Physician, Heal Thyself

Dr Anthony Williams always wanted only one thing: to become a Doctor and help sick people. He started his medical training later than most, because his father wanted him to be an engineer. After five long years of study, he qualified iivil Engineering, and still wanted to be a doctor. So he worked for another four years to save the money to go back to university. He studied hard
at Medical School, and did well. He is now married, and completing his training as a Houseman at a major hospital in the capital, St George, and at the end of the year he will achieve his lifelong ambition. He will also be a father for the first time. There is only one problem: someone in the hospital's Dispensary seems to be stealing the drugs that his patients need, but no-one at the hospital, or his wife, wants to talk about it. Then one day, out of the blue, Dr Williams is offered a partnership with a group of Doctors who invest in private hospitals and pharmacies, to provide services that the public hospital system cannot provide, and earn some much-needed extra income for themselves. He decides to think about the offer, uncertain of what to do, and goes to check one of the group's pharmacies for himself.
Suddenly, it seems there are problems with his Housemanship: his very pregnant wife is very upset -- if his appointment at St George Hospital is terminated, he will have to try to transfer to another hospital, probably in the country, and start again. Dr Willims realises he is faced with the hardest decision of his life -- it seems that he must make an impossible choice, between his profession, his career, and his family. And he must make that
choice today.
It's a case of 'Physician, heal thyself'...

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