I was out in Telefomin again for a week doing some training with a pilot when a request came in pick up a young man in a remote village who has broken his leg and needed some professional attention. As Telefomin has a Hospital (even though without a doctor) this was the obvious place to take him to.
We already had a busy schedule on that day and as it was "only" a broken leg we suggested to do the flight on the following day. However, the weather turned bad on us about mid-day and we reckoned that instead of throwing in the towel or hang around for an indefinite time we might as well go to Miyanmin and pick up that patient and see if the weather changed in the meantime.
The village was happy to see us coming already and the patient was, too. And by the time we made it back to Telefomin the clouds and rain to the south had cleared as well and we were able to continue with what has been planned initially.
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| Strapping in the patient before loading the other passengers |
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