LETTER TWENTY-THREE

Ms. Hermione Granger
Co/- Headmaster Dumbledore
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Ms. Granger,

My name is Lucille Birmin and I am a nurse at the London Hospital for Magical Folk. It is my duty to inform you that your friend Oliver Wood has been involved in a nasty accident.

Before I go any further, I must tell you that the reason I am writing this letter is because Mr. Wood was just conscious enough when we found him to say your name repeatedly. After a bit of detective work done by myself and Mr. Wood's doctor, Dr. Farthing, we realised that he was referring to you.

Now I shall explain what happened to him.

Mr. Wood appears to have been flying south to somewhere in London (possibly Diagon Alley?) and a freak gust of wind took him straight off his broomstick and into a very large tree about 50 metres away. We understand that the wind must have been very, very strong as Mr. Wood is a professional Quidditch player after all.

Mr. Wood's condition is quite critical. This information may come as quite a shock to you but it is important that you think quite positively for the sake of Oliver. He is in the operating room as we speak but the sad news is that he broke three of his ribs and they have punctured his lungs making Magical Medicine quite tricky to use to solve this.

It would be a good idea if you could please come to the hospital as we need a lot of information to be filled out for Mr. Wood as we could not find any other relatives or friends so far except for his parents who are currently on holiday in Australia and an owl has been sent to them. However as it may take awhile for them to get to the hospital you are the next best thing. If you cannot make it (I know the O.W.L's and N.E.W.T's are on right now) then please send back a letter with the following information. For Mr. Wood's sake he might like a letter for when he regains consciousness.

Mr. Wood's...
Date of Birth:
Wizarding Insurance No:
Ministry of Magic PIN:
Gringotts Account No:
Other family:

Thank you for your time. We are doing all we can for Mr. Wood but the injuries are multiple and it may take time. Please be patient.

Sincerely,

Lucille Birmin
Nurse at London Hospital for Magical Folk
London