JACK THOMPSON, ACTOR: Mandawuy and I became great friends.
It’s a second chance to live long, and see his grandchildren,” says Naomi.She trained in home dialysis at the Nightcliff renal clinic, and the couple now use a machine at their community clinic.“I lived all my life in Darwin with him, and I was not happy. And then suddenly he wound up in hospital. Orleans, Louisiana; and as Chief Financial Officer/Senior Vice President at Health
Extraordinary.PETER THOMPSON, BROTHER: It was very moving to realise that our lives had arced around to this point where we were actually connecting again with our own family history. It’s based on very real incidents, that people here, particularly the Yolngu, recognise,” says Thompson.“It’s hard to get a movie off the ground. Jack Thompson, AM (born John Hadley Pain; 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema.He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career.In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). I’m coming back with my muesli in the morning, and there’s Jack lying on the velvet couch, you know, with his hands sort of gracefully carrying his tackle, shall we call it.
Board of Directors. JACK THOMPSON, ACTOR: I was saying, “Hey, nudity is OK. That’s not the issue.
It’s above 30C outside but the tubes running his blood from his arm and into a dialysis machine have caused a slight chill.He’s inside a custom-fitted dialysis clinic-on-wheels – the brightly painted Purple Truck, which usually travels the central desert responding to Thompson is one of several patients taking advantage of the truck’s presence to enjoy the cultural celebrations, music, and catch up with friends and family.The 77-year-old star of Breaker Morant, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, and dozens of other Australian movies began dialysis after becoming “very ill” in February.“It was something that had built up over a couple of months, probably three or four months, and I had just ignored the symptoms as it were. This was a mortal challenge. He was a born actor, really.
So I told Jack that Purple House had been started by Pintubi from the western desert. Thompson Healthcare & Sports Medicine offers a multidisciplinary approach to treating every patient. I mean, we almost did.DR MARK PENNY, RENAL SPECIALIST, ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL: He would not be suitable for transplantation, so we sat down and we had the conversation, said, “Look, Jack, it’s really time to dialyze.” JACK THOMPSON, ACTOR: And my wife said at the time to the doctor, Dr Penny, “Is there an alternative to the dialysis?” DR MARK PENNY, RENAL SPECIALIST, ST VINCENT’S HOSPITAL: So I said in the end, I said “We either dialyze Jack or we have a dead Jack, and there’s no middle ground to this.” And I think that was fairly blunt but it got the message through. The movie is called High Ground. Although I did have a bout with prostate cancer. value based care align well with our goals and traditions at Primary Care Yeah that’s pretty unlikely.
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You hear that poem and you almost think of Jack. Would he actually survive this? Jack Thompson, AM (born John Hadley Pain; 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema.He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career.In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS).
BILL THOMPSON, SON: We all kind of put it down to Jack just getting a bit older. It’s like a nice piece of karma for him.PETER THOMPSON, BROTHER:He seems in great shape, emotionally and intellectually and spiritually.
(1948 EXPEDITION:) “Scientists of the Arnhem land Expedition set out along the East Alligator River to gather specimens.”PETER THOMPSON, BROTHER: and he was really fired up by the whole drama and richness and colour of Aboriginal life. Principal Lecturer Emeritus, Health Services. He was really sick and had severe kidney damage. success in transformation of healthcare from fee for quantity to Value Based JACK THOMPSON, ACTOR: I started to think about how this would affect my career as an actor pretty much immediately. At the time my dear friend and brother Mandawuy died, I had no idea that in a few years’ time, it would be me needing dialysis to stay alive. And go to dialysis. (Sarah Brown talking to Jack Thompson at art gallery)JACK THOMPSON, ACTOR: At this time in my life I’m 78.
Jack hasn’t arrived in the community acting like a movie star. But it’s quite incredible that he can be in this environment and be making this movie given his problems and his issues and his health. What do you reckon?