Chapter 241 - The Girl in Labor

"Hello." J quickly answers the phone.

"Hello, this is Head Nurse Amy from ER Department." a raspy voice of a female nurse was heard from the other line. J was alert. Since it was a call from ER Department, it must be an emergency surgery, probably trauma from an accident or gunshot wound that needs to be operated urgently or a patient in labor.

"This is Nurse J, go on." J replied casually.

"We have a patient here on active labor. Her name is Hannah Li, 25 years-old, G1P0, possible NSVD. Her cervical opening is 7cm and having contractions every 2 to 3 minutes lasting for about 60 seconds." Head Nurse Amy continued to talk about the patient while Nurse J is noting down the details.

"OB?" Nurse J asked after a while.

"Her OB is currently out of town so she would be taken care of by the OB on deck which is Dr. Ivanov. We've already notified her and is on her way to the Department of Surgery."

"Oh... Okay." J replied impassively. Why does she feel uneasy every time Dr. Ivanov will be performing a procedure at the OR?

"We'll be sending the patient over via stretcher." Head Nurse Amy said.

"Mm." J replied then hang up the phone. She then notified Head Nurse Jing about the incoming patient and started prepping the Labor Room. Ever since Dr. Stella came back, she never allowed anyone to assist her except for Nurse J and she was well aware of that.

After a couple of minutes, the patient arrived via stretcher accompanied by a couple of orderlies and one ER Nurse. After the endorsement, the patient was transferred in the Labor Room.

Nurse J then looked for the relative of the patient. At the waiting area of the Department of Surgery she found a middle-aged woman sitting on a bench clutching a handbag on her lap. She looked worried.

"Excuse me. Are you the relative of Ms. Hannah Li?" J asked the middle-aged woman. The middle-aged woman was startled, she raised her head. When she saw J wearing a white scrub suit with face mask holding a patient's chart she immediately stood up.

"Yes! I'm her mother-in-law. Is everything okay?" the middle-aged woman replied with a worried look.

J was surprised. Based on her experience, it is usually the husband and the patient's mother who accompanied them during times like this. But this time, it is only the mother-in-law. She must be a good mother-in-law, the patient is lucky.

"Uh... May I ask, is her husband is here so I could take her inside the Labor Room?" J asked. Nowadays, there are hospitals that allow the husbands to accompany the mom-to-be inside the labor room and CLP Group of Hospitals are not an exception.

"Oh... That... My son is not here... he is in duty. Can I go in instead?" The middle-aged woman replied.

J was disappointed, the girl's husband chose his duty over her who is in labor for their first child. She felt sorry for the girl. But J didn't lose hope. "Have you notified him, there is still time, he might make it."

The middle-aged woman shakes her head. "They are not allowed to receive personal calls while on duty. He'll be off by eleven or twelve, by that time, Hannah must've already given birth."

J frowned, what kind of company that gives that kind of rules? She looked at the patient's data. She searched for the name of the husband.