-But you know that I don't have full authority and can only make superficial decisions about the hospital. In addition, the deputy director does not behave impartially in the matter and questions the friendship he has with Dr. Castelo, which is not very helpful either.

-What happened with Castelo? - asked the director.

Fernandez told him what had happened, and on the other end of the line there was an extremely annoyed sigh. He was silent for a few minutes, and I could see that the deputy director and Castelo were sweating.

-That this does not happen again with any resource. I authorize Dr. Thiago Fernandez to make all the decisions that are within my competence and even to dismiss a resource if he so decides, and no one, absolutely no one, can contradict him.

Hearing this, I was surprised. Was he going to get in trouble just for my sake?

-I thank you for giving me that power of attorney, Mr. Director. I will not bother you any more on your vacation and I hope you enjoy it.

The call e