Nikao Cemetery, Cook Islands Row E Plot 16
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ERIC CHARLES HILLS
BORN: Wednesday 13 July 1921 at Hamilton, Tasmania DIED: Monday 12 June 1978 at Cook Islands AGED: 56 PARENTS [Charles Eden HILLS] and Millicent Elizabeth BUCHANAN PARTNER Eric married Muriel Jean CRAGO on Saturday 2 October 1954 CHILDREN Dean Patrick HILLS Erica HILLS Deborah Elizabeth HILLS Irene Nancy HILLS |
Mr. Eric Charles Hills died 12/6/1978 aged 50
Death reg number: RARO19780060
Nationality: Australian
Milan Brych cancer patient
No headstone on grave
Death reg number: RARO19780060
Nationality: Australian
Milan Brych cancer patient
No headstone on grave
FROM: Milan Brych - Wikipedia
Milan Brych (born 11 December 1939) is a Czech-born cancer therapist. He was removed from the New Zealand Medical Register in 1977 and in 1980 he was convicted of practicing medicine without a license in California.
Brych fled the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and arrived in New Zealand as a refugee. Claiming to have medical professional qualifications, Brych commenced work as a medical practitioner. After being removed from the register of NZ medical practitioners in 1977, he then relocated his cancer treatment practice to the Cook Islands. One of his most high-profile proponents in the 1970s was the then Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who invited him to set up practice in Australia. Brych relocated to the USA, and in 1980 was convicted of practicing medicine without a license. After serving part of his six-year sentence, he was deported.
Milan Brych (pronounced "brick") was born Vlastimil Brych on 11 December 1939 in Czechoslovakia. After the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, he fled to Italy, then as a refugee arrived in New Zealand. Brych claimed to have studied Medicine at the University of Brno. It was later revealed that at the time he claimed to have been studying, he was in fact in prison.
New Zealand
After being accepted as a refugee, he obtained a position in radiotherapy at the Auckland General Hospital. In 1973 the faculty-initiated questioning of his qualifications and his claimed "miraculous success" in cancer treatment. Brych was removed from the New Zealand Medical Register in 1974.
The Cook Islands
Brych left New Zealand after his appeal against his disbarment failed and moved his practice to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in March 1977. His practice was supported by the Cook Islands' Health Minister Joe Williams, who arranged for medical supplies to be sent to him. In May 1977 one of his patients died while returning to New Zealand. In the leadup to the 1978 Cook Islands general election then-opposition leader Dr Tom Davis pledged that if elected he would not allow Brych to continue to practice. When Davis was elected Prime Minister, he immediately barred Brych from Rarotonga hospital. His patients were sent home, and he was ordered not to return to the islands.
A small cemetery, adjacent to the RSA (Returned Servicemen's Association) Cemetery in Rarotonga is reported as being nicknamed "the Brych-yard", as it contains the graves of many of Brych's patients.
Milan Brych (born 11 December 1939) is a Czech-born cancer therapist. He was removed from the New Zealand Medical Register in 1977 and in 1980 he was convicted of practicing medicine without a license in California.
Brych fled the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and arrived in New Zealand as a refugee. Claiming to have medical professional qualifications, Brych commenced work as a medical practitioner. After being removed from the register of NZ medical practitioners in 1977, he then relocated his cancer treatment practice to the Cook Islands. One of his most high-profile proponents in the 1970s was the then Premier of Queensland Joh Bjelke-Petersen, who invited him to set up practice in Australia. Brych relocated to the USA, and in 1980 was convicted of practicing medicine without a license. After serving part of his six-year sentence, he was deported.
Milan Brych (pronounced "brick") was born Vlastimil Brych on 11 December 1939 in Czechoslovakia. After the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, he fled to Italy, then as a refugee arrived in New Zealand. Brych claimed to have studied Medicine at the University of Brno. It was later revealed that at the time he claimed to have been studying, he was in fact in prison.
New Zealand
After being accepted as a refugee, he obtained a position in radiotherapy at the Auckland General Hospital. In 1973 the faculty-initiated questioning of his qualifications and his claimed "miraculous success" in cancer treatment. Brych was removed from the New Zealand Medical Register in 1974.
The Cook Islands
Brych left New Zealand after his appeal against his disbarment failed and moved his practice to Rarotonga in the Cook Islands in March 1977. His practice was supported by the Cook Islands' Health Minister Joe Williams, who arranged for medical supplies to be sent to him. In May 1977 one of his patients died while returning to New Zealand. In the leadup to the 1978 Cook Islands general election then-opposition leader Dr Tom Davis pledged that if elected he would not allow Brych to continue to practice. When Davis was elected Prime Minister, he immediately barred Brych from Rarotonga hospital. His patients were sent home, and he was ordered not to return to the islands.
A small cemetery, adjacent to the RSA (Returned Servicemen's Association) Cemetery in Rarotonga is reported as being nicknamed "the Brych-yard", as it contains the graves of many of Brych's patients.