CHAPTER 52

The next day, first thing in the morning, she invites the new doctor director of the local hospital and maternity hospital for a meeting for two. As soon as the doctor walks through the door, anxiously, she asks a direct question:

“When a couple cannot produce a healthy child... is there any way to know, precisely, where the problem is? In the man or in the woman?”

“Good morning, First Lady... I realize that the issue of motherhood has once again occupied a place of concern in your life.”

“Not like before doctor, not like before...

But I admit that it is worrying. Faced with possibilities. But still speculative. Just answer me the question!”

“I understand..., I'm sorry for the apparent intrusion... Well, to be sure where the impediment is coming from, we will have to, obligatorily, carry out some tests on one of the two or on both to be more exact... and...” is interrupted by her.

“On my first. Could it be today, now?” she rushes.

“Well, we don’t have the resources for that here, in o