5:32 am. The paediatric registrar is drinking tea on the ward puzzling over bizarrely deranged electrolytes and can’t quite recall all 12 causes of hypernatraemia associated with hirsutism.

10:47 am. The registrar is covering the consultant’s respiratory clinic. The next patient has alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and parents with 101 questions.

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