93-10-29 U.Va. Doctor to Talk About Volunteer Work in Bosnia

U.VA. DOCTOR TO TALK ABOUT VOLUNTEER WORK IN BOSNIA

     CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 29 -- Charles Hobson, M.D., a
former surgical resident at the University of Virginia Health
Sciences Center, will speak on his experiences as a volunteer
medical trainer in war-torn Bosnia Wednesday, Nov. 3, 1993, in
Wilson Hall, Room 301, at U.Va. from 7:30 to 9 p.m.  His talk,
which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the
University's Center for Russian and East European Studies and the
independent group, Women United Against Violence in Bosnia.
     Dr. Hobson, who completed his surgical training in June, spent
three months in Sarajevo and Zenica, about 80 kilometers from the
capital, with a small international medical corps of eight to 13
health professionals teaching treatment for trauma in hospitals. 
He will most likely return to Bosnia for a longer stay before the
end of November.
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                                                 October 28, 1993
REPORTERS: Dr. Hobson is available for interviews and can be
reached at (804) 823-2562.

 
Karen Castle, Office Services Specialist, University News Office
P.O. Box 9018, Booker House, Charlottesville, VA  22906
(804) 924-7116, kac@virginia.edu

[Submitted by: Karen A. Castle  (kac@uva.pcmail.virginia.edu)
               Fri, 29 Oct 93 10:52:41 EDT]