Vignettes — #11

Martha

© Daan Spijer

The room is oppressive — dark wood panelling, three suited men sitting at a table on a raised platform, flickering fluorescent lighting.

Martha, a GP, is sitting at a table facing the three men. She has a friend with her, another female doctor. The three men constitute a medical investigation committee — they are medical specialists and one is also a medical professor, acting as chairman.