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Low life

The atmosphere of the surgical unit was that of a cocktail party half an hour in

18 January 2023

10:00 PM

18 January 2023

10:00 PM

Standing at the door was a hospital porter. He was resting an elbow on the back of a heavily padded wheelchair. A strapping lad, wholly masculine, a credit to us all. He regarded me levelly with a sort of Byronic boredom. I was fetching in a paper shower cap, paper gown, knee-length stockingettes and paper socks inside claret slippers decorated with the West Ham football club logo of crossed riveting hammers.

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