No violence?

Our MCD (the district medical officer) has been giving us trouble again. He came in and told Scott Gardner, board certified surgeon, that he was not allowed to touch a patient without some signature somewhere or something. Scott had all his paper work with him including his diploma and board papers, etc. The MCD has tried to change protocols for treatment that would make it more expensive for patients, etc. Our hospital is a non-government private hospital. He has a severe ego problem, maybe psychotic.  There are rumors that he has killed the fiancé of his daughter because he did not like him. The workers of the hospital have threatened to go on strike if the MCD is not disposed of. During a meeting on Wednesday the MCD had publicly stated that we were killing patients in the OR. No one has died in the OR from the surgery. Yes there have been some that were operated on and found to have non-resectable cancer and later died, and perhaps two that died with apparent PE post op. Scott has been here for awhile trying to gain some OB-GYN experience from Danae. He is scheduled to move to Koza hospital in north Cameroon where he would be working along with a Congolese doctor. Scott is in the process of closing his practice in Washington state. Most of this has come up since last Wednesday. The next day Scott was sick with malaria so couldn’t see patients anyway. Thursday (Valentine’s day) all the other doctors (Danae, Olen, and myself) and expatriates (five couples all together) “were on strike” but actually had previously arranged to be gone all day (did not leave til noon) for a picnic on the sandy beach of a river about 2 hours away. Also another government official had stated that there was no violence in Bere. While we were gone on Thurs a lady was brought in that had been stabbed in the abdomen in the liver.  Samedi, our Chadian nurse surgeon, operated on her and she is now doing well.  It is rumored that this lady had killed someone. Her assailent (a woman) is in jail “to protect her” from possible retribution. There was a very large group of people at the hospital gate and on the grounds Friday. The police had to be called in to clear them out. Olen has spent a lot of time in various meetings.
There was some concern about security issues but we believe we are safe.
Love, Rollin and Dolores