Unsung Heroes

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JAMES – THE VOLUNTEER by Rowan Marcus James had been looking forward to a well-earned break; he had been on placement for 6 weeks now, and he was exhausted. It was what he had always wanted; he had, after all, just spent the better part of 4 years of his life studying in order to become a trained and registered doctor in a hospital – but a short respite would certainly be welcome before the final plunge into the chaotic world of emergency medicine.  Then Covid came, and everything changed. * * * * * * * * * * * * His graduation had been the first change. Instead of sitting in an auditorium with hundreds of other students graduating alongside him, he had sat alone in his lounge room in front of a screen, finishing his course with a Zoom rather than a bang. Instead of an afterparty lasting far into the night, he was in bed with the first of the stars, because he needed to be up before the rising of the sun. Like many of his fellow students, he was now in betwe...