In the Spirit of Medicine
Dr. Arne Vainio is an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe and a family practice doctor on the Fond Du Lac reservation in Cloquet, Minnesota. His essays on life, work, medicine and spirit were published in "News From Indian Country," and you can find the link to his stories and more on our website at thenorth1033.org. In the Spirit of Medicine on The North 103.3 is made possible by University of Minnesota Medical School- Duluth Campus, Ampers, and the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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There are maybe a double handful of people I really credit with my becoming a doctor. Walt Boorsma is one of them. I first met him when I was about 18 and… -
"Dr. Vainio, I'm so glad you were there," she said.It is often during critical events in healthcare that medical students learn from their mentors. -
"I deserve to die alone, Dr. Vainio. I was never any kind of father and I stopped at the bar on my way home every time I got paid. I never took him to a… -
“I don’t want you to get the impression we’re just putting you on a medicine to hide your problems. Having depression is more common than you know.… -
I think back to a year ago. There was an entire household with multiple generations living together and they were too sick to come to the clinic for… -
He has finally been able to talk about his seizures and has talked to a group of pharmacy students and talked to a group at the college. ?It?s like I… -
She was 94 pounds and 28 years old, but you couldn?t tell her age by looking at her. She had the rotting teeth that come with using meth. But mostly, her… -
There were four students working with the body we were studying and we didn’t know anything about him as a person. The medical school was very explicit… -
The COVID-19 pandemic has been with us for almost a year. In that year businesses have closed and people have lost jobs. Wearing masks and keeping social… -
That means we need to continue to wear masks, keep our social distance, wash our hands frequently, avoid public gatherings and sanitize frequently touched…
