When a new patient was brought into the operating room, she was unconscious and in critical condition, yet the doctor ordered the police to be contacted right away after seeing her.
The wheels of the stretcher squealed pitifully on the floor as the young woman was hurried in. She was unconscious, pale-skinned, with tangled hair, and she was perhaps twenty-five years old. The monitor counted the seconds with a steady beep.
— Patient emergency! — the nurse exclaimed. — brain injury. She collapsed while washing the windows, according to her husband.
The chief surgeon at the hospital was already prepared; he swiftly entered the operating room after putting on his sterile gown and meticulously cleaning his hands. He was aware that every minute may make the difference. The young woman, in critical condition, lay on the table. The procedure would be too late if it didn’t begin right away.
Leaning forward, he looked at the patient. Then he suddenly sprang up and nearly yelled:
– Make a police call right away!
The nurse was perplexed:
I apologize. the police? Right now? Why?
— Right away!
As the doctor closely examined the young woman—or rather, something odd—the nurse immediately fled the operating room 
A detail that the paramedics and nurses had missed caught the doctor’s attention. A perfectly level hematoma, too exact to be the consequence of a fall, lay beneath a coating of dried blood.
It was an obvious indication of a blunt-object blow.
Other body parts were closely inspected by the surgeon. Characteristic scrapes on the forearms, as though the female had attempted self-defense. There was an old yellow bruise on the shoulder blade, suggesting that this wasn’t the first time. The image was assembled too hastily.
He stood up suddenly and nearly yelled:
There is no fall here. A hit. several wounds of different ages. The husband needs to be held.
Recognizing the gravity of his tone, the nurse rushed into the hallway. The only people still in the operating room were those battling to save the girl’s life. The surgeon gave the following order:
— Keep your blood pressure stable! Prepare the anesthesia. Let’s get to work!
Police officers had already reached the door in the meantime. The identical narrative was told by the man who had brought his wife: “She slipped while cleaning the windows.”
However, new marks were discovered on his hands, and the inspection subsequently verified that the injuries were not consistent with a fall. He was held in the hospital itself.
The procedure took a number of hours. Although the girl’s life was spared, the damage was severe—she lost her hearing entirely as a result of the injuries. Most importantly, though, she lived.
