Alex's POV
It's morning and I went to the bathroom to take a bath.
I still ended sleeping at Mason's place.
When I was young after my parents disappeared, Mason had asked me to move in with him since I have no family of my own and I did, I only moved out of the house few years ago and I do come back here to spend a few days. So I have a room here and some of my clothes are still here.
I came back from the bathroom, dressed up, took my phone and car key, then I went downstairs.
Mason and Brianna were already downstairs and I greeted them, then we moved to the dinning room to have our breakfast.
My phone suddenly rang and it was the hospital director calling.
"Good morning Sir" I greeted immediately I picked up the call.
🗨️ Come to hospital right now and straight to my office.
He said and ended the call
I wonder what was wrong, he is so angry.
"I'm sorry guys, I have to go to work now" I said as I quickly stood up with my car keys and rushed out of the house.
I entered my car and drove off to the hospital.
I got to the hospital and I took the elevator straight to the fifth floor, to the Director's office.
"What's wrong sir?" I asked as I got into his office.
"Look at this" he said giving me a patient's file and I collected it.
"There was a petrol tanker explosion yesterday and she's one of the patients that was brought in" he said.
"According this file she had a fracture and a surgery was performed to repair the fracture" I said.
"The file also showed the patient was pregnant, she was pregnant yet she was given anaesthesia during surgery, am sure you know what that means" he said.
"Pregnant women are prohibited from taking anaesthesia even during surgery cause it's really harmful to the foetus, if this lady was really given anaesthesia then she's going to loose her baby, she's going to have a miscarriage, I might be able to help her, I can try I flush the anesthesia out of her system." I said as I quickly started running for the door.
"It's already too late Alex, she had the miscarriage this morning" the director said and I stood still then turned back to look at him.
"Why are you telling me all this? I wasn't the one that performed the surgery."
"Of course you were not, you would not have to made such a stupid mistake but it was your New surgical assistant, Jasmine Wright that performed the surgery, I thought I made it clear that junior doctors are not allowed to perform a surgery on their own!!" The director yelled.
"I promise you Sir, I know nothing about this, I sternly warned her before leaving the hospital yesterday not to go into the O. R alone."
"Well she disobeyed you, we had to lie to that lady that she lost her unborn baby due to the explosion, if she ever learns that she lost her baby due to the mistake of one of our doctors, then she's gonna sue the whole hospital and we both know that mustn't happen cause it will ruin our image" he said and I sighed.
"Excuse me sir" I said as I took the patient's file and walked out of his office and took the elevator down to the first floor.
"Where the hell is Jasmine Wright!!" I yelled.
"She just came in, I think she went to your office with Susan and Andrew cause you are supposed to have a surgery this morning" Nurse Chloe answered.
I took the elevator back to the third floor, to my office.
"Good morning doctor we were just waiting for you, you have a surgery to perform to..." Susan was saying but I interrupted her.
"Jasmine" I called and she quickly stood up.
"Yes doctor"
"What happened yesterday while I was away?" I asked trying to keep my temper in check.
"Nothing Sir, well a petrol tanker exploded and many patients were brought in that's all" she said and I threw the patient's file at her.
"Then please explain to me why the hell is your name written there as the surgeon for that patient!" I yelled.
She hesitated a bit before talking.
"I'm sorry for lying to you Doctor but I had no choice, the patient was in so much pain, you were not around and all the senior doctors were busy with other patients, what was I supposed to do" she said.
"You should have called me! The patient's was in pain not dying, you should have called my phone and I would have come back right away!"
"I am sorry Sir, that idea didn't occur to me at the moment but I did the surgery perfectly and the patient is recovering well, I even went to check on her when I just came and she's recovering well, she even thanked me for saving her life so I don't regret doing what I did doctor."
"She thanked you for saving her life because she obviously doesn't know you are the reason she lost her pregnancy!" I yelled and she looked surprised.
"Pregnancy?" She asked.
"Is it not common sense to do a full body scanning for your patient before proceeding to surgery or didn't your school teach you that!!" I yelled.
Jasmine's POV
I did a full body scanning, no, I wanted to do a full body scanning but Susan said she'll do it, Susan was the one that did the scanning, I never saw the result to know if she was pregnant or not, only Susan did.
I looked at Susan and she was silently pleading for me not to tell doctor Alex.
"And why are you suddenly so silent!" Doctor Alex yelled.
"I.... I did a full body scanning doctor, I swear I did" I said.
"Then were you so blind to have overlooked the part that said she was with a baby and you went ahead and gave her anaesthesia during surgery!" He yelled.
"Am really sorry Sir, I didn't know she was pregnant."
"Well your sorry won't bring her baby back!!" He yelled "I told you yesterday that mistakes are not tolerated in my team yet you just made another grave mistake! Now the director has told that lady that she lost her child due to the explosion cause if she ever comes to know that it was due to some foolish doctor's mistake, then she's going to sue everyone to court, you, me and the whole hospital!."
"Am really sorry sir but I think she deserves to know the truth, I don't think my conscience will be okay if I don't tell her the truth, whenever she sees me, she keeps thanking me for saving her life when I actually made her loose her pregnancy, I can't bare it doctor, I need to tell her" I said as a tear rolled down my face.
"Are you stupid!" He yelled. "Or have you actually gone deaf that you didn't heak all I just said! If you tell her the truth and she decides to sue you, you won't be the only one going to court, I'll be going too cause am the senior doctor in charge of you and am responsible for all your stupid mistakes, you'll ruin my reputation Jasmine, the reputation I've worked hard for years to build."
"I'm sorry Sir but she really needs to know the truth and I'll beg her, I'll go on my kneels and beg her not to sue us."
"And she doesn't listen to you?" He asked.
"I'll try my best to convince her doctor perhaps it's a doctor's duty to always tell her patients the truth, it's path of our integrity and I want to keep that" I said as I cleaned the tears in my eyes with my hand.
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"Umm..... Doctor, it's time for the surgery you need to perform today" Andrew said.
"Should we all go to the O. R and wait for you?" Susan asked.
"Both of you should go but I don't want this fool near my operation table, who knows what mistake she might make again and call doctor Tony, tell him I need him to act as my assistant surgeon today" doctor Alex said and I sniffle
I feel so bad
Susan and Andrew left the office and I continued standing, not knowing what to do.
"Well what are you waiting for, get out of my office! I can barely stand the sight of you!" He yelled and I quickly ran out of his office.
I found an empty seats and I sat on it as I couldn't stop the tears from running out of my eyes.
"Jasmine" someone called and I raised up my head.
It's Andrew
"I am really sorry for Doctor Alex's harshness, he's just really angry" he said.
"I swear I didn't know the lady was pregnant but now I killed her child, I made her loose her unborn baby cause of my ignorance" I cried and Andrew hugged me.
"It's not your fault, everyone makes mistakes Jasmine so stop blaming yourself, you didn't give her anesthesia deliberately, you didn't know she was pregnant" Andrew said as he patted my back.
"I must go now, doctor Alex will be at the O. R any minute" he said and I nodded.
"Thanks Andrew" I said and he left.