Emergency Call, Career Reversal

Synopsis

I got called in for an emergency and was reported for attitude. The department head fired me on the spot. My patient's mother smirked and said, "Serves you right. You had it coming." I walked out and joined a private hospital; my salary tripled overnight. The very next day, that same woman rushed her kid into the ER, pleading, "Please, save my son!" The child had a rare condition. Only three doctors in the city could treat it. Two were abroad. The last one was me. "Sorry," I said. "I don't work at your hospital anymore." My old boss showed up with the hospital director. "Just tell us what you want." I pointed at the woman. "Have her stand guard outside until my mother is out of ICU." Three months later, I took half the doctors from my old department with me when I left.