The doctors were working over Sam, long into the night. First thing in thhe morning, one of the nurses went to check on the young girl and found a pool of blood between her legs. She called the sister over to see if it was anything of concern.
"I don't think that she's on her period. There are no other signs to suggest it. This suggests that she has been sexually assaulted. Can you go and call one of the doctors from the sexual assault ward please. I want them to examine her and identify what the problem is."
"Yes sister. I'll go right now."
"Thank you. I'll stay and check all of her other injuries."
The sister looked at Sam's notes, checked all of her stitches and changed all of her dressings. She booked the young girl in for some more x-rays to see how her arm arm fractue, tibia break, femure fracture and microscopic neck fracture were settling.
"Ah, Doctor Tasker. Thank you for coming. We have reason to believe this girl has been sexually assaulted."
"Thank you sister. Nurse, can you close the curtains to give us some privacy please?"
"Yes doctor. Right away." the nurse replied before closing the curtains around Sam.
"I can see why you have the idea of a sexual assault. Are there any signs that show shee is on her period?"
"No doctor. The first thing I did was check those. None were present."
"Ok, I'm going to need to do an examination of her." the doctor said before pulling on a pair of disposable gloves. He pulled back the sheets to reveal Sam's bruised body and legs, covered by a thin, hospital nightgown. "It does appear that she has been assaulted. But this clearly isn't the first time. Call the police. I want them to talk to her parents."
"She only has a drunken father, doctor."
"Right. Well, that seems like some evidence right there. Go on. call the police."
The doctor read Sam's notes then took her to x-ray to check if her bones were setting in the right places.
He examined all of the x-rays closely, looking for any sign of anything going wrong but found nothing. Her x-rays had come back perfectly fine, although she was going to have to spend the next 3 months in hospital, obviously being unable to move at all.
The doctor took her back to the ward and told the sister about her x-ray results. He turned back to the girl to see her eyes fluttering open as she began to regain consciousness. He went and sat with her and slowly explained what was happening, where she was and why she was here. She was entirely grateful and began a conversation with him about what it was like to be a doctor, all be it a little slow.
The doctor said his goodbyes and said he would be back later to check how she was doing. She thanked him and closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.