The New Sister Theatre by Lucilla Andrews

Author:Lucilla Andrews [Andrews, Lucilla]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Maggie Hope, Jean Fullerton, 1950s, happy ending, nurses, medical romance, Nadine Dorries, Donna Douglas, hea, doctors, hospital romance, Nightingales series, happy ever after, casualty, nursing
Publisher: Wyndham Books (Medical Romance)
Published: 2018-08-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

SIR ROBERT REQUESTS A LOAN

‘Borrow, Sir Robert? Professionally? Outside this hospital? But surely that’s not allowed?’

He said I was so right and in no circumstances could I accept employment in my professional capacity elsewhere while under contract to St Barnabas’ Hospital. ‘It would be highly unethical for me to ask ye to assist me with one of my private patients, and subsequently pay ye the recognized fee. But, as I have just been at pains to explain to Matron,’ he went on deliberately; ‘may I add, to her satisfaction ‒ no one could take exception to my asking if you would give me your help in your own free time on a purely personal matter. I appreciate I am asking a great deal of you.’ He was now too grave to remember his affected ‘ye’s’ and ‘m’s’.

‘The patient isn’t even a patient of mine. She’s a relative. I believe she needs me ‒ and I need you. If you’ll be kind enough to give me your help we shall be breaking no rules. What do you say?’

‘If it’s all right with Matron I’ll be delighted to help you.’ That was true. I liked the old man, enjoyed work, and was in anything but a holiday mood. ‘What’s the case?’

‘A young woman of twenty-seven expecting a second child in three weeks’ time. Her right kidney is behaving very badly. It may have to come out without delay. So I face a probable nephrectomy and possible caesarean section. In a private house. So you’ll understand why I need a highly skilled theatre nurse with me.’

‘Yes.’ Yet I wondered why he had picked me and not one of the private nurses he must employ on his outside cases. Some of them must have had theatre experience. ‘You want us to go to her?’

‘Just so, Sister. Much as I dislike operating in private houses, the circumstances being what they are, there’s no question of the gel being moved. We’ll have to do a little travelling. Naturally, your expenses will be met as I am asking you to accompany me as my guest. Yes, yes. I have Matron’s approval on that score, so no objections, if you please!’ He looked at his watch. ‘As we are pressed for time, I shall give you the full details later. I want to be off to-night. My secretary has already provisionally booked me two seats on a plane due to leave London Airport in five hours’ time.’

‘Five hours?’ I echoed weakly.

‘We would be ill advised to delay, Sister. The report I had a short while ago was most disturbing, most disturbing. The gel’s blood-pressure is rising most alarmingly. If we delay she may go into coma. My poor sister is very distressed. Young Geraldine’s a silly little creature, but one’s fond of the gel. And it’d be a shocking thing for that youngster Robin to lose his mother at nine years of age.’

‘Geraldine?’ I stood up. ‘Your niece? The mother of the boy with cellulitis?’

‘Just so. The boy’s home with his grandmother.

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