The United Nations of Care

They come one by one, running tests and sharing their diagnostic thinking, with various degress of proficiency and power. The nurses may differ in the way they deliver their educated gentleness but are very skilled into breaking and entering the private territory of our bodies as if we were being born again, without the original sin - or shame.
The residents cant hide the enthusiasm of novelty, fascinated by the movement of three little babies in the womb, paying attention to details not necessarily related to medical purposes - I've learned for example that their heart rates vary in unison because one "provokes" the other into moving. One could say they are playing.
Fellows don't come to the room unless the team has met, discussed and made important decisions. Their faces reveal the seriousness of their commitment to care, to solve and to do what is right. They don't get much distracted by personal histories.
In this hospital, they come from all over the word: India, Algeria, China, Portugal, Israel, Greece, Cyprus and various ethnic pockets of the US. They meet every morning to discuss cases, trespassing centuries of animosity and prejudice. I wish medical professionals like the ones visiting my room had a place at the table where peace agreemenst are discussed: they know the the sameness of flesh and the unique value of Life.