At a Catholic hospital in a large Eastern city, Dr. 'S' admits a patient nineteen weeks pregnant and miscarrying. He recommends, and the patient agrees to, the medically indicated treatment-ending the pregnancy. But the hospital ethics committee denies his request because of the institution's moral objection to abortion: although the fetus has no chance of survival, an ultrasound still detects a fetal heartbeat. The woman becomes septic, with a 106- degree fever and profuse bleeding. Watching the patient "dying before our eyes," the doctor makes a decision: he performs the abortion. The patient spends another ten days in intensive care and suffers permanent injuries. Horrified, Dr. 'S' quits, saying "I just can't do this... This is not worth it to me."