She was the first to wipe away tears and bandage wounds using traditional remedies – early signs of the caring nature that paved the way to her becoming a nurse.
“Many people found cleaning wounds appalling,” Sr Gando recalled, “but for me it was through seeing my little ones smiling again after I tended to a grazed leg or a scratched arm that I knew I wanted to serve others.”
For more than a decade, Sr Gando has served as a nurse at Milne Bay’s East Cape Health Centre – a major referral point for Alotau General Hospital from East Fergusson, Normanby Island and Losuia.
