All Patients Lie (4)

“Huff… huff….”

I reached the station after cutting across the ER hallway, breathing hard.

I was winded from the full-speed sprint.

“What? What….”

The surgical resident on call, who had been about to enter orders in front of the monitor, looked at me.

Baek Eun-seo, standing beside me, was startled by my shout as well.

I had to stop the on-call surgeon before they made the wrong call.

“The CT. Let me see the CT.”

“Huh? Uh, yes….”

The on-call surgeon looked flabbergasted at my sudden appearance and yelling, and at my brazen demand to show me the screen, but he soon moved the mouse and turned the monitor so it was easy to see from where I stood...