Hospital Santa Esperanza ju
ient files when a nurse
gency department. A child has been broug
ood imme
ow
been sick since yesterday, but they c
ied down t
lling with difficulty. Her mother stood beside her, crying a
er name?"
replied. "Please, Doc
d closer to
? I'm Doctor Aria. We're
fly. She tried to speak, but
ately began
l signs checked now. Prepare the necessar
ff moved
they might stabilize the child. Then
el is dropping!"
ave instructions, checked the monitor, and tried to
ild was get
," Aria whispere
but despite their efforts, th
ied to r
nc
wi
ga
ing c
the room f
aring at the small bo
lost patients despite doing everythi
er began
You said you w
that could make the
wered h
m so
the floor, clutching
er legs felt weak, and the sound of the mot
understand wh
d needed urgent treatment. Yet the medication requ
o the supply
in delivering the emergen
nt looked un
r. We were told to wa
zation fr
following i
at him, the
ght to the admi
partly open. As she approached,
the child," one man said.
answered with
e important thing is to prote
a st
Dr. Salv
patients bring in the money. We cannot keep spending r
. "The emergency department mus
ion. Another person complained that th
atierra sp
hat management caused the delay. We have enough p
felt
they were already discussin
hed the
versatio
ierra said sharply. "Thi
ard en
inistrators clo
died because the treatment she needed was de
with your a
cation required approval while a
tierra
ur grandmother's death. But you should not allow your p
it wa
sed as a weap
o with a dead child," Aria replied. "She need
matters with every member of staf
lies deserve to know wh
ent complet
a's express
Doctor
for another moment
she had ma
e her grandmother died, her
returned to her offi
to the page where she had written F
ncy medication delayed. Managem
f who had been present and wrote do
d be enough. She did not even kno
learned somet
could not depend on the peop
ld need
pared medication requests with recorded delivery times and noted sev
mall. Others were d
d a record tha
nge in condition before Aria had fin
ime wa
nown Elena was
been informed unti
again, hoping she
had
ds began
was stable. She remembered trusting him because she
had been made to protect her grandmothe
elevant details i
did not belong to her. She would make a formal request for th
used, she would docu
s usual routine. Doctors treated patients. Nur
the people responsible
grandmother's bracel
rying to tell me," she whisper
sed the
ospital that morning h
had f
ath to become another forgotten inciden
to answer for
tended to make sure the
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