The hospital became my world. From the moment I first entered the operating room, I knew I have found my purpose in life. And then, shortly after I started working at the hospital, I was challenged the way I have never assumed I would ever be after performing an emergency surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That night, a woman with no ID was admitted to the hospital. She was unconscious, pale, and had a hard time breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The paramedics informed me of blunt force trauma to the abdomen and possible internal bleeding. The X-ray showed her spleen had ruptured and she needed an emergency surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cER won\u2019t take her in,\u201d the medics said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was well aware of the hospital rules \u2013 uninsured patients could receive basic care, but anything major, like an emergency surgery, needed approval from administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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At that moment, however, with the homeless woman\u2019s life at stake, I couldn\u2019t way for any approvals. She wouldn\u2019t stand an hour more, so I made the call. \u201cPrepare the OR,\u201d I said, while the nurses and the medics exchanged glances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surgery lasted for three hours, but eventually, that unknown woman\u2019s life was saved. I felt proud of doing the right thing, although I was well aware I could find myself in trouble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A couple of hours later, my name was called over the intercom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Langford, the chief doctor, along with the entire surgical teams waited for me at the conference room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDo you understand what you\u2019ve done?\u201d Dr. Langford asked me with fury in his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surgeon gets fired after performing emergency surgery on a homeless woman
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But before I could speak up, I was told I was fired. Effective immediately.
The emergency surgery I performed cost the hospital thousands of dollars, money they could never get back, not from a homeless woman without insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They told me operating on her wasn\u2019t my decision to make. None of my colleagues said a word, but from the way they looked at me, I knew they judged me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The days that followed were quiet. I missed the hospital, my work, my patients\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then, I received a call in the middle of the night. It was Dr. Langford. His daughter was involved in a car accident and needed an emergency surgery, but no doctor was available. My formed chief begged me to go to the hospital and operate on his daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn\u2019t hesitate even a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thankfully, the surgery was a success.
When I got out of the operating room, Dr. Langford got on his knees. He thanked me for saving his daughter. With teary eyes, he said, \u201cI should have never fired you. I should have\u2026 stand by you\u2026 I\u2019m so sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I got my position as a surgeon a week later. What\u2019s most, they changed the hospital policy to allow emergency surgeries for uninsured patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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