Chapter5
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“What happened to her?” Linda said as she found her mom sprawled on her Dad's arms.
“Please help, help” Mr Richard said as he struggled to take his wife to the car.
Linda scooted to Elizabeth's legs as she grabbed them, they hoisted her to the car.
“What happened to her?” Linda questioned as they got into the car,
“Can I come?” Naomi asked as she stood and stared at them with anxiety written on her face.
“Don't worry Nana, just stay back and take care of the house.” Mr Richard retorted
“She had a cardiac arrest” Richard said, as they drove.
“But how?”
“we were taking some coffee together when she suddenly went into comatose”
“I just hope she gets better.” Linda said trembling.
Arriving at the hospital, she ran to the reception to call for help from the nurses, as she got to the reception, she halted abruptly as she came in contact with an unwanted sight, Leonard, he was as well taken aback when he saw her. He looked at her coldly with a mocking smirk.
He could surmise from the look on her face that she was in a desperate situation. She just stared at him briefly and headed towards the section where she would get help.
He leaned towards a lady that was immaculately dressed in nursing attire and whispered.
“that lady over there should not be attended to, you can come up with any alibis on why she cannot be attended to but make sure she's not attended to”
“But why sir what if it's a life and death issue”
“Are you questioning my orders?” Leo asked with irritation as he glared at her, “I see you want to be replaced right.”
The hospital they came to was owned by Leo's family and as the heir who would shortly be done with college he had already started heading some of the organizations that were owned by the family. And the Lawsons hospital was one of them.
“Am sorry sir” the Senior nurse apologized “consider it done”
Linda placed a request for immediate attention, she rushed outside to join her Dad bring her mom into the hospital, they had been surprised when they got into the hospital and they saw how the nurses where aloof to their presence, they managed to recline Elizabeth on one of the seats meant for patients who awaited their turn to see the doctor.
Linda ran to the section where she had placed her request.
“Hey!, please what is happening we need help here” she said, almost fussing.
“Am so sorry Ma, we received instructions to shut down operations due to some unforeseen glitches that occured” The nurse said calmly to her.
“What” she said, embittered as tears rimed in her eyes “how can you say that, moments ago you told me you're calling for help and the next minute you tell me you're asked to shutdown operations, is that how you treat patients”
“Like I said, I'm sorry ma, I'm just obeying orders,” the nurse said as she slowly walked out.
“What damn orders” Linda yelled trying to control her tears. “We are talking about a patient that's about losing her life and you stand here speaking of orders.”
The hellion Leo could hear the yelling sound of Linda from the reception while in his office, he felt warmth as he heard her scolding in pain, he laughed heartily with his friends that aided him to screw her that night.
“Hey guys do you hear that noise” he snickered to them.
“And who could that be?” one asked, as they paused trying to maintain silence so as to detect the voice,
“It's Linda,” another said.
“What's she doing here, she shouldn't be given attention” the first one said, with a sneer
“Don't bother yourself guys I've passed instructions she shouldn't be given attention to” Leo said with a smile.
“Oh man, you wouldn't have even let her in” the first one said “fools ought to be treated like one”
“Don't worry guys, I'm done with her already,” Leo said.
Linda emerged from the reception alone as she saw her mom sprawled over her Dad's arm still unconscious.
“What happened to the staff you went to call?”
Richard asked in wonder.
“We need to go look for somewhere else so she can get immediate medication.”
“But where do we go?” Richard questioned “the health workers are all on strike. The place where we can get medication is only at privately owned hospital, which we will need to make upfront payment before you will be given immediate attention.”
Linda just sat on the chair helpless and listless, the leftover cash she had had been used to augment that of her parents so as to buy a ticket for her cousin's flight to Germany.
“GoodMorning Ms.”
Linda raised her head to see who owned the baritone voice that spoke to her.
“Good morning sir” she retorted.
“Am Dr Desmond Collins by name” the strange guest said. “I see you look so troubled, one of the nurses had communicated your quagmire to me, so I decided to come see for myself, where is your patient? Can I have a look at her?”
Dr Desmond Collins was an adept medical specialist who owned The highly revered hospital in new york, John Collins Hospital, and also has a very profitable pharmaceutical industry. He was a good friend of Leonard's family so he occasionally came to Lawson's hospital to tackle cases that needed a higher degree of expertise.
The nurse who Leo had whispered his instructions to relayed Linda's predicament to him.
“She's over there doctor” Linda said as she rose in relief and walked with the him to where her mom lay.
Elizabeth lay unconscious in the arms of Mr Richard.
“Good morning sir” the Doctor greeted as he arrived at where Mr Richard was seated as he watched over his wife.
“I will need to take her to my hospital right away for medical attention. She needs some real rest.”
She was expecting he would say something about the bills and compensation but he never made mention of it, she felt it was okay she said nothing as well.
As they
carried Elizabeth in unison to the car. Leonard emerged from his office, face to face with Linda.
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