"So, you two are using your jobs as medical staff as an excuse to pry into the private lives of blood donors? Do you have no professional ethics?" Balfour sarcastically questioned, making the two young nurses hang their heads in shame.
"Mr. Howard, we know we messed up! In fact, we're just interns right now; we’re not even real nurses yet.
So, we're hoping you'll let this slide and not make a big fuss about it. We don't want our mistake to tarnish the public's view of our hospital or the medical profession as a whole. The rest of our colleagues are hard-working and professional; it wouldn't be fair to let our screw-up affect them.
As for me, I know I'm not cut out for this sacred job anymore; I'll be handing in my resignation to the hospital!"
Balfour listened impassively, then turned to the other silent nurse, asking, "She's quitting on her own; what about you?"
The other nurse, looking downcast and choked up, said. "Mr. Howard, I lost the bet. I was already planning to quit my intern position and leave the hospital. Don't worry, once I'm gone, I won't do anything to damage the hospital's image."
Balfour, a decisive figure in the business world, had no mercy, nor was he swayed by a woman's tears.
He firmly believed that adults should be accountable for their actions, and if you screw up, you've got to pay the price.
The two nurses, out of sheer boredom, took it upon themselves to carry out DNA blood tests on donors to satisfy their own curiosity, which was completely out of line. They had no business working in a hospital.
Balfour turned to Quinton, coldly ordering. "Have someone question them thoroughly again, check their recent activities, see if there are any suspicious places outside the hospital, and confirm if what they just said was true. If no issues are found, report their actions to the head of K City Hospital and let their superiors deal with it."
Resignation was too light a punishment for them; they deserved to face the consequences and never work in a medical-related field again. That was the lesson they needed to learn.
"Understood, Mr. Howard."
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