Lethal Incision by Dobi Cross

Author:Dobi Cross [Cross, Dobi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Luxhaven Publishing
Published: 2018-12-29T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

“Dr. Smyth, how can I help you?” Dr. Anderson asked. Zora sat facing him in the same chair she had sat in the last time she was here. The only difference was that the office was more disorganized today. Zora wondered how he was able to find anything he needed. “Julie said you had something urgent to discuss.”

Zora twiddled her thumbs in her lap. It wasn’t so easy to just spill it out now that she was here.

She took a deep breath and exhaled. There was no need in beating about the bush. “Two patients have gone missing in the past few days.”

Dr. Anderson leaned forward and his brow furrowed. “Missing? What do you mean?”

Zora told him about the patients that had appeared with missing kidneys, how they and their records had vanished, how one of the attendings could corroborate her story, and how she was trying to touch base with two other witnesses. Zora saw his face change from skepticism to concern and worry. Zora made no mention of Graham’s role in the surgery since it might offend the department chair and turn him against whatever she had to say.

“Why didn’t you come to me when the first patient went missing?” he said.

“It was only my word against everyone else and I didn’t have the evidence to back it up.”

Dr. Anderson ran a jerky hand through his hair. “This is a big deal. And there are major repercussions if what you’ve said are true. You should have come to me immediately.” Dr. Anderson pressed his intercom. “Julie, I need you to get Ms. James and Mr. Sanders to my office immediately.” Zora recognized the names as the Chief Medical Information Officer and the Privacy and Security Officer respectively. “Tell them that it’s urgent. Thank you.” He removed his finger from the intercom. “Dr. Smyth, I’m glad you’ve told me. I’ll take it from here. Why don’t you head back to work and I’ll let you know if we need anything else from you?”

Zora nodded and got up. She felt a bit lighter—it was like one weight had been lifted off her shoulders though she still had to make sure that Christina was okay. Dr. Edwards had been wrong about Dr. Anderson. It was obvious that patients were still his number one priority despite all the intradepartmental squabbles.

She left his office and headed out.

It was time to head home and hopefully track Christina down.

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