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In The Hospital That Refused to Treat- Part 5, a frightened nurse and the arrival of police deepen Shalini’s suspicions about the hospital.
Read part 4 here.
The Hospital That Refused to Treat- Part 5
Chapter 5: The Nurse
The waiting room remained unusually quiet after the raised voice from the emergency ward.
Even the television seemed less distracting now.
Everyone was listening.
Watching.
Waiting.
Shalini’s eyes followed the young nurse as she hurried down the corridor.
There had been something unsettling about her expression.
Not sadness.
Not exhaustion.
Fear.
The nurse disappeared through a staff-only door near the reception area.
A few minutes later, two police officers entered the hospital.
Their arrival immediately caught everyone’s attention.
Patients exchanged curious glances.
One of the receptionists rose from her desk and approached them. After a brief conversation, she led the officers away from the waiting room.
Not towards the emergency ward.
Not towards the accident victim.
Towards a private office.
Prakash frowned.
“That’s odd.”
“What is?”
“If there’s been an accident, shouldn’t they be speaking to doctors? Or witnesses?”
Shalini had been thinking exactly the same thing.
The officers vanished down the corridor.
The waiting room returned to silence.
Across the room, the elderly woman rubbed her shoulder and checked the clock again.
Nobody had called her name.
Nobody had called Prakash’s either.
Time seemed to crawl.
Then movement near the reception desk caught Shalini’s attention.
The same nurse had returned.
She was carrying a file against her chest.
As she passed through the waiting room, her eyes briefly met Shalini’s.
For a fraction of a second, the nurse looked as though she wanted to say something.
Anything.
Instead, she lowered her gaze and continued walking.
A man in a dark suit appeared from nowhere and followed her down the corridor.
The nurse’s shoulders visibly tensed.
Shalini watched until they disappeared from sight.
Beside her, Prakash folded his newspaper.
“Something’s happening in this hospital,” he said quietly.
Shalini didn’t answer.
Because she was beginning to believe he was right.
Recommended first aid kits,
To be continued…
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