BETH
This is for you.
LUCINDA
Thank you.
LUCINDA 
Hello, hello, hello, hi.
OSCAR 
Hello.
LUCINDA
Okay so we have an ascitic tap to do.
LUCINDA 
DÕyou want to watch?
RAMYA
What can I do it?
LUCINDA
How many times do I have to tell you?
RAMYA
I know, I know, see one, do one, teach one...
LUCINDA
Exactly. Right the er the tap is in Bay seven. If you wanna grab the equipment and meet me there.
RAMYA
Yeah.
OSCAR
You are way too keen.
RAMYA
Oh, piss off.
LUCINDA 
And so, the pressure in yourÉ
LUCINDA 
Ébelly will decrease, and youÕll feel a lot better.
LUCINDA  
OK and then weÕre just gonna let that drain away there.
PATIENT
Thank you.
LUCINDA 
SoÉ
LUCINDA 
...weÕre gonna give him enough albumin to prevent?
RAMYA
UmÉ hype- hypovolaemia.
LUCINDA
Bingo. IÕd say by the size of him heÕs gonna drain about twenty litres.
RAMYA
Twenty litres?! ThatÕs like carrying triplets! You know heÕs got a bottle of vodka in his bag. You know, I donÕt know why you bother treating patients like him.
LUCINDA
Because itÕs our job and weÕre not here to judge.
RAMYA
Well, okay then I want first dibs on tapping him next time he turns up.
LUCINDA 
Deal.
LUCINDA  
I know butÉ
LUCINDA  
Éunless I get the CT report I canÕt discharge him. I- I need the bed okay.
LUCINDA  
Thank you, thank you. I appreciate that.
LUCINDA  
What is it? IÕm at work.
LUCINDA  
Jesus how has this happened again?
LUCINDA  
IÕm not doing it.
LUCINDA  
Sorry maÕam I canÕt help you with this, erm youÕre gonna have to find someone else. Thank you, bye.
RAMYA
Sorry, I didnÕt mean to interrupt.
LUCINDA
ItÕs fine!
LUCINDA 
Can I help you with anything?
RAMYA
Have you seen Dr Harris?
LUCINDA
Oh youÕve just missed him. He went to go pick up his kid but you can get him on his phone for the rest of his shift.
LUCINDA 
Anything else?
RAMYA
Um no, no thatÕs fine. Thank you.
LUCINDA
Oscar! What are you still doing here? Your shift finished ages ago.
OSCAR
Yeah I know but it was busy. And I thought you could use the help.
BETH
Go home Oscar! YouÕre on an early tomorrow.
OSCAR
Look h- honestly I- I can stay if you want me to.
LUCINDA
You donÕt need to, thereÕs only one overdose thatÕs coming in and RamyaÕs gonna help me with it.
RAMYA
OhÉ but itÕs nearly my home time! CanÕt we hand it over to the night shift?
BETH
Err IÕll pretend I didnÕt hear that.
RAMYA
Ugh, I was really hoping for a quiet hour.
OSCAR
Err touch wood. Ramya donÕt say the ÔQÕ word!
LUCINDA
Oscar stop.
OSCAR
Sorry, sorry.
LUCINDA
IÕm gonna go for my break. Ramya, bleep me if that overdose comes in and you are gonna come with me because I need you to get the heck out of here. Come on, youÕre in early
tomorrow, letÕs go.
PARAMEDIC 1
Oh what you doing smoking Edwards! I thought youÕd quit?
LUCINDA
I have quit. I just smoke when IÕm at work.
LUCINDA 
HowÕs work going?
PARAMEDIC 1 
Same, same. How about you?
LUCINDA
Busy.
LUCINDA 
Here right here, watch your backs.
PARAMEDIC 
Watch your backs! Watch your backs!
LUCINDA
Alright bay five this way please. Thank you.
PARAMEDIC 
Watch yourself! Watch yourself!
