When I get home, the girls run towards me asking about my day. It’s the only thing that helps me forget the patients.
Yves is one of the newly qualified plastic surgeons who have completed the training programme. The process has been exhausting, and he has struggled to balance the demands of work with the needs of his young family. The long hours at the hospital are beginning to take a toll on his family life.
He is inspired by Faustin, yet he now recognises the scale of the task ahead – and the sacrifices it requires. Despite working every day, he earns only $350 a month and feels unable to provide for his family in the way he wishes.
At the hospital, the need is even greater. When he is offered the chance to specialise in craniofacial reconstructive plastic surgery in Toronto, he realises he could gain skills that no one else in Rwanda possesses, skills that could ultimately help his country.
But accepting the opportunity means leaving his family behind and moving to Canada for at least a few years. Should he make this sacrifice for the greater good – and what part should his family play in it?
