sultant with Health Partâ€" "It‘s been a great life," the Trent Hills Family . _ pressed," he says. It was . cried when he heard the become thefullâ€"timeexecuâ€" ners International of he says. "I certainly enâ€" . Health Team.