From Bangkok comes an unusual report from one of our roving correspondents about an operation to cut a tumor from her lower right leg. Throughout the 50 minute procedure,the plastic surgeon, Dr Ruch, with a wonderful voice, sang to one and all in the theatre.
Performed under a local anaesthetic , the operation was long and traumatic , but the surgeon’s "beautiful singing" set everyone at ease. “I don’t think there would be too many singing plastic surgeons in Australia,” our correspondent emailed. Casting aside her walking stick, she and her husband set out for Kuching to continue wandering about Southeast Asia like gypsies,venturing into distant byways, offering their expert services to various organisations .
Little Darwin informed a Darwin private hospital cardiac specialist that we expect him to break out into song , perhaps with a repertoire from The Sound of Music, when he next robes up in the operating theatre .
