Welcome to the Chest Clinic June 2024
In this drawing Tony is having an earlobe pierced at our local outpatient hospital in Windsor.
We have become friendly with the Air Team at King Edward VII Hospital, and last month Tony was invited to the respiratory medicine department for a capillary blood gas test.
As we sat in the waiting room I studied the posters at the reception desk: 'Welcome to the Chest Clinic' 'Catch It Bin It Kill It' 'Pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis? You are not alone' and more. I turned the sketchbook 90 degrees and began to draw, thinking about each admonition and piece of advice, hoping to position them all in the sketch before Tony's name was called.
Then in the treatment room Tony was the centre of attention as Christine (at left) and Kirsty explained the procedure and took their patient through each step. With the sketchbook turned back to landscape format, there was plenty of time to try to capture the scene -- all those shades of blue, that yellow sharps bin on the trolley, and that striking mauve chair like a throne.
Tony aced his test. Thank you Kirsty and Christine. Thank you NHS.
Ink and watercolour in A6 sketchbook
15cm x 20cm
