THEY GET PAID TO WAKE YOU UP
He'd been a little insulted when he got over the oh-god-the-First-Lady-is-talking-to-me panic. He was perfectly aware of doctor-patient privilege, thank you very much.
Still. The leader of the free world was lying in the surgical unit and he had a disease which could destroy his mind in the midst of his service and could it be the country might just possibly have the right to know that?
But, frankly, it didn't matter what rights the country had.
His only obligation was to insure the President of the United States would wake up tomorrow morning.
So that's exactly what he did.
FIN