Treatment in longhouses given by a trained dresser.
Since 1956 the Baram was served by quite a number of specially trained Ulu Dressers, men who were sent to Kuching General Hospital to be trained to dress wounds, treat simple ailments and travel in the Ulu to provide medicines. they were quite indispensible in the Medical Service of that time.
However after more than 20 years many of the old dressers had passed away and the Federal Government of Malaysia changed the delivery system. Hospital Assistants were trained up with better qualifications.
Today we only have some stories of these helpful dressers of olden days. Hopefully some documentation can be done.
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