Number 1 Australian General Hospital
Number 1 Australian General HospitalHeliopolis, Cairo
Heliopolis, CairoFriday, 25 February 1916
Friday, 25 February 1916Lucy studied the young man on the stretcher. He’d been stoic as she’d changed the dressing on his stump, not a single grumble or complaint, although it must have been painful when she removed the old bandage. The wound was healing well without any sign of the gangrene that had infected the first amputation, and the doctors had closed the flaps two days earlier. As she’d cleaned the wound she’d admired the neat sutures, and hoped that she’d be as professional after she’d completed her doctor’s training, but that would have to wait until the end of the war.
As usual she’d struggled to keep the site sterile, but despite her efforts, s
