Hospital Coincidence

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After getting married, my husband and I bought a flat in a small block of 6 flats. Shortly afterwards a new couple moved into the flat above us. It turned out that the wife (who was a retired nursing sister) had been a sister at the private hospital where I had had an appendectomy some 12 years previously, and she remembered me as a patient and I remembered her as the kindest nurse who looked after me.
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Date submitted:Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:54:16 +0000Coincidence ID:5045