Mater Dela Rosa hospital, Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indies.

Suriname

Mater Dela Rosa hospital, Batavia, Java, Netherlands Indies. Sister Jongsma, talking to an emaciated elderly patient in one of the "wards" of the Mater Dela Rosa Hospital where 34 sisters and nurses cared for over 13,000 patients during the Japanese occupation. The living conditions were indescribable, and the food, when attainable was unfit for human consumption. NI 6137