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Compassion and Caring

The director of a hospital was a tough administrator. His attitude was, three days and your out. He was known to be unforgiving, strictly business and uncaring by the doctors that worked with him.

One day the doctor died and appeared before the pearly gates where St. Peter was waiting for him. He said to St. Peter, “I was worried, everyone said I was unforgiving and didn’t care about my patients.” St. Peter looked at his record in his book and said, “Oh, it’s alright, you can come in; but, you can only stay three days.”