The cleaner held the plug of her electric floor polisher in one hand. With the other hand she was busy pulling out the plug of Mrs Gatyeni’s ventilator so that she could use the electrical socket.

Quickly I found an empty socket in the passage for the polisher. The cleaner was still glaring my way.

“You saved a life today, Nurse aide Dudu,” the Ward Sister said. “Yes, and perhaps lives for many Fridays to come!”

The End