At 2 a.m., Nurse Rachel Bennett worked the ER at St. Jude’s Medical Center when an unidentified man arrived unconscious and septic. Found in an alley, he had no ID, a dangerously high fever, and a badly infected surgical wound.
Dr. Gregory Alcott, the new chief of surgery, ordered Rachel to discharge him, citing lack of insurance. Rachel refused, warning that moving him could kill him. Alcott threatened her job.
Believing the patient wouldn’t survive a transfer, Rachel hid him behind a privacy curtain and administered strong antibiotics. She monitored him for hours, fighting his fever while covering her other duties.
By dawn, his condition improved. He woke alert and revealed someone had wanted him gone. Before more could be said, Alcott returned with security and fired Rachel for insubordination.
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