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It was a sad day yesterday - my last day at the lovely clinic I have been working at for more than one year, Monbulk Family Clinic. It has been such a special experience working there - a truly happy, united place with wonderful receptionists, excellent doctors, and the most kind-hearted practice nurse ever. Run by my delightfully eccentric supervisor John Gruner and his wife Kirsti, it was a happy place to work at and made for sad goodbyes yesterday. Their parting gift to me, apart from flowers and a lovely lunch, was an exceptionally generous donation of surgical equipment, rustled up in no time (my request being a last minute thing, as always). So I am going to Nepal with needle holders, needles and thread to sew up cuts, gauze, dressings, local anaesthetic and syringes… I would have been happy with just the needle and thread sets (My request was for three but I got ten!!) but was overwhelmed by the needle holders too (They are steel, not disposable, and will make my job much much easier to do!!)

Thank you Monbulk for the memories and for the generosity. As Martine says, you will all go to heaven for sure!