It started out as a rather routine affair. The taxi was called by someone who was having medical problems and she asked to be brought to the hospital. It turned out that this patient was not the best at following instructions as the reason she needed to be brought in was in part due to not taking other medications.
Things took a turn for the worse, as by the time she arrived at the hospital she was in such bad shape that she couldn’t even be moved from the cab due to breathing problems. The emergency room reacted like the trained professionals that they were and rushed out with five personnel, one of which was a male nurse.
Just like a medical show taking place on the sidewalk they literally saved her life and then they prepared her to move her from the street to the hospital. Yet there was one small little thing, the taxi cab driver wanted money for driving her to the hospital. The poor guy has to eat as well. So the male nurse took the patients wallet out of her purse and in front of her, the cab driver and four other medical professionals he paid the cab driver and put away the wallet.
Time may heal all wounds but medication and high tech equipment also plays a part, well in this story anyway. It was about 24 hours later when the patient who was no longer in death throes turned into a witch. This patient wanted to go home as she thought she was fine. In Germany a doctor in the hospital can refuse to release you if he or she thinks you will be a threat to either yourself or to others. The doctor on duty felt, that she may not be a threat to others but there was a good chance that she might not survive, so in order to get her held against her will he called the police.
The police showed up and before the doctor could get a word in edgewise, the patient spoke to the police and filed a complaint against the male nurse who “stole” from her. The list of things that were missing was the cab fare, 10 additional euros and a second mobile phone. If the condition of her first phone was any indicator then the second one may not even work. To the knowledge of all the people who attended this emergency there was no second phone when she was admitted to the hospital.
She felt that the male orderly was criminal in this case and thus filed the official complaint. The only thing that indeed is true is that neither the orderly nor anyone else should have taken the wallet out and paid the cab driver. The fact it was done in front of the patient doesn’t change that fact. I think it is at least a small bit suspect as who knows down to the cent how much money is sitting in their wallet. The most obvious suspect is the “terrible terrible” person who helped to save her life.
What does the profile of a terrible terrible medical nurse look like? This orderly was an elderly gentlemen of about sixty five, so it is possible that no matter how cool this second phone was he probably did not have either the interest or perhaps the knowledge of how to utilize such a device. Another fact that makes him look suspicious is that prior to becoming an orderly he was a priest – yup a man who dedicated his life to god. This doesn’t sound like your typical felon. Someone who when their calling came to an end, decided to continue in another profession that also helped people in need.
When I heard about this I half jokingly made the comment that well, if she does pass away then I guess this problem will go with her. Yet, I was mistaken on this count. Now that the crime has been reported to the proper authorities it will be prosecuted either with or without the victim.