"Where is Dr. Van? Where is he? And Dr. Caroline?"
"They are in surgery. Please calm down, sir. Tell me what is wrong. How can I help you?" Manila tried to reason with the enraged spouse of a critically ill patient.
"How can they do this to us? My wife was next on the list for a valve replacement. And I know they got one today. Then why wasn't the replacement done for my wife? Why somebody else got to have it?"
And he banged his fist on the desk, demanding an answer.
"I am sure there must have been some reason for the last-minute change, sir. Please calm down. Let them come back, and we will let you know."
But that man's pain and anger had completely consumed him. In a mad rage, he pushed away everything on the station desk. All the files, medicines, and hand rubs fell. And that commotion brought Morpheous out from the chamber.
