Surgeons in Captivity: Thai–Burma Railway, 1942–1943

Safe, Available, Sustainable: Goals for More Relevant Global Surgery—Lessons from Wartime

“…In this edition of the World Journal of Surgery Ong and Matthew have highlighted the privations of surgeons in captivity and in particular the leadership and innovation that helped them survive [1]. These qualities were recognised when a group of returned soldiers in Western Australia raised funds for a surgical fellowship commemorating the leadership of Sir Edward ''Weary'' Dunlop and Boon Pong, a Thai collaborator, who assisted the Allied prisoners referred to in Ong and Matthew's article.…”