Timor-Leste President awards medals to Aspen Medical staff for life saving services
Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta has this week personally presented a number of Aspen Medical staff the Medalha Solidariedade de Timor-Leste (Timor-L’este Solidarity Medal) for providing rapid medical care to the President after an assassination attempt in 2008.The medals were awarded in special recognition to the staff of the Australian Defence Force Hospital in Dili, operated by Aspen Medical, who were responsible for providing critical life saving treatment and facilitating the President’s intensive care aeromedical evacuation after he was shot by rebel forces on February 11 2008.
President Ramos-Horta presented the medals in Dili at the Presidential Palace and spoke of his gratitude for the decisive and professional treatment provided by the staff, under significant pressure, that saved his life.
Medalha Solidariedade de Timor-Leste is ordinarily only awarded to international police or military forces that have played an active role in Timor-Leste but due to the exceptional circumstances President Ramos-Horta has used his authority to award the medals to Aspen Medical staff.
Aspen Medical is an Australian company with a strong presence throughout Australia, the Pacific, South East Asia and America. Aspen Medical grew out of a need to provide the highest quality healthcare in remote regions and areas of high medical demand. Aspen Medical was the 2009 winner of the BRW Top 100 Private Company and is a leader in innovative and cost-effective healthcare solutions supporting a local and international market.
Photo: Aspen Medical Critical Care Nurse Helen Stoelhorst receives her Medalha Solidariedade de Timor-Leste from Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta
