East meets West in a doctor's suitcase

It was like a scene from a movie. Ugandan dancer Phiona was performing at a star-studded event to celebrate her country's Independence Day when she was gripped by pains in her stomach.

The band stopped playing, up went the famous cry: "Is there a doctor in the house?" and sure enough, out of the crowd rushed a man with a case full of traditional Chinese medicine and drugs.

This was no local, however - the man rushing to the rescue was Iranian doctor Amir Hooman Kazemi. Out came the needles and minutes later Phiona pronounced herself free of pain.