My sister is a veterinarian. Honestly, I think I’d rather have her give me stitches than most doctors. She’s had to give so many more than most doctors.
I am a veterinarian too. It's ridiculous how stitches are so impossible to have access to (at least where I live). Last time I had a coworker fix me up after a bicycle fall (was on the elbow sadly, could hardly do it solo), not because of cost where I live, gladly, but because a MD can't stitch me, so it's either the emergency department, or MD and then only referal (so yet another appointment and all the trouble that is) to a surgeon.
I mean I get it, wounds can turn (really) bad, but other people than MDs (like nurses, or pharmacists were even discussed for this in France) should be able to do them, and give a follow up appointment to some MD / nurse a few days later to check if recovery is going well. Only time tells how the healing goes anyways.
