There were four people in that room.

Rhoda Pinckney.

A lawyer for the health system, who said eleven words in ninety minutes.

The chief quality officer.

And Dr.

Constance Ubaldi.

I had not expected her and I had to sit down before I meant to.

Rhoda Pinckney ran the meeting and she was extremely good at her job, which I say as a compliment and also as an observation, because part of being extremely good at that job is that a person leaves the room feeling heard and the institution’s exposure has not increased by one dollar.