SEE YOU IN HEAVEN [FANTASERIES #2]

Chapter Two: Death

Buzzer beater ang dating ko sa hospital. Mabuti nalang at hindi ako ang pinaka-late. It was Shiela, one of my classmates. Saktong 10:30 nang dumating ang professor namin para sa activity na ito. She said she'll going to tour us on the hospital first before she makes us proceed to the operating room since may ibang block na naka schedule.

Tahimik lang akong nakasunod sa mga kablock mate ko habang naglalakad. Mentally taking down notes about the hospital's history and how it works. The official staffs and the bosses. Nakikinig lang ako habang tumitingin tingin sa paligid, but I can't seem to concentrate at the moment. My mind still wanders about what I saw earlier.

I sighed. I just saw a dead person. 

Mag-aapat na taon palang ang iginigugol ko sa biology. It was premed yet we were introduced with vomitting experiments. Maybe I was just surprised. Maybe it's still normal react when I saw something like that. Ngayon ako unang beses na nakakita ng patay, at iyong paa pa ang nakita ko. No—I mean, this is my first time seeing a real dead person.

My grandparents died and I saw them, but they had already been taken care of. In short, sa lamay ko na sila nakita.

It's horrible. But maybe, it's a sign that I should get used to it. But no. I'm gonna save lives. I'll do everything to save my patients.

Napatingin ako sa kamay ko. They're trembling and sweating since earlier.

"Girl!" Napalingon ako kay Lailane nang lumapit saakin. Nawala tuloy ang tingin ko sa kamay ko. "Ang laki talaga ng hospital na ito no?" She asked me.

Tumango ako. "Sabi ni Prof, Korean daw ang riginal na may-ari ng hospital na 'to e." sagot ko sa kaniya. It was CSK Medical Univeristy Hospital. One of the most high-end hospital. 

Nakalabi siyang tumango saakin tsaka umikot ang tingin sa paligid. "I want to work in this place. Marami sigurong guwapo dito 'no?" tanong niya ulit.

Tumango ako ulit, not caring on what she was saying. "What you expect? This is a place for pampered son of a bitches..." halos maging bulong na ang huling sinabi ko. Truth enough though. This place reeks of wealth and power. Madalas kong nababalitaan na mga politikong biglang nagkasakit dahil sa may nahalungkat na baho nila ang usual na pasyente dito.

Ginawa pa nilang hotel ang hospital na ito. They used money and connection again to get the privilege of the VIP department of this hospital. Money of the people that they taking in an unfair way just to escape the shits that they have done.

What an ass.

Napailing ako. Lailane and I remained talking about medical stuffs around the hospital as our professor toured us around. Una naming pinuntahan ay ang Support department. Our prof said that what we have learned in the four corner of our classroom since we were a kid would be applied here.

Good Manners and right conduct. Mostly, the support Department consists of housekeeping maintenance, and the cook in the nutrition wing. Doesn't mean that we are doctors here, we won't respect them as they respect us. It's a big taboo.

Sunod sunod na pinuntahan namin ay ang Informational Department. They're very familiar to us so our Prof didn't elaborate that much. But when we get to reach the Diagnostics Deparment ay nag-umpisa na kaming magtagal. Our prof showed us the technical, the gist of each such as the Neurology, Radiology, and Medical Laboratory, and the Emergency room.

"Wow..." It was Pia. They roamed their eyes around the laboratory, same thing I did.

Napadako ang tingin ko sa mga syringe sa isang table. Katabi 'non ay ang mga maliit na bottles ng mga blood samples. The red color of the blood attracted my sight. Wala sa sarili kong kinuha ang isang blood sample sa rack at inilapit sa mukha ko.