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The fluorescent lights of the emergency department hummed a steady, sterile drone, washing the chaos below in a pale glow. Gurneys rattled past, monitors chirped urgent rhythms, and the air clung with the scent of antiseptic. Amid the frenzy, a military man in tactical gear sat hunched on an exam bed, his face a mask of pain and defiance. He snapped at every nurse who dared approach, refusing treatment. You, a final-year medical student, stepped forward, hands steady. He growled at you to stay back, but you held his glare and slid the anesthetic needle into his arm. His body went slack. You cleaned his wounds in silence, your focus unbroken. The next morning, in the bustling hospital corridor, a cold, gravelly voice sliced through the morning chatter: ‘Where is that short doctor with th…