LUCINDA
Okay you guys, I need you on that side, fine. Luke, ready in three. Where gonna lift one,
two, three liftÉ Go.
PARAMEDIC 2
This is twenty-three year old Edith Owusu, found unconscious at home following an accidental opioid overdose-
LUCINDA
Was anyone with her?
PARAMEDIC 2
No but we found needles and drug paraphernalia beside her. We gave two doses of 400microgram naloxone IM and sheÕs responding well.
LUCINDA
Thank you.
Okay Edith darling can you hear me? IÕm doctor Lucinda Edwards, IÕm gonna be looking after you okay. Can you tell me what it is that youÕve taken?
Can we get another dose of naloxone ready please?
LUCINDA 
IÕm gonna have a listen to your chest okay love?
NURSE 
Reception?
BETH
Lucinda, we need to go.
LUCINDA
WhatÕs happening?
BETH
Come on we need to go now.
LUCINDA
Look I, I, I, I canÕt leave her...
BETH 
Lucinda!
BETH 
We need to go now!
LUCINDA
OK Finn, I need you to call Dr Harris, get Ramya okay and stay with her. IÕm gonna be back as soon as I can.
LUCINDA 
WhatÕs happened?
SECURITY GUARD / LUCINDA  
What Lucinda, you canÕt go in there. / WhatÕs happened? / You need to wait for the police.
LUCINDA 
I canÕt wait.
SECURITY GUARD
You need to wait for the police.
LUCINDA
I canÕt wait!
SECURITY GUARD
You know we have to-
LUCINDA
Get your-
SECURITY GUARD
DonÕt go in there!
LUCINDA
Get your hands off me!
SECURITY GUARD
Lucinda!!
SECURITY GUARD  
What are you doing?!
LUCINDA
Sir!
GUNMAN STOP MOVING!
LUCINDA
Sir!
GUNMAN STAY STILL!
LUCINDA
Sir I need you to calm down.
GUNMAN
Who are you?
LUCINDA
IÕm a doctor IÕm, IÕm-
GUNMAN  GET BACK!
LUCINDA
Listen-
BETH 
Lucinda, come back!
GUNMAN  GET BACK!
LUCINDA
DonÕt look at them, theyÕre not, theyÕre not- Stay back!
ThereÕ not gonna go anywhere.
GUNMAN  / LUCINDA  
OH I KNOW THEYÕRE NOT GONNA GO
ANYWHERE! GET BACK! / TheyÕre not gonna do anything, believe me theyÕre not gonna do anything. Look, Sir-
GUNMAN   HELP HIM!
LUCINDA / GUNMAN   
I canÕt help him, youÕve got a gun in my face- / HELP HIM NOW!
LUCINDA 
Sir, whatÕs your friends name?
GUNMAN 
No names just help him!
LUCINDA
OK, well I wanna help him but I canÕt help him cause youÕve got a gun in your hand. So please put that down and I will help you. Look my name is Dr Lucinda Edwards. IÕm in charge here-
GUNMAN
HELP HIM THEN!
LUCINDA 
I will help him, IÕll be the first to help him, but I need you to put the gun down please.
GUNMAN
Listen. Help him now!
LUCINDA 
I wanna help you. Plea- I want to help you.
GUNMAN
Look, IÕm gonna count to three.
LUCINDA / GUNMAN   
I wanna, I wanna keep your friend safe. / One...
GUNMAN  
TwoÉ
LUCINDA
I just wanna help you please.
GUNMAN 
DonÕt make me count three!
LUCINDA
Put it down.
SECURITY GUARD 1 
HeÕs going to the car park!
SECURITY GUARD 2
ÉCCTV. Get a full description to the police. Get on it now!
LUCINDA
Hello can you hear me
Right Brian, I need you down this end, weÕre gonna lift him. So everyone on three. WeÕre gonna lift. You ready? Ready. Ready one, two, three.
LUCINDA 
Watch your back. IÕm gonna need as many hands on deck here please.
BETH
ThereÕs no beds, we need to move someone.
