Disease and Survival on the Thai-Burma Railway. Lessons For Modern Tropical Medicine?

Geoff Gill

doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcy026

Disease and Survival on the Thai-Burma Railway. Lessons For Modern Tropical Medicine?

Geoff Gill

Clinical Sciences

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

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Abstract

During the 2nd World War, large numbers of allied military personnel in south-east Asia became prisoners-of-war (POWs) of the Japanese. During their internment of three and a half years, they suffered undernutrition, exposure to tropical diseases and frequently overwork. Perhaps the harshest POW experience was the construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma. This paper explores the medical conditions during Far East imprisonment, and in particular on the Thai-Burma Railway, as well as the long-term health effects in post-war decades.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	845-847
Number of pages	3
Journal	QJM: An International Journal of Medicine
Volume	111
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcy026
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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