heart trouble

Whilst waiting in the emergency to be admitted to the hospital I witnessed a rather interesting confusion. I was comfortably lying in a bed (after having had my face poked with long needles I felt slightly weak and faint) after being, in between, forced to move outdoors due to a fire alarm, when a nurse came in with an EKG machine.

I was, despite my half conscious state, rather puzzled by this. Surely an aggressive infection in my facial area could not be the result of heart problems. I pointed this out to the student nurse (I was at the university hospital) but she explained that the EKG would rule out many possibilities and hence was necessary.

Who was I to argue?

There was, it seemed, nothing wrong with my heart. (Never has been, unless broken hear counts)

I was still convinced that there had been some misunderstanding and that, no matter what the EKG said I would not be going home anytime soon.

I was right.

About 15minutes later the same diligent student wheeled the machine to the room next door where the true heart patient, a 70+ years old Indian lady, was.

Seriously?