BETH 
Lucinda.
BETH  
Lucinda!
LUCINDA
No let me just think for a second.
BETH
LetÕs move the overdose to Majors.
LUCINDA 
Right no we can move one ofÉ
LUCINDA 
Éthe others. We can, we can move the, we can move the sepsis or the MI.
BETH
TheyÕre not well enough!
RAMYA  / NURSES 
What we doing? / Lucinda, what are we doing?
/ Are we moving- Lucinda, what are we doing?
RAMYA  
Lucinda?!
LUCINDA
Fine. IÕm gonna go with the overdose to Majors.
BETH 
No!
BETH 
We need you here! OK. Ramya can go with the overdose.
BETH  
SheÕs stable, sheÕll be fine with Ramya. This boyÕs bleeding out. For GodÕs sake Lucinda, what you gonna doÉ
BETH 
Éprioritise a junkie over a child?
NURSE 
Lucinda, what we doing?
BETH
Come on.
LUCINDA
Ramya, youÕre gonna stay with this patient and youÕre gonna go to Majors.
RAMYA OK.
LUCINDA
WeÕre gonna swap her out for the shooting. WeÕre gonna brief you as we go.
RAMYA OK.
LUCINDA
Right will you fast bleep the trauma team.
BETH 
WhereÕs Doctor Harris?
LUCINDA
I donÕt know, IÕm a call him!
LUCINDA 
Watch your back!
BETH
Now! Over here! As quick as you can!
NURSE 
Can you move! Can you get out of the way!
RAMYA 
Lucinda, what you going?
RAMYA  
We need to go! Now! Lucinda!
RAMYA  
Lucinda?
LUCINDA 
Yeah, IÕm justÉ
LUCINDA 
Échecking notes! Right.
LUCINDA 
Woh- Woh- Woh- Woh- Woh- Stop, stop, stop. In, in. Okay.
RAMYA
Erm Lucinda, IÕve never treated an opioid overdose before.
LUCINDA
This is very straightforward okay. YouÕre gonna wait here, youÕre gonna give her 800microgram doses- listen to me! YouÕre gonna give her 800microgram doses of naloxone until her breathing stabilises.
RAMYA
OK 800micrograms naloxone.
LUCINDA
OK do you want to repeat the plan back to me?
RAMYA
Err no, no itÕs fine. IÕve got it.
LUCINDA
You got this?
RAMYA
Yeah.
LUCINDA
Good. Let me know when she improves. Go!
RAMYA OK.
LUCINDA
Go!
AUTOMATED MESSAGE 
Hi, this is Doctor Leo Harris. Please leave me a message after the tone.
LUCINDA 
Leo for fuckÕs sake will you pick up your phone. We need you in here.
RAMYA
OK we need to give this to her now.
RAMYA 
Thank you.
LUCINDA
Shit.
LUCINDA 
His abdomenÕs rigid.
BETH
Well, the surgeons are on their way. TheyÕll assess him and then we can take him to theatre-
LUCINDA
ThereÕs not enough time.
LUCINDA  
I canÕt feel a carotid pulse.
LUCINDA 
Right weÕre gonna have to clamp his aorta and stabilise him. Prep for an emergency thoracotomy.
RAMYA
Edith? Edith can you hear me?
RAMYA  OK.
SURGEON
Thanks Lucinda.
Theatres prepped. WeÕll take it from here. You two hurry up!
BETH
HeÕs gonna make it. Well done
LUCINDA
Ramya why arenÕt you with the overdose?
RAMYA
Well, you said to let you know when she improved-
LUCINDA
Shit!
LUCINDA 
WhatÕs happened?
NURSE ALISON 
SheÕs going into respiratory arrest!
LUCINDA
Edith darling can you hear me? Sweetie, can you hear me?
NURSE ALISON 
SheÕs unresponsive.
LUCINDA
How much naloxone did you give her?
RAMYA 
800 microgramsÉ
RAMYA 
Élike you said.
