Doctor who helped tell world of Ethiopian famine calls for action on Ebola

By Daniel Flitton
Updated October 23 2014 - 11:18am, first published 10:52am
Tony Atkins at the Berwick Healthcare clinic Photo: Eddie Jim
Tony Atkins at the Berwick Healthcare clinic Photo: Eddie Jim

It was television news that changed the world, forced wealthy Western audiences in their living rooms to confront pitiful, starving African children and drove Irish rocker Bob Geldof on a quest to end poverty.

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