Waiting at a Hungarian hospital

“Doctor, may I go home now? I cannot wait any longer,” calls an old lady on a doctor passing by on the corridor. “I left the three children at home and I didn’t think I’d have to wait so long at the emergency. He stops for a second: “What is it?” She repeats her question begging for empathy. “May I go home? What would happen then?” “Then you would go home,” he says simply, obviously disturbed but in a rush. “I don’t know your whole story,” he cuts it short and rushes onwards. A couple is waiting next to me. […]
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