I. The old 6-story hospital where I work at recently opened their new 11-story hospital next door. It’s strange. Entire wings are now just Pardon Our Dust signs and empty hallways. The old Medical ICU is just a large empty room with several other empty rooms. No beeps. No monitors. No one. The old oncology [...]

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THE SINISTER PURPOSE OF POST-IT’S AND OTHER SECRETS “Haven’t seen you in awhile Dr. Scott,” Gwen the Death Clerk says as I approach. Her Desk of Demise awaits with an unsigned Death Certificate for me to fill out. “I’ve been trying to cut down,” I have to admit that I’ve been planning on saying that [...]

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  During the night, he wandered the halls, yelling, hallucinating. Not too unusual in a hospital, except he was in his twenties. So he’s an early starter. Then again, when you’ve got a virus in your brain, and you’re in a strange place, and loaded with dilaudid, you’re allowed a little mental leeway. Viral encephalitis. [...]

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