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H.I.V. Status Discrimination. . Bad Obstetric History. . Elective Caesarean Section

May 1st Didn't go to work today. Sorry, I ought to have said "yesterday". It's gone past mid-night already. April 30th Me, big-hearted? I'd rather believe I was only doing my job, Shamsa, in empathising with the patient's plight. I assume we both are refering to the H.I.V. patient who eventually got the job. Our labroratory had confirmed same status. This was then conveyed by the hospital to the company, after the young lady and I had decided she would rest all hope upon the outcome of her meeting with a certain member of the company's PR team whom she had earlier on planned to see, thus relying entirely on his sense of fairness. Her hopes had not been dashed, so she had informed me via SMS, days after. I was glad for her. Today, I have circumcisions aplenty. . . And, 3 lollipops popped! April 29th As I walked away from the Staff nurse I had gone to fetch in the female ward for yet another Caesarean Section, a pretty but sullen-faced patient on the far bed...