The Cigarette in the Office

Abstract

Patricia Strong, Auntie Pat or simply AP, was an institution within an institution. To many of us she was a surrogate mother, very protective towards her little brood of medical students but with qualities that ran much deeper than this. I believe she cared for her RMS students and had a soft spot for the underdog. She was, to a large extent, unshockable. Whatever scheme or plan we had, she had seen it all before.