EXETERRPG: (03 16:09)Medical Officer, Ensign JG Heinrich Kruze, M.D.

[Timothy Callow]

Mission: Murder on the Exeter Express
Day:03
Stardate: 2445.12.03

(USS Exeter – Sickbay - CMO Office - Medical Officer, Ensign JG Heinrich Kruse, M.D. - 1609)

Heinrich must have hit a nerve. He was not used to ranting. He was more used to working alone. His instinct was to fight back and walk out, but he worked to keep his cool. 

"I've had several days away from this office, I get back and not only do I have a new staff member, I have someone that wants to move everything around and clean. Even if it wasn't you, I like things where I leave them please take that on board?” 

~What do I look like? A janitor?~ Heinrich thought to himself. He was going to inform Gabe that he was a doctor not a janitor, but Gabe gave him no chance to reply.

"Furthermore, I see from the logs that once again the same two crew members have taken up residence in the Sickbay. Mr Kruse, you do understand that you're a Doctor, not a hotelier?”

Heinrich was taken aback. He had only done his job, treating people with serious injuries. In the moment he did not know quite what to say, “I, uh… what?”

"Ms Cortez and Mr More seem to have a habit of finding trouble, you've discharged Stan which is one less thing to worry about but Ms Cortez is my concern. I'm very close to having a conversation with the Captain and getting her removed from the ship for her own good, her body can't take much more of her ability to find injury and moreover, I'm fed up of her taking up resources. You have six hours to discharge her and get a full rehabilitation plan put in place. Sickbay is not a healthy place for her, mentally, I'm worried she is becoming dependant on medical intervention. Liaise with the Counsellor, she's to be on bi weekly evaluations. And before you tell me about her injuries... actually, don't tell me about her injuries, I've read the reports, you have six hours Doctor do I make myself clear?"

As Gabe went on and on Heinrich began to shake. Was his superior really going to read him the riot act because he provided care to a woman who nearly died from electric shock? He was following direct orders from Commander Bracken. It all seemed so callous. Just like he imagined the Federation to be.

“Seeing as you read the reports sir,” Heinrich interjected, “You know she still needs to be monitored. I can’t, in good conscience, discharge a patient in six hours whose lungs stopped working less than twenty four hours ago. Not to mention we still don’t know what effect the electric shock had on her brain. I will have her discharged when she is ready and no sooner.” He was surprised by what had come out of his mouth, he was not used to mouthing off to superiors. But he was also not used to having his medical expertise questioned.

(Reply Gabe)

(Posted by Tim)

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