| Sue Makin
P. O. Box 126
Chisitu, Malawi
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Short video
interview with Sue Makin.
Sue Makin has been under appointment as a PC(USA) mission worker
since 1987. She now serves as an obstetrician/gynecologist at
the Mulanje Mission Hospital in Mulanje, Malawi.
Sue works with a team of Malawian clinicians at this 190-bed mission hospital, which is serving very poor people in southern Malawi. Because of the severe scarcity of obstetrician/gynecologists in Malawi, in addition to practicing at Mulanje Mission, Sue is a consulting gynecologist at five other hospitals in central and southern Malawi.
Three areas of special interest for Sue include repairing vesico-vaginal fistulas, preventing cervical cancer through visual inspection of the cervix and early treatment of precancerous lesions, and working diligently to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in Malawi.
Prior to her assignment to Malawi, Sue worked for eight years
at the Good Shepherd Hospital near Kananga, Democratic Republic
of Congo.
The medical work that would become the Mulanje Mission Hospital
was started in 1887 by missionaries from the Church of Scotland.
It is now owned by the Blantyre Synod of the Church of Central
Africa Presbyterian. The mission of the hospital is to provide
preventive, curative, and palliative care to the surrounding community
and to show the love of Christ in all that we do.
"My fifteen years in Africa working as a doctor for women
have been tremendously rewarding and challenging," says Sue.
"Many of the rewards come from serving friendly, appreciative
people who live in extremely poor conditions, yet show warmth
and love in their interactions. Although health care indicators
for Malawi show that standards of medical care are, in general,
very inadequate, still there is great joy in the work. I feel
blessed to be able to use my education and training in this environment."
Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Sue grew up in Florida and attended
the University of Florida for both her bachelor's and her M.D.
degree. Her training in obstetrics and gynecology was at Louisiana
State University, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana.
The PC(USA ) supported her French language study in Canada and
a Diploma in Tropical Medicine from the Prince Leopold Institute
in Antwerp, Belgium, before she went to Zaire, now the DRC. Sue
is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Gainesville, Florida.
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