July 25  I drive back to Teluk Dalam to get the repaired spare tyre, and then back to Sorake Beach - to wait for the boat to Tello in the morning.   On arrival in Sorake, we are told of a very sick man in the village by the village nurse. We travel with her to make a house call and find an ex military nurse around 45 years of age who has been sick in bed for at least two months. The illness started with a high fever apparently, and all of his skin turned red and hot and started flaking off his body.  When I saw him, he appeared to me as an amazing survivor, so far, of Toxic Shock Syndrome. He had been unable to eat any food for two months so he was severely cachectic.  We saw him twice that first day as he was very unwilling to go to hospital because of the expense, and he didn't trust the staff who worked there. We were able to give him medications both parenteral and oral, but by evening and our third visit, he was refusing medications and refusing to drink. We were sorry we were unable to help him any further - at his request. I could not see him surviving another day without medicines, and even with medicines his possibility of surviving is slim.

July 26    On the way to catch the ferry to Tello, we stopped at the Dinas Kesehatan, (Department of Health) to see if the paper is ready, that we had been promised two weeks earlier.   Yes it was yeah! Instead of taking the six hour boat trip to Tello, we decided to drive to Gunung Sitoli Airport, and try to get seats on the next plane to Medan, to get important paper work to the Provincial Head of Health in Medan. Once he received this paper work, I am hoping he would write the requested letter to the police in Padang in the long journey to free up the purely humanitarian helicopter now detained for more than two years.

Fortunately, all went well and we made it to the Airport in time to get the last two seats to Medan.   We took a taxi immediately to the Health Department, met a doctor who spoke good English, and who was well acquainted with the Head of the Health Ministry, and also with the subject of the helicopter -  we were still there at 5:30 pm. The head of health is keen to help me find a way to benefit the people using the helicopter, and to bring the helicopter back from West Sumatera to North Sumatera.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

Fortunately, all went well and we made it to the Airport in time to get the last two seats to Medan.   We took a taxi immediately to the Health Department, met a doctor who spoke good English, and who was well acquainted with the Head of the Health Ministry, and also with the subject of the helicopter -  we were still there at 5:30 pm. The head of health is keen to help me find a way to benefit the people using the helicopter, and to bring the helicopter back from West Sumatera to North Sumatera.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

July 26    On the way to catch the ferry to Tello, we stopped at the Dinas Kesehatan, (Department of Health) to see if the paper is ready, that we had been promised two weeks earlier.   Yes it was yeah! Instead of taking the six hour boat trip to Tello, we decided to drive to Gunung Sitoli Airport, and try to get seats on the next plane to Medan, to get important paper work to the Provincial Head of Health in Medan. Once he received this paper work, I am hoping he would write the requested letter to the police in Padang in the long journey to free up the purely humanitarian helicopter now detained for more than two years.

Fortunately, all went well and we made it to the Airport in time to get the last two seats to Medan.   We took a taxi immediately to the Health Department, met a doctor who spoke good English, and who was well acquainted with the Head of the Health Ministry, and also with the subject of the helicopter -  we were still there at 5:30 pm. The head of health is keen to help me find a way to benefit the people using the helicopter, and to bring the helicopter back from West Sumatera to North Sumatera.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

Fortunately, all went well and we made it to the Airport in time to get the last two seats to Medan.   We took a taxi immediately to the Health Department, met a doctor who spoke good English, and who was well acquainted with the Head of the Health Ministry, and also with the subject of the helicopter -  we were still there at 5:30 pm. The head of health is keen to help me find a way to benefit the people using the helicopter, and to bring the helicopter back from West Sumatera to North Sumatera.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.

Directly after this; we met Raymond and Ben with keen supporter Erik again in the Traders Establishment.  Ben is an experienced Dentist from England, who has worked for some time in Australia, and has to volunteer.   Raymond a TroppoDoc Board of Trustees Member is
 in Indonesia for his 2nd time, and this time is making footage of Troppodoc work for a Documentary.