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• In high school history, we had an assignment where we were given a "famous Canadian" at random and had to do a presentation on them. I got Bethune, which when I think about it, really sort of set me off in the political direction I've been on ever since.

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Dr. Norman Bethune () was a Canadian physician who promoted universal access to health care and created the first mobile blood collection and distribution system, the precursor to MASH units. His creativity in the fields of surgery and blood transfusion, applied during the Sino-Japanese War, helped shape modern approaches to critial care on the battlefield, with the first centralized blood collection and delivery systems.

Canada has much to be proud of in terms of major contributions to the fields of blood transfusion medicine and critical care. Dr. (Henry) Norman Bethune () was a Canadian physician trained at the University of Toronto, who in the s spearheaded the implementation of the first practical mobile blood collection and distribution system. His approaches were novel and entirely without precedent, and shaped blood transfusion practices throughout the world.

Bethune began his medical studies in at the University of Toronto. With the outbreak of World War I, he enlisted in the Medical Corps in France where he was a stretcher-bearer. He suffered shrapnel wounds during the second battle of Ypres in and was forced to retire from the army. He returned to Canada to complete his medical degree in , after which he pursued further training in surgery in Britain. After a long bout with tuberculosis, Bethune in finally found the opportunity to demonstrate his inventive skills as a thoracic surgeon at the Royal Victoria Hospital at McGill University in Montreal. During his tenure there, he successfully introduced several new surgical techniques and tools that became widely used, and rapidly acknowledged and promoted the value of transfusion as a critical &#;surgical procedure&#;.

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Canadian physician (–)

For this person's grandfather, born August 13, , and also a Canadian physician, see Norman Bethune Sr.

Henry Norman Bethune (; March 4, &#; November 12, ; Chinese: 白求恩; pinyin: Bái Qiú'ēn) was a Canadian thoracic surgeon, early advocate of socialized medicine, and member of the Communist Party of Canada. Bethune came to international prominence first for his service as a frontline trauma surgeon supporting the Republican government during the Spanish Civil War, and later supporting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Bethune helped bring modern medicine to rural China, treating both sick villagers and wounded soldiers.

Bethune was responsible for developing a mobile blood-transfusion service for frontline operations in the Spanish Civil War. He later died of blood poisoning after accidentally cutting his finger while operating on wounded Chinese soldiers.

Bethune's service to the CCP earned him the respect of Mao Zedong, who wrote a eulogy dedicated to Bethune when he died in His name is honored in China to this day.

Family history

Bethune came from a prominent Scottish Canadian family, whose origins can be traced back to the Bethune/Beaton medical kindred who practised medicine