I Refused To Treat A Bleeding Biker Because They’re Gangsters And Criminals

The triage notes say he was classified as non-urgent. His wound was actively bleeding. Who made that call?”

“I did.”

“Why?”

I had no answer that wouldn’t damn me. Because there wasn’t one.

“I made a mistake,” I said.

“A mistake is putting the wrong date on a chart. This was a decision. A conscious decision to deprioritize a bleeding patient. Why?”

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