Karina spent most of her first day in the office tidying up, yet not a single patient appointment came through.

She wasn't discouraged, reassuring herself that it was only her first day. Work would surely pick up over time.

As the clock approached the end of her shift, she began gathering her things to leave, when the door suddenly swung open. A nurse burst in, her face pale with urgency.

"Dr. Norman, do you have a moment? We have a patient with severe burns!"

Karina hesitated. "But I'm not a surgeon..."

Her expertise was in internal medicine, specializing in cardiology and cellular studies. While she had some understanding of surgical procedures, it wasn't her area of proficiency.

The nurse hadn't expected this response but quickly added, "The patient is a young child, and it's an emergency. Two of the surgeons have already left for the day, and the others are tied up with critical cases."

Hearing how dire the situation was, Karina frowned and stood up. "Take me to the patient."

Following the nurse, Karina made her way to the emergency area.

the room, she could hear a mother's anguished cries echoing down

Karina approached, the woman spotted her white coat and rushed

please, save

me what happened," Karina said calmly, trying to

fought to steady her voice, taking a shaky breath. "I left the house for just a moment. I thought I'd be quick and didn't turn off the gas. When I came back, the house was on fire. My daughter... she was inside. She's been pulled out, but her burns are

to check on the

was grim. Her burns were far worse than Karina had anticipated. Large areas of her skin were

She could handle internal surgeries, but this type of complex burn treatment was outside

could decide, the mother broke down

You can't just let her

was genuine. "I'm a doctor, but my specialty is internal medicine, not surgery. Burn surgeries require

the difference between specialties. She only knew her daughter's life was hanging by a thread. Grasping Onto Karina like

to Karina, "Dr. Norman, I'll try to find someone, but... by the time we

breath, her mind racing. "No need. Take

donned her scrubs and went through a rapid sterilization process before entering the

she requested a

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