Broken arms

In the school at this moment we have 6 arms in casts on 3 students. There has been a rash of school accidents but what makes this remarkable is that when you want to get good care for your broken arms you have to fly to Singapore. That would be like me in Lynden flying to Chicago to get my arm cast. These are young kids still growing and 2 of them with both arms in casts. The one broke both of them at the same time, the other broke his other arm protecting his broken arm while he was falling. There are facilities here, hospitals and all but not quite what may be needed to get it set the best way. The little boy who broke his arm went to the hospital here and the doctor said he would not fix the freshly broken arm unless he could re-set the other broken arm. He was thinking that the other one wasn't set quite the way it was supposed too. One arm in a cast, in a cool climate is do-able. A cast on each arm in a warm humid climate...not so easy.
The nurses here are pretty amazing in all that they do when they do not have a Doctor at hand and even when one is. It has been more then impressive how they treat and take care of the myriad of things that can go on here in Sentani. Not only have they had these broken arms to contend with but ringworm infestation, malaria, dengue, flu, stitches, bronchitis, and many more things I know nothing about...thankfully. I may keep there phone numbers in mind when we come back to the States...they might know more about what is going on with us then the doctors there.