Fifth Gate [Text]

[forsometimenow]

Who: Jennifer Keller and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: N/A
When: August 20th

Since it seems like the Iskaulit is going to be staying with us for a while, I'm kicking around the idea of converting a room or two into a medical clinic of sorts. Since not every ship has a medbay, it'd be useful for people on those ships to have another option, or for people who want a bit more privacy if they need a checkup or to get an injury looked at.

I know our medics are stretched pretty thin, though. Would this idea be feasible? I'm not sure, but I though it was worth bringing up anyway.

Comments

[forsometimenow]

Yeah. And as others have mentioned, there are things we can't leave out in the open, but keeping them locked up presents a whole other set of problems.

I still want to go through with my clinic idea, but it's sounding more and more like I'll have to put it on the back burner and work through all the problems first.

[hearsthesea]

It's possible. If so, we should reserve some space for it to use later on, when everything's been worked out. I doubt people will mind saving room for a clinic.

[forsometimenow]

Right- it's not like we're lacking for room over there, anyway. If nothing else, we can keep a cache of any spare medical supplies we can gather.

[hearsthesea]

Good idea. Some of the supplies restock periodically, so we might be able to take advantage of that to stash some away on the Iskaulit.

[forsometimenow]

Exactly. And we can always trade or do work for more whenever we're on a planet.

[hearsthesea]

Yes, that's right. So at least, this won't be impossible.

[forsometimenow]

It'll just take some time and effort. I'm actually a little excited... helping people is what I live to do.

[hearsthesea]

That's a good thing to live for. Are you a doctor? You seemed to know what you were doing when we met on the Iskaulit.

[forsometimenow]

I am, yes- I actually led a team of doctors and nurses back home, so I'm not used to going mostly solo like I have been here.

[hearsthesea]

That's amazing! But you're right, unfortunately. It would be difficult to get an entire team on one of the ships.

[forsometimenow]

Yeah... we lack the staff and the room to form a cohesive unit. And that's putting aside the fact that even if we did, half of them could vanish tomorrow.

[hearsthesea]

The Atroma really don't make it easy, do they?

[forsometimenow]

No, they really don't. But we try to make the best of it anyway.