First Pull - Video

[giftedistheterm]

[The wave comes through revealing a pale looking man, perhaps a little bit paler than should be healthy in fact. Simon is still feeling some lingering effects of being yanked into Siren's Port and hasn't had much time to settle after being rushed from the Darkness outside to the safety of the nearest building. There's a window in the background

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[gaveherwings]

[With a small frown, he rubs a hand where his lanyard might rest, grateful for his files and ID, and for Raul Creed (Awfully convenient, pulling your supervisor along, even though he was Chief of Security and really had no business meddling over the Health and Welfare Beureu. Those were Romdeau politics they didn't need to know)]

While that poses a bit more difficulty, we'll go back to that-

First we'll put more to the names.

Skye is known for its pre-natal, delivery and peds units. We do that very well. We also have a 24-hr open clinic, which is a nightmare in the dark as you might better imagine after getting through your first round of sirens. It's not far from the Towers, in the same sector.

SERO's Hospital is also closely affiliated with its many subdivision research centers- for that, it's considered the go to for specialized experimental medicine and newly-developing procedures. You'll hear... well, I'll let you stick an ear to the ground and see what you make of SERO, but you might not like all of it if you're rigid on your ethics.

SPGH is what they all call 'run of the mill'- which mean it's high volume, downtown, busy, and well-oiled. More formal in most procedure than Skye- which means you'll hear their doctors talk about our founding director's "color populist idiosyncrasies" often. (Not that they're untrue). They run a tight ship at the General Hospital- have to.

In truth I'd probably have been a better fit there than at Skye, but Dr. Pyke is a bit more tolerant and accessible for addressing newcomer health needs, so that's how I wound up here.

There are smaller specialized clinics for alternative medicine- "healing" practitioners, of which there are quite a bit.

[giftedistheterm]

[Simon had to lift an eyebrow at that last bit...he'd heard about people getting powers...somehow it's the most unnerving thing he's learned so far, but he does well not to show it.]

There can't be that many, or else why still have the mainstream hospitals and clinics at all? Well, it doesn't matter that much, really...

The General Hospital sounds like the work environment I'd find the most familiar. I was an attending trauma surgeon in one of the largest hospitals on Osiris... But Skye sounds interesting as well...I imagine they have a tightly run emergency room if they're open at night.

[gaveherwings]

Oh trust me, it's a madhouse. [Daedalus pronounces in the sort of drawl that might be casual overstatement]

...we do have a surgeon placed already over at SPGH, Dr. Kenzo Tenma. He was Chief of Surgery in Dusseldorf. He might be able to help you make the right connections there.

[giftedistheterm]

[Simon has a humorless smile at that, as if he's the mad sort who would actually enjoy working under that sort of pressure.]

I'll be sure to get in touch with him and introduce myself in that case. Even if I don't end up at SPGH it can't hurt to have the contacts.

But as for the matter of my license...?

[gaveherwings]

Like so many things, experience is more of a negotiable matter than they'd let on, when it comes to the special circumstances of newcomers. Dr. Pyke for one is understanding that most people just don't pop into existence from another dimension with all their paperwork in order.

They'll put you through some testing, some placement. There will be a fee, re-registration. You'll probably have to pull some volunteer work. At the newcomer clinic, at least, that can easily become a formal recommendation.

[giftedistheterm]

Oh good, bureaucratic formalities. At least it isn't as drastic as repeating medical school...

It sounds like I'd best get started sooner rather than later...thank-you for the information, Dr. Yumeno.

[gaveherwings]

No, goodness- [Daedalus shudders- he's heard enough of med school horror stories that he's grateful to have never learned in such a system- training through autoreiv-assist learning regimens are so much simpler and less wound up in hospital and classroom hierarchies.] There's "modern procedures" to review, of course, but since everything else is adaptive, they'll really only been keen on having you prove that you know your fundamentals well enough to modify in the moment for "powers" and...other factors.

Or perhaps it's a bit different, for surgeons than in general practice- but Tenma would be able to answer your questions there.

You're quite welcome. If you'd like clinic hours at the NCC, of course...we can speak a further about your experience.

[giftedistheterm]

[Simon can't help but smirk a little at 'modern' procedures. Though judging by the way Daedalus said it, the younger man can relate.]

As I said, sooner is better than later. Although, would you prefer to speak more about it in person at a more respectable hour...?

[gaveherwings]

That would certainly be amenable. I keep office hours Wednesday and Friday mornings, at the NCC.