What was not supposed to happen, the son of a communist agent got leukemia. AS the hematologist of the Childrens Hospital, a diagnosed him. A dozen of doctors were called in consult, but non of them had the guts to confirm my diagnosis. The Party ordered me to take the child to the Hematology Institute in Bucharest...
This is a tru story.
At the Institute he was found free of symptoms of leukemia. I was threatened, nut I did not change my diagnosis. I felt sorry for the child, but knew that I was right, he was in remission. One month later he died of leukemia.
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