The HOSPITAL

Chapter.8 Milo, the best friend.

Having a pet is not an extraordinary or strange thing for humans in everyday life. It is common, such as keeping a cat, puppy or dog, or even other types of animals.  

As Bertha, who has a very loving heart, Bertha loves a stray cat that often roams around the hospital. Occasionally the cat came to the hospital, and the security guard let him into the staff room. Where Bertha's assign. The cat is incredibly unique, jet black with shining and glowing eyes, but sometimes it is so gentle when looking at Bertha and very taming. Next to its body, there is some brown fur. If it is not visible, but if you look closely, it will look like an island to the left of the black cat's body. Therefore, Bertha gave it the name 'Milo.'  

Bertha and Milo are two creatures of God who are friends even though they are two different beings. Seeing Bertha talking to Milo like talking to a fellow human being is usual for hospital staff. 

That afternoon, Milo walked into Bertha's working room, where he suddenly appeared out of nowhere. With a gloomy and panicked face. He was constantly rubbing his body against Bertha's legs under the table. Bertha was sitting making a report while checking the patient list. A little bit annoyed by Milo's behavior. However, Milo kept meowing and was a little chatty. Bertha seemed to have sensed something and stopped her actions while checking the patient list. 

"Milo what's wrong? look at me and stop meowing your voice is noisy later other staff will get you out of here," said Bertha with a bit of whisper to Milo. 

Milo looked at Bertha while looking up and stopped meowing, as if Milo were communicating via telepathy to Bertha, so Bertha suddenly gasped with a slightly frightened face and said to Milo: 

"Are you, sure?" which answered by Milo with a  

"Meow," once in a muffled voice. 

Bertha took a deep breath, tried to calm herself with an exhale and inhale, and repeated it several times. 

"Come on, Milo, come with me." 

"Meow," Milo said with a noticeably short meow. As if he understood bertha's words. 

"Milo, I'm not playing games, I'm busy, so you have to indicate which room you mean," said Bertha with a serious intonation voice. 

Bertha walked in a hurry, followed by Milo, half running after her; simultaneously, a nursing staff saw Bertha talking to herself. She did not feel so strange as she saw the headset in bertha's ear.  

The nurse thought, "maybe mam bertha is talking to someone on the phone." 

Suddenly Milo stopped running next to Bertha and meowed to tell Bertha to check the room in front of him. Bertha also stopped her steps. and ask 

"In this room do you mean?" 

Milo was silent without a sound, just looking into the room tensely. Bertha was wide-eyed and panicked when she saw a patient lying on the patient's bed to deliver. The patient's stomach looks bloated, as is the case when people are nine months pregnant, and it is time to give birth, right? Nevertheless, it was covered in blood, moaning, and screaming, straining to get the baby out. 

The strange thing is that the pregnant patient was alone, and no one was with her. Bertha could not help but think of her colleagues, how could it be possible to leave the patient in critical condition alone? It does not seem right and violates the code of ethics for nurses and health services. She angrily and frantically ran to the nurse's room across the corridor from the patient's room. Where nurses sometimes gather to do nothing after they check on patients 

And indeed, as expected, his friends gathered there snacking and joking because nothing happened at all. 

Bertha, as a senior, was angry and disappointed to see the staff under her batch like they did not care at all and were not serious about treating patients. 

“You guys gathered here? While a patient in the delivery room struggles desperately to deliver her baby alone, without the help of a single staff?! 

they were shocked and, at the same time, stopped laughing and talking to each other and looked at bertha confusedly 

"Ma'am Bertha, may I know which room the patient is in," said Tommy, the male nurse with the female nurses in the room. 

"We have checked the patient list and did not find or there was a notification if a new patient came in and was about to give birth, right?" 

Grace tried to explain as she knew. 

"Oh, now you think I'm lying," said Bertha getting angry. 

"No, ma'am bertha, do not be a misunderstanding. Grace has answered with fear. 

The atmosphere turned tense. 

They were new nurses and disinclined to Bertha as a senior nurse who had worked at the hospital for a long time. 

They did not want to argue, and after apologizing to their senior, Mrs. Bertha, they immediately ran towards the room that she meant. 

When they entered the delivery room Bertha meant, what a surprise they were, there was absolutely no one or any signs of a former patient who had just occupied the bed. 

No one at all, Tommy the male nurse who was alone among the female nurses there, looked confused and felt strange,  

"Was it true that this room was what she meant?" he asked his colleagues who were there. 

Furthermore, soon Bertha came in a hurry and looked in wonder at the staff were looking at Bertha at the same time? 

"Why are you guys confused and waiting for me?" 

“Do your respective duties, you guys do not need to order, right?" said Bertha angrily. 

Bertha was wide-eyed after seeing the empty and clean, artfully arranged room, still sterile. 

"Where is the patient?" 

who moved her out?" 

"How can a room that is so messy and a bed full of blood be so clean?" 

Bertha's questions were successive, but no one could answer because they had absolutely no idea which patient did Bertha mean. 

Bertha was silent and gaping, but the staff, who did not understand what was going on, were no less confused. Grace approached Bertha slowly and spoke to her. 

"Miss Bertha perhaps you are too tired and need to rest, let me accompany you to your workspace," Grace said politely. 

Berta just nodded slowly and thought a little. Was it an illusion? 

" Oh, I just remembered that I was with Milo there." 

"Milo where are you?" Bertha is looking for Milo desperately 

"Milo?" said Jenny, one of the silent nurses, and did not talk much since earlier. She was standing in a corner by herself when her friends panicked and confused 

"Yes," said Bertha 

"Oh, the boy with dark skin, curly hair, round eyes and a birthmark on one arm?" 

Suddenly all the staff there looking at jenny with confusion, nothing less Bertha, more confused.  

Jenny instead smiled, looking at the staff and seniors, saying 

"Yes, he was standing near me and had a chance to talk to me." 

"I also saw him with Mrs. Bertha was walking towards this room." added Jenny again. 

"Jenny, Mrs. Bertha is referring to, the black cat that she keeps in this hospital. The cat is Mrs. Bertha's pet." answered Grace to clear up a situation where there seems to be a misunderstanding. 

"Sorry I didn't see the black cat but the eight-year-old little boy I saw earlier." Jenny is trying to convince her. 

Bertha is starting to understand something. 

"Okay, Jenny, I just saw you among the staff, are you new to the staff of this hospital?" 

"Yes Mss. bertha it's my first day." 

"Oh, are you okay?" said Bertha, friendly 

"Can we chat for a minute?" asked Bertha with a smile towards Jenny 

"Oh, of course Mrs. Bertha." 

'' Ms. grace, may I accompany Mrs. Bertha to her room? '' Asked Jenny politely. 

"Oh, of course, Jenny, thank you," said Grace, 

to which Jenny answered with a smile.  

She is assisting Bertha in her workplace. Moreover, it looks like Bertha is tired. Some of the staff were whispering to each other after Bertha left the place, accompanied by Jenny. Who was later reprimanded by Grace:

"It's not good to gossip, about Mrs. Bertha, moreover  our senior." 

"she is  a good person and  has been through a lot, let's understand her."

which was then answered by Lizzy, one of the nurses who was petite among the nurses of the other girls:

" I am sorry, Ms. Grace, we were just surprised by jenny. She was talking alone. There was no little boy we saw here earlier".Grace glared and replied:

 "Oh my gosh, you guys make me even more dizzy and stressed"

" I need fresh air," added grace again while walking away. The other staff  laughed, then they dispersed  after being reprimanded by one of the seniors who happened to be passing by:

"Hey why are you guys gathering there?"

"Let's go back to your respective duties."