HARMATTAN

Chapter 10

Hosea was exhausted, he had  just finished the ward round, his one of his patient: an accident victim who had sustained a head injury during the accident was already recovering, but they didn’t know that he has being skipping medications and he had started relapsing, he caused a bit on chaos in the ward, he even sustained an injury on his on his sleeves, it was a bit deep but it wasn’t something that hasn’t happened before. He recalled one of the reasons he got into marital arts when he was abroad was for self-protection and his odd desire to always keep fit although he couldn’t use it on his patient, the fast reflex he acquired came in handy or else one of the nurses would have being severely injured.

He checked inside his lab coat, even in the midst of the chaos his mind was still with Nadia and even though he was a bit worried he was clam about it because he trusted Anthos with Nadia just as she trusted him with her safety, he wasn’t sure why she picked him for that responsibility but now that she had said he was going to keep his word even if it means he might end up being obsessive about it.

Seven missed calls, he looked at the familiar strange number wondering who it was before he recalled it must belong to Anthos. He dialled the number quickly, he tried the number again, but she wasn’t picking up, he walked into his office closing the door.

He sat down on the table trying to calm his nerves, he wiped his palm on his face, trying to ease his nervousness, he dialled the number again and she picked this time around.

“hello, I just saw your missed calls, is Nadia okay, are you okay?”
“she did what!!!!! Oh my God, when was that…...... I am coming right away”

Hosea ended the call, grabbed his keys as he almost ran out of the hospital, that girl was going to be a death sentence to him.

He tried to call her number but it was switched off, he drove as fast as he could be minding the speed limits. He was in the hospital within twenty minutes with the traffic congestions on the road. He went straight into Dr Tobi’s office opening the door against the nurses warning. He was with a patient and Hosea felt embarrassed a bit that he barged into his colleague’s office in an unruly manner. Dr Tobi gave him a signal that he could decode as being told to wait outside before he quietly step outside of the office.

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“you can’t fault me on this one KD, she specifically requested that she needed to be discharged, she is the patient and she has her own right” Dr Tobi tried to explain to Hosea.

“to hell with that right, you didn’t know how she landed in that condition, and you say some guy came to pick her up, if you knew what I knew you won’t have allowed her to go. She is in danger” Hosea was very annoyed at everyone, at his friend for releasing her when he was the one who brought her and not taking time to notice that she might be in harms way, with Nadia for always going back to that boyfriend of hers and most especially with himself because there was nothing he could do for her now than to wait for another opportunity.

“I know this is against work ethics but can I see her file?”

“I usually don’t give this out, you know patient doctor confidentiality, but I will make you an exemption to that rule” he handed Hosea the file and wondered what must have spooked him up so much and what he was almost afraid of.

“if you need my help in any way, make sure you call me KD, you can’t always do it alone”

“thanks man, I will take you up on that offer” Hosea shook his hand as quick as possible. He opened the file and checked, she already had an history of asthma before. Hosea couldn’t help but try to wrap his head around the fact that at age twenty-three she ought to know her condition of her health and try to prevent another asthmatic attack, still she stood outside in the cold. What hold could that boyfriend of hers have on her so much that makes her to keep going back to him.