Chapter Eight

Jasmine's POV

"Today is definitely going to be a busy day for me, why the hell are there so many patients here for consultation today?" I asked.

"That is because Doctor Alex is the consultant doctor today, everyone wants to be treated by one of the best doctor in the world." Nurse Chloe replied.

"Since there are so many patients coming in, he better get started then cause it's gonna be a really long day, I'll go call him." I said as I left for Doctor Alex's office.

Alex's POV

I stood in front of my desk as my right hand shook rapidly.

This hand tremor came back again last night and it's probably because I've been over stressing myself lately, not that it's my fault, there are so many works that fall on me here as the best doctor in this hospital.

I went to my safe, opened in and swallowed one of the drugs Mason prescribed.

I have been taking it since last night, I just wish it calms down this tremor soon.

Fortunately for me, I don't have a surgery today because I can barely hold a Scalpel with such a shaky hand.

Today is my consultation day and all I have to do is sit in front of a desk and diagnose to patients that comes before me.

The door suddenly opened and Jasmine came in and I quickly put my right hand into the pocket of my doctor's coat.

"Is there anything wrong doctor, I saw your hand shaking vigorously." She said.

"Forget what you saw but weren't you taught the simple manners of knocking before going into someone's office?" I asked.

"I am sorry Doctor, I did knock but it seemed like you were carried away that you didn't hear me so I just opened the door."

"Well knock harder and louder next time and don't ever come into my office unless I tell you to do so." I said sternly.

"Yes doctor, I apologize."

"So why are you here?" I asked.

"It's time to begin the consultation and their are many patients doctor, alot of patients" she said and I smiled.

"Tell me about it, there are always many patients on my consultation day, well let us go, it's really gonna be a long day and I won't go through it alone, you are going to stand right by my side throughout the consultation period." I said with a smile.

"Must I.... Do I..... Do I really have to?" She stuttered.

"Of course, you are my assistant surgeon after all or do you have any objections?" I asked and she quickly shook her head.

"No." She said

"Then let's go, the sooner we we start the sooner we finish."

"So you usually have a runny nose?" I asked the young lady sitting in front of me.

"Yes doctor and I always have this strange headache most of the time." She said.

"And what part of your head do you mostly feel this pain?" I asked.

"The front, near my forehead." She said as she touched it.

"What does that tell you Jasmine?" I asked Jasmine who was standing beside me.

"It's a migraine." She said.

"Coupled with a runny nose, it's just a cold ma'am and you've also been stressing yourself too much, try to take some rest once in a while, what good are we to the world if we are on a sick bed." I said with a smile.

"Thank you doctor." She replied.

"I'll write some cold and anti-stress drug for you, you can get them from any pharmacy store and make sure you take them according to the prescriptions." I said as I took one of the prescriptions sheets and tried to write the names of the drugs but the pen fell from my hand as my hand tremors started again.

"Are you okay doctor?" The lady in front of me asked

"Yeah, I'm alright" I said as I quickly hid my hand under the table.

"I'll write the prescriptions instead, you can just tell me the names of the drugs." Jasmine said as she picked the pen from the ground.

I listed out the drugs for and she wrote it for the lady and the lady left.

"I think you should take your own advise doctor, try to rest once in a while, what use are you to the world if you are on a sick bed." Jasmine said but I ignored.

"Call in the next patient."

Moments later, a man came in, probably around his fifties and he wasn't looking so well.

"Umm doctor, I've been having this cold and headache for long now." He said.

"And a runny nose?" I asked and he nodded "It's quite common nowadays, it's just a flu."

"But what about this rashes, is it also common?" He asked as he raised his shirt revealing his chest.

There so many red rashes on his chest, so red that it's actually turning purple.

"Can you open your mouth for me please" I said and he did.

I took a small torchlight from the table and directed it to his mouth.

There are so many blisters on his mouth.

I hope it's not what I'm thinking.

"What do you think Jasmine?" I asked.

"Flu, red and purple rashes in the skin, blisters round the lips, these are.... these are symptoms of Stevens-Johnson syndrome doctor."

"Exactly what I was thinking, how long have you been having this rashes?" I asked.

"More than 2 months." He said and I looked at him wide-eyed.

"2 months! Why didn't you come earlier?" I asked.

"I am just a cleaner, doctor, and I have 2 children to take care of, I could barely pay the consultation fees to have this meeting with you" he said.

"Stevens-Johnson syndrome is a rare type of disease Sir and luckily it is curable, seeing that you've already wasted 2 months and the rashes are turning purple, if we delay you might die so I suggest you get hospitalized immediately."

"Hospitalize?" He asked and I nodded.

"We need to put you under medication and observe your improvement, if we are lucky, you can get cured within a few weeks" I said.

I took a sheet of paper and was about taking the pen and I changed my mind.

"Jasmine, take him to Nurse Chloe and get him admitted but first tell her to carry out a blood test on him, just to make sure we are right" I said.

"Okay doctor, that won't be a problem."