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Chapter 10

Autor: Perfect Timing
On the day my resignation was finalized, the ER remained as busy and noisy as ever. Children cried in the infusion area, while footsteps came and went outside the resuscitation room as people paced anxiously.

There was a red message scrolled across the electronic screen. [Call 911 if you experience chest pain. Every second counts.]

I stood in front of the information board, looking at it for what felt like a very long time. The phone sat on the counter at the nurses' station; its screen flicke
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  • Doctor's Night Shift: Comments Warn of Murder   Chapter 10

    On the day my resignation was finalized, the ER remained as busy and noisy as ever. Children cried in the infusion area, while footsteps came and went outside the resuscitation room as people paced anxiously.There was a red message scrolled across the electronic screen. [Call 911 if you experience chest pain. Every second counts.]I stood in front of the information board, looking at it for what felt like a very long time. The phone sat on the counter at the nurses' station; its screen flickered on for a second, then faded back to black.Jasmine walked over with a chart tucked under her arm. "You're really leaving?""Yes…"She had tears in her eyes as she said, "We're about to lose someone in the ER who could actually handle the pressure."I smiled faintly and said, "The ER isn't short on people who can carry the weight. It's short on a system that doesn't let them take the fall for it."She looked down and was quiet for a while before saying, "It's a good thing you had me make

  • Doctor's Night Shift: Comments Warn of Murder   Chapter 9

    Henry's memorial service was brief and simple.I didn't attend it.Sophia sent me a photo of a bouquet of white flowers, with a silver-gray pillbox and a folded consultation card from the chest pain center with its frayed corners. Henry's handwriting was scrawled on the back. [Call 911 first for chest pain.]I stared at those words for a long time, my eyes suddenly filling with tears. Henry had remembered after all. He wasn't the one who had forgotten how to value life; it was the person who had used his medical history as a for her plan.It was a few days later when Mabel's uncle reached out to me. He didn't come pounding on my door. He sent me a very polite message instead. [Mabel did lose her head for a moment, but she's never been in a good mental state, and the trouble in her marriage has been going on for a long time. Could you write a brief statement saying Mabel was just acting out of panic and didn't mean to frame you, Dr. Chapman?]I replied, [Mabel had a draft on her

  • Doctor's Night Shift: Comments Warn of Murder   Chapter 8

    It was three days later, and the police released a short statement. Henry hadn't simply died of a heart attack. The medical examiner's preliminary findings indicated that he had experienced external force while alive, and the effects of medication had contributed to his death by suffocation. He had died at around 9:40 pm the previous evening.Mabel showed up at the doorway, soaking the doormat and wiping down the handle at 1:04 am. She called the chest pain center's consultation line at Mercy General Hospital at 1:16 am.I contacted 911 on her behalf at 1:19 am. I reported the matter to the police at 1:23 am. It was at 1:47 am that the paramedics and the police officers arrived at the scene.Mabel hadn't made a single emergency call between 9:00 pm and the police's arrival. What made it even worse was the search history pulled from her phone.[How do grieving families sue for wrongful death after a heart attack?][Who is responsible if a patient dies after a doctor makes a house

  • Doctor's Night Shift: Comments Warn of Murder   Chapter 7

    Sophia sat on a bench outside the police station, her hands shaking uncontrollably. She explained that she had rushed back from the next town over during the night. She had blamed me as well when she initially learned about Henry's death.She lowered her head and muttered, "I thought you just refused to go when I initially saw everything said in the group chat. I kept wondering if things might have turned out differently if you'd gotten there sooner."I remained silent.Sophia looked up, her eyes completely bloodshot. "The police walked me through the timeline afterward. Henry was already gone by the time you picked up that call."She covered her face, her voice breaking. "I'm sorry…"Sophia said those words so softly, but I heard them perfectly clearly.I had met Henry before, when he'd come to the clinic for some chest pain for a follow-up coronary artery check. I was on duty that day, and he had asked me many questions about his report. I even gave him a consultation card for

  • Doctor's Night Shift: Comments Warn of Murder   Chapter 6

    I didn't stay at my parents' place that night. I slept in an apartment close to the hospital instead.I had just finished my shower when the doorbell started ringing. It rang repeatedly, each time more urgently than the last. I peered through the peephole and noticed four people standing outside. There was a middle-aged man, an elderly woman with tears streaming down her face, a young woman, and Hazel Hunter from the medical affairs department.The middle-aged man banged hard on the door. "Show yourself, Bryson!"The elderly woman cried out, "How could you still hide from us now that Henry is dead? How can a doctor be so heartless?"I grabbed my phone and called the police, putting the call on speaker. "I'd like to report a disturbance. There are people outside my residence who keep banging on my door and shouting insults. I believe they're threatening my safety."There was a second of silence outside the door before the middle-aged man cursed angrily. "You fucking coward! Is ca

  • Doctor's Night Shift: Comments Warn of Murder   Chapter 5

    I recounted everything that had happened at the police station, starting with the first call at 1:16 am. I asked about the patient's consciousness, breathing, and chest pain, but the caller dodged the important questions. I told her to call 911, but she demanded that I make a house call on my own.I used the hospital's landline to call 911 on her behalf and reported the matter to the police. I never left the hospital during my shift. I remained at the hospital throughout my shift and only went to the residential complex entrance to submit the evidence after handing over my shift, as the police had requested.Jasmine arrived as well, bringing the duty log system, the ER lobby surveillance footage timestamps, and the landline call logs. She informed Officer Simmons, saying, "Dr. Chapman was standing beside the triage desk when he answered the call. He remained in the ER area the whole time and never left his post without permission."Officer Simmons asked me, "What made you suspect so

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