Making her stamp on the globe
CMAJ 2000;162:1337
Canada's medical missionaries, and in particular Dr. Lucille Teasdale, have been honoured with a new Canada Post stamp. Teasdale, who ran a hospital in Uganda with her pediatrician husband for more than 30 years, was one of Canada's first female surgeons. She and her husband converted a 45-bed clinic in Gulu, Uganda, into a 450-bed facility with surgical and pediatric wards and schools for nurses, laboratory technicians, health educators and physicians. Teasdale, who was born in Montreal, earned the Order of Canada, Order of Quebec and the CMA's F.N.G. Starr Award, as well as international acclaim. She died in Uganda in 1996 from complications relating to AIDS. The work of 5 Canadian physicians are celebrated in Canada Post's Millennium Collection.
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