"In Denmark you have a fundamental trust in each other and your system"
During her fellowship at Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Luz Divina Severino has learned surgical techniques she can introduce home in Mexico
03.06.2024
During the two months that doctor Luz Divina Severino from Hospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga in Mexico City, has been a fellow at Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Surgery, she has worked with a number of surgical techniques that she now wants to introduce into clinical practise in Mexico.
Other than a lot of experience with techniques such as fistula surgery with fat injections and non-invasive THD, her time at AUH has also opened her eyes to how a fundamental trust in one's colleagues and the system you work in can make a big difference to the quality of you work as a surgent.
- Before I came here, I knew very well that things in a first world country like Denmark look different to ours in Mexico and the Dominican Republic where I am originally from. Your healthcare system is more organised and you have access to a lot of advanced technologies, which make diagnosis, treatment and patient care much more efficient and better for the patient on a whole. It's one thing to see hear about these differences from far away, it is quite another to experience it in person - it hits you in different way.
- One of the things I have noticed particularly is that you have a lot of trust in each other here. I quickly got the feeling that the people you work with want the best for you; that you cannot ask the wrong questions and that you are respected and listened to.
- In Denmark you have this fundamental trust in each other and your system. It has been refreshing to experience that, and I believe that that attitude makes for good and effective treatment of the patient.