Before Dr. Jove left for the states he had a bit of stitching to do.
The doctors wanted our ER doc to give them a refresher.
A few students have attempted suturing in their villages.
Chan Peram is demonstrating his
technique using a pig foot. Dr. Jove looks on.
It seems that a dose of confidence will help.
Before Dr. Jove left we required his services for "stitching" on our own real live Dr. Susan.
On entering a yellow taxi, she hit her head on a metal hand rail causing a blunt force traumatic laceration. "Out at the land" we have no xylocaine or sterile environment, but we had Dr. Jove, our ER physician. With a little ice for numbing, and suture material (like we used on the pig's feet), Dr.Susan is looking as good as new! What a trooper!! Peram, Yawhan and Ahdang watch the procedure while Nurse Lynda assists. The next day, Dr. Susan was our case study patient.
It was sad saying goodbye to Dr. Jove. He has been here for
five weeks and really bonded with the students. They were
impressed with his 100 mile almost daily bike trips,
with his sense of humor and medical knowledge.
In bidding farewell he indicated that he might just be seeing
them in Myanmar in the near future.
Decked in Tribal Dress to say farewell
are our seven women Barefoot Doctors
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