“…twenty-five thousand fistula surgeries.”
https://www.internationalmedicalresponse.org/blog/2018/3/17/learning-from-a-master-surgeon-the-northern-nigerian-realm-of-dr-waaldijk
“…four died.”
See “…sounded good in press releases…,” above.
“A young missionary physician…”
When I visited Nigeria in 2018, Dr. Steve Shepherd was in residence at the Evangel VVF hospital, and had been in the country for several years. His experience in Palm Springs was one of a number of gobsmacking stories he told me.
“…small-animal surgery.”
See “In the late 1980s…,” above.
Steve Arrowsmith told me the story of the misguided veterinarian.