Bachelor Cure (1999)
“Mike had barely put his head on his pillow when the phone rang. It was Louise, ringing from Reception.
‘Doctor, there’s a fire at the hotel. Rachel from the fire brigade just rang. She needs you.’ ‘How bad?’ Mike was suddenly wide awake, all trace of weariness gone. At the sound of his voice Strop lifted his head from his basket, cast him a reproachful glare and went straight back to sleep.
‘Rachel says there are people trapped,’ Louise said, her normally placid voice unsteady. ‘I’ll call in al...l staff. If you go ahead with the ambulance, I’ll organise things here.’ Hell!
It took Mike all of ten seconds to haul on pants, sweater and shoes. Leaving Strop to his beauty sleep, he emerged from his apartment at the rear of the hospital in time to see the valley’s second fire engine screaming past.
The ambulance officers were already backing the ambulance up to the casualty entrance.
‘What’ll we take, Doc?’ one of them called, as they saw his shadowy figure running toward them.MoreLess
‘Doctor, there’s a fire at the hotel. Rachel from the fire brigade just rang. She needs you.’ ‘How bad?’ Mike was suddenly wide awake, all trace of weariness gone. At the sound of his voice Strop lifted his head from his basket, cast him a reproachful glare and went straight back to sleep.
‘Rachel says there are people trapped,’ Louise said, her normally placid voice unsteady. ‘I’ll call in al...l staff. If you go ahead with the ambulance, I’ll organise things here.’ Hell!
It took Mike all of ten seconds to haul on pants, sweater and shoes. Leaving Strop to his beauty sleep, he emerged from his apartment at the rear of the hospital in time to see the valley’s second fire engine screaming past.
The ambulance officers were already backing the ambulance up to the casualty entrance.
‘What’ll we take, Doc?’ one of them called, as they saw his shadowy figure running toward them.MoreLess
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