The Qualification to Wield a Scalpel (3)

I walked down the hallway after Kim Seo-ah and asked.

“What kind of patient is it, anyway?”

A first-year who’d just been scolded and sent out being called back right away was surprising enough.

Kim Seo-ah flipped through the chart and answered.

“Well, it’s not a difficult patient. She’s describing the doctor she’s looking for, and it’s obviously you from back when your hair was slicked back, so she said she wanted someone with a fully exposed forehead and a pretty intense face.”

“My hair’s covered now, and I’m at least a little better than I was back then….”

“She came in with abdominal pain. She ordered delivery food for a late-night snack last night.”

“Isn’t that just simple gastroenteritis? Vomiting or diarrhea?”

“She had all of the NVD(* nausea, vomiting, diarrhea), and reportedly vomited twice and had diarrhea three times.”

“Vitals?”...