Shouldice Hospital Limited (Abridged)

Two shadowy figures, enrobed and in slippers, walked slowly down the semi-darkened hall of the Shouldice Hospital. They did not notice Alan O’Dell, the hospital’s managing director, and his guest. Once they were out of earshot, O’Dell remarked good-naturedly, “By the way they act, you’d think our patients own this place. And while they’re here, in a way they do.” Following a visit to the five operating rooms, O’Dell and his visitor once again encountered the same pair of patients still engrossed in discussing their hernia operations, which had been performed the previous morning.