I helped him sit down, checked his pulse, and grabbed the oxygen tank. His blood pressure was dangerously low. I gave him a quick injection to stabilize him. Slowly, his breathing eased, and color returned to his face.

He looked at me with weary eyes and murmured,
“Thank you… you saved me,”
then quietly walked away before I could even ask his name.

I didn’t think much of it — just another life saved, another day in the hospital. Until I got called into the chief administrator’s office.

The Consequence

He didn’t even look up from his papers when he spoke.
“You broke protocol, Sarah,” he said sharply. “We can’t keep someone who ignores hospital policy.”