surgical coincedence

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At age 37 I attended a hospital in a town 40 miles from my local hospital, it is a minor hospital in the town, as there are 4 NHS hospitals in total there. I was there to receive a transplant kidney, my father was there to donate the kidney, to our surprise my boss, who lives in the same town as my father and I, was sat in the waiting room awaiting surgery for a serious condition from which he has now recovered, despite not being the only people awaiting surgery, I was first on the surgical list, my boss was second and my father was third.
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Date submitted:Wed, 27 May 2015 23:56:10 +0000Coincidence ID:8100