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Every time she stood in the corridor, dry and waiting, she felt a pang of surprise, or a quizzical, sympathetic look from a passing patient, or a doctor, or a nurse, or a doctor, or a doctor, or a doctor, or a doctor, or a doctor, or a doctor, or a nurse.

There were no benches in the corridor outside the ward, so ? Every time she had to stand, for hours on end, her legs were sore and numb