Phil Carson arrived in Darwin in 1981 to take up a job at the Royal Darwin Hospital. He was 27 years old and no one, including Phil, suspected that this softly spoken newcomer would go on to become one of Darwin’s longest serving surgeons. In his 40-year career,
Phil completed more than 15, 000 operations, from croc bites to gunshot wounds, head injuries, and the odd removal of a foreign object from somewhere it shouldn’t have been! By day, surgical life, while demanding, was routine, but a call after dark signalled something altogether different...
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SPUN: True Stories Told in the Territory is a live storytelling event that showcases some of the extraordinary people and stories that make up the Northern Territory. Popping up at different venues across Darwin, working with a range of partner organisations with a different theme each time, SPUN brings to light stories from diverse backgrounds.
Phil’s story was told at a SPUN event on 10 August 2021 at Darwin Festival where the theme was After Dark.
Storyteller: Phil Carson
Producer: Johanna Bell
Audio + Editing: Gaia Osborne
Photography: Helen Orr
Presenting Partners: StoryProjects and Darwin Festival
Supporting Partners: Charles Darwin University
