Ellynne wrote: <I've always assumed Gan had some knowledge in medicine; he treats Jenna in Time Squad and Blake in Duel.>

Strikes me as more a knowledge of first-aid (or even a basic paramedical course) than serious medical skill - or maybe he was a nurse?

BTW, that's one thing I always *liked* about Breakdown, none of the crew suddenly disclosed a medical background when needed. They clearly still don't have much idea what they're doing with that equipment.

Also BTW, that rather unnerves me when Blake, in Orac, suggests that they do the operation on Ensor. Sure, he doesn't have any choice at that stage, but the idea of Our Heroes messing around with scalpels is a tad worrying. OTOH, what with battle wounds, they've hopefully had a fair bit of practice in the mudical unit since Breakdown - there *is* a practical reason for all Avon's fanfictional Suffering, you know ...

<But perhaps this is just because the script writers couldn't find anything more meaningful for him to do,>

Just 'cause in the episode they *wrote* for him, he spent the whole of it strapped down and twitching ...

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