What is Mr. Warkentin up to?
It’s after 6 p.m. and actually time to go home. But 80 doctors and nurses fill seminar room 1. They are all concerned about why on earth their esteemed colleague Warkentin wants to leave the attractive clinic. Rumor has it that the neurosurgery specialist will soon be moving to the Andes.
A German-Peruvian stands at the front and explains the structure of a modern medical facility with lots of pictures. From zero to one hundred. From six anis fields to a clinic with a new MRI scanner, a 64-row CT scanner, ten intensive care beds and six operating theaters. He explains the miracle out of nothing with the blessing of God. At the end, he says an interesting sentence: “It is now an honor for me to introduce the only neurosurgeon in the state of Apurimac!”
Andreas Warkentin takes the floor. He talks about the neurosurgery of the ancient Incas and about his plans to set up a neurosurgery unit at the Diospi Suyana Hospital. He refers to charity in his daring vision and even brings the Good Samaritan into play.
Everyone is packed. Diospi Suyana and the Warkentin family really fit together. No one can explain how the missionary hospital came about. And the courageous decision of their colleague, whom almost everyone here at the hospital knows, seems inexplicable. Is faith really more than just a cultural asset or a private feeling of piety? Yesterday evening, her thoughts circled for a long time. “Sometimes it sent shivers down my spine,” said one listener without outing himself as a believer. Most people probably felt very similar. /KDJ
