Christmas at the Tinian clinic

There is a new angel at the clinic (no, it's not Terri!), hand made by one of the nurses!

Here are just some of the dedicated people who were at the clinic on Christmas day!

And this is the reason the Tinian clinic never closes, and why Terri was on call...

Terri and Freddie can be seen monitoring the transfer of a patient to Saipan via helicopter.

The helicopter is well designed: just open the two door and slide the patient in, strap them down, and away they go!

I did find out something very odd... the helicopter does not land at the Saipan hospital! It lands somewhere distant, and then they have a 20 minute ride to the hospital by ambulance... The hospital on Saipan has a helipad... Just another strange thing about how things are done on the islands!