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‘Do you want to give him another unit of blood?’ It was one of the more junior doctors who spoke, his face almost as pale as that of their small patient

‘No I want to control the haee’ The consultant’s coldly analytical approach to the critically injured child was in direct contrast to the less experienced doctor’s agitation ‘Raise the te blankets’

Ella quietly did as he instructed, re the day Nikos had started in the department His reputation had caused such a stir that for days before his arrival no one had talked about anything but his technical brilliance and the fact that he was the youngest consultant ever appointed in the hospital

And then he’d strode through the doors and the talk from the females in the department had shifted froh to start a riot in a nunnery

Even Ella, with her natural suspicion of very handsoood looks, but by his bold, deterh the doors of the eency department

Dismissive of bureaucracy, Nikos Mariakos was fearless in his pursuit of clinical excellence His willingness to challenge conventional thinking and push boundaries meant that he frequently clashed swords with the hospital ement ere terrified by his indifference to protocol and policy

Nikos didn’t care

When it ca alone

His young patients

It was as if he was on a one-man crusade to save every injured child

And that included the little boy on the trolley

‘He’s arrested Getto open his chest’

A stunned silence greeted his statement and Phil, the anaesthetist, shook his head in disbelief ‘In the eency department? You can’t be serious, Nikos Do you know thethat procedure outside the operating room?’

Nikos was resuscitating the child ‘I’m sure you’re about to remind me’

The anaesthetist proceeded to do exactly that, but Nikos didn’t pause in his efforts

‘Get that pack open, Ella,’ he ordered ‘You should take a job with a al company, Phil They’d love you Has soeons?’

‘What the hell is the matter with you, Nikos? Were you dropped on your head as a child?’ His colleague was perspiring under the heat of the lights, his concern for the patient eclipsed by concern for himself and the potential consequences of what the Greek consultant was proposing ‘Don’t you ever follow protocol?’