Expatriate Estonians in Australia, Film No. 7 (1995-1996)

Kalev Kruup is looking at the goods at Hobart Market. Later in his home he tells about his former medical studies in Tartu and in Freiburg. The diploma issued in Germany was not accepted in Australia, so he had to start working as a male nurse. Kalev Kruup took lectures of psychology and obtained a degree in psychology. The university offered him the position of a lecturer and he worked as one for 26 years. Kalev Kruup describes in detail the pension system in Australia - the pensioners' income is well equalized. Pharmacist Boris Lees runs a pharmacy in Sydney - a business that he bought in 1968. He left Estonia as a child and after having resided in Denmark, he arrived at New-Zealand when twenty years old. His acquaintance recommended him to keep the pharmacist assistant's job at daytime and to study pharmacy at evenings.
In four years, Kalev Kruup completed the courses at Wellington University and he became the pharmacy manager. Since there were more expatriate Estonians living in Australia, he moved to Sydney. Boris Lees talks about the changes in the field of pharmacy - active ingredients are more and more produced synthetically, the government has provided all pharmacies with computers in order to collect statistical data and check the prices of medicinal products. Since Australia subsidizes the field of medicial products to a large extent, big manufacturers must keep their prices down. Every manufacturer wants that their medicinal products would be included in the list of subsidized medicines. Kalev VIiding ("Wilding" on the doorplate) is an orthopaedic surgeon. He talks about his academic studies and residency - in total, fourteen years of acquiring experience. He is currently working in private hospitals in Sydney. In Estonia, Viiding has visited Seppo Orthopaedic Clinic and Hospital as well as North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation; he has organized that packages including prosthetic appliances have been sent to the hospitals. Viiding sums up his two visits as follows: medical students tend to choose their area of specialization too quickly - instead, the students could benefit from learning during a general practice since every are of specialization requires more general knowledge about the human body. Kalev's parents Arnold and Maimu Viiding also live in Sydney. In 1930s, Arnold Viiding was a successful shot-putter in Estonia and also European champion in 1934. In 1940, he managed to graduate from the department of law at the University of Tartu after which he suffered the difficulties due to the war. In a refugee camp in Germany, Arnold and Maimu welcomed a baby boy and when Kalev was three years old, Australia opened its doors to the families with children. Arnold talks about the complicated times in business when he had only started, including the bankruptcy and specializing in a new field. Maimu recalls difficult living conditions, lack of money, but also the fact that people were helpful. Chemist Inno Salasoo recalls the refugee camp, spadework and a lucky coincidence that made him a lab assistant at the Sydney power station. During this employment, he studied chemistry at nights and in five years he obtained a Bachelor's degree in chemistry. Salasoo continued his studies in organic chemistry and was the first Estonian who had defended a Doctoral degree in Australia. Views of the city of Sydney and the main building of Sydney University.

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