Episode 3

Eduardo

I was sleeping when I heard someone banging hard on the door and yelling my name. I ran out and opened the door, a young man of about 15 arrived telling me to run because there was a wounded "valor" and Bruno had sent for me. I ran to the room, put on my green uniform, grabbed my backpack with my stuff and ran there, when I arrived the doctor was already there and he started giving me orders to prepare the room to perform surgery to remove the bullet. It was all very fast, in the middle of the surgery something went very, very wrong.

"Doctor, what's happening?"

"I don't know, but it's not good, there's a lot of blood, it wasn't supposed to bleed like this, I can't stop the bleeding, the organs are already going into shock, we're going to lose him..."

As much as the doctor and I tried, we couldn't stop the bleeding and the man died on the table.

"Shit, this is bad. Bruno's going to be pissed, how am I going to explain this to him? Shit!

You know what, you go, newbie, tell the family and whoever's out there."

"What am I going to say?"

"You're going to say what happened, we tried everything but we couldn't save the patient."

I walked out of there suspicious, but there was nothing I could do, we really tried everything, I don't know why the doctor is so scared.

"So, what's up, fatty, where's Pedro? How is he? - Bruno

"Man, for God's sake, how's my man? Can I see him already? - Nanda

"I'm so sorry, ma'am, we did everything we could, but unfortunately the patient passed away, I'm so sorry."

There was all this commotion with everyone crying and the bandits all wanting to know what happened.

"How did this happen, man? He went into that damn surgery conscious and talking, how come he just dies? Bruno

"As soon as the bullet was removed, there was a hemorrhage, there was nothing we could do and we couldn't stop the bleeding, his organs went into shock and he went into cardiorespiratory arrest, unfortunately we couldn't bring him back, I'm sorry."

"My God, but how?" - Nanda

"Did the patient have any pre-existing conditions?"

"He had something, hemo-something, but he said that as long as he took vitamins, everything was fine."

"That explains what happened, if we had known that, we would have started him on the correct medication. The patient had Hemophilia, a disease that prevents blood from clotting properly, which makes bleeding heavier and longer."

That Bruno guy was paying close attention when I was explaining this, and he was already angry and came to talk to me.

"You better not lose any more of my men in that damn operating room, or I'll make you eat grass from the root."

"Sir, I'm really sorry."

This guy scares me so much.

"Good thing you feel it, fatty, stay sharp with me, I'm watching you."

I have an idea so we don't lose any more patients due to lack of information, but I don't think now is the best time to do that. I'm going to pass this idea on to Dr. Carlos and he can deal with the bandit.

I hate this guy and the way he and his men treat me, it reminds me of school, I hate being called fat in that pejorative way, but there's nothing I can do, this is really a lot like school, which doesn't bring back good memories.

I went back inside and cleaned up the room and sterilized the equipment, the doctor, of course, left everything for me to tidy up. I went home just in time to take a shower and go back to the clinic.

The doctor asked me to do the triage of the patients, basically I solved what I could and he only saw those who were dying, I never saw a lazier face.

After seeing everyone, I went to help draw blood, place IVs, take the blood pressure of those lazy people and everything else, before I left I talked about my idea with the doctor.

"You want me to consult, order exams, and make a file for each of these bandits? Why bother, isn't it easier to let them die, they are criminals, remember?"

"They are people, doctor, human beings, we took an oath, remember? Besides, they are the ones who pay our salaries."

"All right, I'll talk to Bruno."

I don't know why, but I suspect he only said that so I wouldn't bring it up again, I highly doubt he'll actually talk to Bruno about it.

I've been asking around about this Bruno guy, everyone says the same thing, that he's not very patient, not much of a talker and has few friends. Everyone is afraid of him, but people also respect what he does for the population.

I thought it was strange, he's the head of the bandits and doesn't look much like what I imagined a drug lord to be. He doesn't have any tattoos, piercings or earrings. Well, from what I hear he seems to be a good leader. Maybe I can talk to him about this idea of mine.

Even though I know it will be up to me to do all the work, I really want to do this.

Here at the clinic, there is another nurse and she is not much different from the doctor, ever since I arrived she dumps all the work on me. I don't mind, I like to have a lot of work, it makes me feel useful. But the snake Cintia started to get jealous because the patients started to praise me, bring me treats, cakes, pies, sweets and I even got a kitten, I named him Botoes, I don't know where that name came from, but I thought it was cute.

Since Cintia was unfriendly and rude, it shows that she didn't have an ounce of patience with the elderly. When she saw that the patients were arriving and looking for me, she decided that she wanted to show service, as no one liked her, the patients preferred to wait for me, but did not want to be seen by her. This made the viper even more hateful, I know she's going to give me a hard time, I need to keep my eyes open.

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