Lily got up at seven, as she usually did on a working day, showered, performed her exercise routine of T’ai Chi and Karate Kata, ate, showered again, dressed and caught the eight fifteen bus into Great Ormond Street where the eponymous hospital that she worked at was located. The bus got her there at about eight forty which gave her plenty of time to change again and start work at nine.
As an overseas medical student who was not going to be sitting any examinations, she had a nine to five job, acting more as an assistant nurse than a doctor, but she was still learning a great deal and this placement would be impressive on her curriculum vitae. Two years experience in one of the best children’s hospitals in the world would be worth more than her Thai degree outside Thailand.
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