By participant and nursing/midwife educator Marion Brand. Feature image: Marion (3rd from L & Soraya 2nd from R) with Dr Eva and members of staff JSS Clinic.
Q – What surprised you?
A – What a good setup was here
Q – What similarities have you noticed between cultures?
A – Patients are patients and we all would like good care
Q – What differences have you noticed between cultures?
A – Young girls being carried in after screaming and crying and collapsing for no apparent cause maybe it’s the PTSD
Q – What new sights are you experiencing?
A – Seeing the cows is Karau and buffalo out front of the clinic and when walking to lunch – I grew up on a farm and I love animals. Lots a bird life and beautiful flowers and trees and great Japanese grass that is soft and clumpy and doesn’t need mowing.
Q – What new tastes are you experiencing?
A – Local mushrooms from Baucau when in season – they are whitish but not poisonous