Ripples from the Rupununi

Dr. Aidun's Healing Journey

Brian H Cameron, Laureen Pierre

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FriesenPress
17 April 2025

Biography: science, technology & engineering; Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy; History of medicine

Somewhere over the rainforest in Guyana there's a land called the Rupununi, a creek-crossed savannah inhabited for millenia by Indigenous people of great capacity. This is where Dr. Jamshid Aidun, a Persian Canadian surgeon and a humble man of faith, went to lead the Bahá'í Community Health Partnership, and to heal his own broken heart.

Moving to Guyana from his surgical practice in Manitoba, Aidun was the only doctor for 17,000 people scattered across a region the size of Nova Scotia. For five years, he performed life-saving surgeries and travelled by Land Rover, canoe, bicycle, bullock cart, and on foot, accompanying Macushi and Wapishana villagers to take charge of their own health care.

Sourced from detailed interviews with Aidun and many key players, and from his own journals, Ripples from the Rupununi traces the transformation of an Indigenous community that was historically underestimated. Finding spiritual strength in service, Aidun rediscovered love and healed himself while he healed others.

By: Brian H Cameron
Contributions by: Laureen Pierre
Imprint: FriesenPress
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 390g
ISBN: 9781038334879
ISBN 10: 103833487X
Pages: 290
Publication Date: 17 April 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr. Jamshid Aidun was born into a Bahá'í family in Iran. He trained in India, Pakistan, and New York before migrating to Canada and practicing Urology in Brandon, Manitoba for twenty years. Two years after being widowed, he moved to Guyana in his late fifties and continued providing surgical care there into his eighties. He lives in Toronto with his wife Molly, and still rises early for prayers, exercises, and his daily walk. Dr. Brian H. Cameron is a Professor Emeritus of Pediatric Surgery at McMaster University. He worked in Canada's north, the South Pacific, and the rural United States before returning to Canada. Inspired by Dr. Aidun, he co-founded a surgical training program in Guyana. In 2021 he was awarded the M. Andrew Padmos International Collaboration Award of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He lives in Dundas with his wife Pat.