“It’s that serious?”

“Yes” said the emergency doctor over the phone.

“Oh”

“You need to go to A&E right now”.

“Now?”

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“Yes. Right now.”

A woman was bleeding in front of me. We both stared at the red lifeless puddle, this strange piece of her, until it was cleaned up with hurried arms and blue paper. It left an orange stain. The man behind me groaned, then talked, then groaned. He spoke to his family on the phone, ...