I've had a long association with the hospital, its staff & patients, as I've taught various groups of doctors, and nurses there over the last twenty-five years or so, as well as groups of their children (some of whom are doctors themselves now!)...and also classes to long-term in-patients in the charming little school they have there. That itself was a career changing experience for me & some of my lucky colleagues.
Makiko's presentation was on zoom, to a group of about 300 Indonesian care providers/NICU professionals. In English. She was dealing with a really tender topic - tiny tiny babies' management. She really is the experts' expert, from arguably the best premmie unit in Japan - she absolutely knows what she's talking about, and presented a powerful powerpoint with excellent on the job photos & graphics to highlight her crucial top tips for managing the precarious state of very premature babies - "premmies".
I was awed by the levels of layered care required, and provided - and the nature of such often surprised me. Obviously medical - but how to provide to an infant so small who doesn't actually have a 'skin'? What parameters to heat/light/oxygen saturation? Resistance eg a small incubator with walls to press against & stimulate muscle tone? Sleeping positions & constant observation. Honestly, labour of love & devoted professionalism.
I am never going to complain when students like Makiko tell me they're tired! No-brainer. Constant shift work & emotional drain, my job is change the subject, find something to enhance her use of English...stuff she can use next year when she will present at the Premmy Conference in Jakarta next year! Yep, she did such a good job they want her to present to the BIG room. And she'll steal hearts & win minds :)
Nagano's premature babies are in very,very good hands - actually not physically, but you know what I mean!
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