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I received an e-mail about six weeks ago from Ms. Jennifer Gagne, on the staff of the ARRL (American Radio Relay League). She passed on to me two e-mail messages from 'hams' in separate southern states, messages which berated the ARRL for not 'helping Pitcairn Island to procure urgently needed medical supplies'. The League is not an organization with capability or responsibility to provide humanitarian aid, therefore the requests were passed on to MediShare International.
I talked only a few minutes ago directly with Betty Christian, VR6YL, on 15 meters - our second recent contact (husband Tom Christian, VR6TC, is the direct descendent and great, great, grandson of Fletcher Christian, the leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty). Betty told me that she personally talked to the nurse (the island's only medical provider) in the island clinic, who assured her that the clinic had NO need, certainly no "urgent" need, for medical or hospital supplies. Pitcairn Island is a British Protectorate, and the Crown long ago assigned the New Zealand Government, the nearest large British land mass, the responsibility for providing all needed clothes, food, and consumables including medical supplies. The supply ship from New Zealand visits the Island on a scheduled basis every four months.
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