At that time, Mr. Fulham had not yet retired; he was still the lead surgeon at the hospital.
Milo Sinclair was young, following a tragic accident involving his uncle's entire family.
He lost his playmates and had nowhere to go during holidays, so he often followed his father to the hospital to study.
His father wanted him to become familiar with Mr. Fulham. If his academics didn't go well, his father planned to use his position as the hospital director to "threaten" Mr. Fulham into accepting him as an apprentice.
Justin Lawson was the most severely injured child he had ever seen, only twelve years old at the time; he was sent in covered in blood, with particularly severe injuries to the head, including a long gash on the back of his skull, already unconscious and convulsing.
