Station Medics: Why They Care When No One Makes Them

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Station Medics: Why They Care When No One Makes Them

Three weeks aboard Asteroid Belt Memorial Hospital

Dr. Chen was pulling shrapnel from a miner’s shoulder when I asked who runs the medical bay. She paused, tweezers halfway to the wound tray.

“Runs it? We all do, I guess.” She went back to her work. “Mei handles supplies because she’s good with numbers. Yuki coordinates the surgeries because she remembers everything. I do the teaching because—well, someone has to.”

Mining-Stations on Cassette Future Magazine

Station Medics: Why They Care When No One Makes Them

Station Medics: Why They Care When No One Makes Them