LUCINDA
How many doses?
RAMYA
What do you mean?
LUCINDA
How many doses?!
RAMYA
One?
LUCINDA
I told you to repeat the dose if she didnÕt stabilise!
LUCINDA 
WeÕre all good. YouÕre okay Edith, weÕre all good. YouÕre okay. Here we go. Here you are sweetie.
BETH
Her stats are dropping.
LUCINDA
Right starting compressions. Put out the arrest call. Go! Go!
LUCINDA 
Starting compressions.
LEO
Oh shit. How long?
BETH
Half an hour. I think we should call it.
LEO
Hey, hey. ThatÕs it, thatÕs enough. ThatÕs enough. ItÕs over.
BETH
Time of death - eleven minutes past ten.
RAMYA
Lucinda, IÕm so sorry-
LUCINDA
This is all your fault! How could you be so stupid?!
LUCINDA 
Stupid!


TOM 
WhereÕs that one go? ThatÕs a foot.
LUCINDA 
Yogurt. Yogurt.
TOM 
DÕyou want- dÕyou want some yogurt?
ABI 
Big boy.
LUCINDA 
WhatÕs this?
ABI
A big boy.
LUCINDA   ROB  
Rob I was thinking okay, youÕre EdithÕs gp. I think you need to just tell the MIU you prescribed her just a little extra methadone, because you were afraid that she was gonna buy theÉ  Éother shit off the streets-
ROB 
I canÕt do that.
LUCINDA
Rob, if the MIU keep investigating theyÕll find out about the other overdoses. OK. I could be completely struck off!
ROB
You wonÕt get struck off.
LUCINDA
Great! YouÕre not gonna help me then. Great!
ROB
Because any investigation into me will do more
than end both our careers.
LUCINDA
WhatÕs that mean?
ROB
If the MIU goes crawling through my prescribing it wonÕt just be EdithÕs record that interests them, will it?
LUCINDA
You gave me those pills so I can work okay. They help me do my job!
ROB
You really think thatÕs how the MIU will see it?
ROB 
LuceÉ just stick it out. I promise you weÕll both be fine. ok?


NORMA
You know what youÕve gotta do, put yourself on those dating apps. ThatÕs what IÕm doing.
GEORGE
Are you?
NORMA
DonÕt look so surprised, IÕm not gonna leave all this to rot. You should do it, put yourself out there-
GEORGE
Oh alright, alright. Well does Ruby know youÕre on dating apps?
NORMA
SheÕs got a girlfriend now. SheÕs having more fun than me.
GEORGE
Right.
NORMA
Anyway, how did today go?
GEORGE
Yes, yes ermÉ HR sent LucindaÕs personnel file through on email finally. I did notice she had a particularly long period of sick leave, during covid but the notes are heavily redacted.
NORMA
Well, thatÕs odd.
GEORGE
Yeah. I tried asking Oscar Beattie about it but I got nothing out of him. I mean he thinks Lucinda can do no wrong. There is a bit of an odd vibe between them actually.
NORMA
What dÕyou mean odd?
GEORGE
I caught him er checking up on her... er changing a prescription she made. She prescribed Oral Thiamine and Oscar corrected it to IV Pabrinex.
NORMA 
Christ thatÕsÉ
NORMA 
Éthat is not a mistake to make at her level. I mean those are mistakes cost lives. ThatÕs why we do the job we do George.
GEORGE
We all make mistakes donÕt we.
NORMA
You have to let that go.
NORMA   Look, I know, I know, I know, I know.  
DÕyou understandÉ 
...Just stop it, please stop. No stop it, Robert. Rob, stop. Stop.
ROB
Lucinda listen to me! Lucinda donÕt do this. Please
ÉIÕm begging you. IÕm begging you. YouÕll ruin everything! You have no idea what youÕre doing-
LUCINDA 
Stop! Stop it!
ROB
IÕll tell them youÕre an addict-
LUCINDA
IÕm not an addict!