Arianna: It was two p.m. on Friday afternoon, and I served the sick patients in the female ward their medicine. Just then, Dr. Amos Martin, a tall, brown-skinned young man, stepped into the ward and summoned me: “Arianna, come over.” “Yes, Doctor,” I replied, and handed over to my colleague as I worked as a nurse. I was wearing a white nurse dress with black shoes. Then I followed Dr. Amos into his small office on the first floor of this local hospital building. The atmosphere thickened as I stood watching Dr. Amos perched on his office seat across from me. He was in charge of my mother’s kidney treatment. “Dr. Amos, what’s wrong?” I asked him, my voice quivering after seeing the sorrowful expression on his face. “Arianna,” Dr. Amos cleared his throat and said, “I’m sorry. But I have to schedule an immediate transfer for your mother to Milos Private Hospital.” “Why, Doctor? It’s an expensive hospital and I cannot afford it,” I complained, but he shook his head and replied, “They
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