Our meeting this week was attended by 32 people - Our guest speaker JP (Jean Philippe) Miller, his parents Bruce & Nicole and 29 Rotarian members of our Club.
JP Miller is an International Nurse with a demonstrated history of working in tertiary hospitals and humanitarian settings.
These have included regions where armed conflict has been occurring and poverty stricken parts of the world where there are very few medical resources.
JP brings a wealth of experience to nursing - in emergency medicine, nurse education, international health and public health.
JP holds a strong interest in emergency preparedness, the functionality of pre-hospital health systems and trauma reception and resuscitation.
During his informative and entertaining talk JP spoke about his training, followed by experience with the Australian Red Cross and then the International Committee of the Red Cross of which he became a member.
Holding a Bachelor of Nursing and Masters degree in Public Health, JP has travelled to and worked in some of the world's most difficult hot spots including Guatemala, South Sudan, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Syria.
JP's spoke of his experiences in war torn countries where people suffer from injuries caused by conflict as well as diseases caused as a result of poverty and malnutrition.
Rotarian Tim Acton noted that JP was a great speaker to have as today is World Nursing Day, the 200th anniversary of the birth of Florence Nightingale.
After answering a series of detailed questions, JP was thanked by President Ross who assured him that we would love him to come and have a meal with our Club when things get back to normal.
The two screen Zoom meeting on progress on Tuesday, 12 May 2020