Modern Medicine

Short Fiction

An image by Me and Midjourney

Emergency.

In large letters. As red as the blood that flowed behind closed doors. An intimidating word, but this was an intimidating place.

The nurse, a soft lipped woman with droopy eyes, surveyed the empty waiting room. Old enough to remember the days when the hospital was always full, she sighed. It was a boring job now. Sometimes, she missed the griping…