“Calm down, please! Everything is OK! We rescued your wife!”, a doctor told a man who was walking nervously along a hospital corridor. “Your wife underwent a very serious operation after she narrowly avoided being killed in a car accident. As I said, your wife survived, which is the best piece of news, but I must tell you that you should be prepared to pay about 25 thousand zlotys because the Social Security System only covers a part of the cost of the operation.”
“Of course, of course…”, the man agreed.
“In order for your wife to recover, she will need to undergo rehabilitation and you must be prepared for quite large expenses again. But… there is one more thing… your wife should spend some time in a sanatorium at your own expense, unfortunately! Now, what is worse, your wife will probably need to be nursed 24 hours a day! Of course, I can be helpful in finding the cheapest nurse care, but I think you will have to pay about 10zl per hour.” The doctor stopped talking suddenly because the man’s face fell, and he buried his face in his hands, bursting out crying at the same time.
After a while the doctor burst out laughing. He started to pat the man on his back and tried to stop laughing. He said, “Don’t worry! Everything is OK! I was just kidding! Your wife is dead!”
Danuta Gradowska
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