The nurse heard screams coming from room No. 7 every night when an unfamiliar man visited the elderly patient: one day, unable to stand it anymore, she hid under the bed to find out what was going on there.

The nurse had been hearing screams coming from room No. 7 every night when an unfamiliar man visited the elderly patient. One day, unable to endure it anymore, she hid under the bed to find out what was happening

What she saw filled her with real horror

For several days in a row, the nurse had been hearing strange sounds from room No. 7. They were screams — not loud, but muffled and suffocated, as if the person was afraid of being heard. Each time, the sound appeared at almost the same hour — closer to night, when the corridors were empty and the light became dim.

She would stop in the middle of the corridor with a bucket in her hands and listen. The hospital already felt uneasy at night, but this crying seemed to cling to her nerves. It was not like ordinary sounds of pain.

The nurse had been working there for a long time. The job was hard and poorly paid, but she endured it. She was used to the smells, the night shifts, and other people’s pain. But room No. 7 began to disturb her more and more.

An elderly woman lay there — quiet, neat, always thankful for help. A fractured hip, bed rest. She hardly complained, only increasingly avoided eye contact and flinched at sudden sounds.

Then a strange visitor appeared.

A man came in the evenings. Always alone. Well-dressed, confident, speaking calmly and politely. He introduced himself as a relative.

After his visits, the elderly patient changed: her eyes became red, her lips trembled, her hands turned cold. Once, the nurse even noticed a bruise on her wrist.

She tried to ask questions, but the patient immediately looked away and whispered that everything was fine.

Colleagues told her not to interfere.

— It’s not your business. He is a relative, so he has the right, they said.

But the crying kept returning again and again.

One evening, the nurse heard footsteps near the room. Then muffled voices. He was speaking sharply. The elderly woman was muttering something, as if apologizing. A dull sound was heard. And a short cry.

That night, the nurse could not sleep.

She decided to find out the truth. If no one wanted to see it, she would.

Next time, she entered the room earlier. The light was dim, the patient was asleep. The nurse lowered herself to the floor and carefully crawled under the bed. Dust, cold linoleum, rusty springs above her head. She was terrified.

Footsteps in the corridor. The door creaked. He entered.

She could only see his shoes and the edge of the bed. At first — silence. Then his voice. He was speaking to the elderly patient slowly, insistently. She began to cry.

And then something happened that made the nurse freeze in terror

At first, he spoke calmly — very calmly. He told the elderly patient that the house would “fall apart anyway,” that she did not need it, and that she should sign the papers. He said that if she refused to cooperate, he would “help” her.

The elderly woman was crying. She begged him to leave her alone. She said she would not sign anything.

Then his voice changed.

He leaned closer and started threatening her. He said she had medications she was “obliged” to take. That he knew how to make sure doctors would not notice anything. That if she resisted, she would get much worse. Much worse.

The nurse held her breath.

She saw him take out a syringe — not a hospital one. A different one. Dark, unmarked. He forced the injection despite her resistance. The elderly woman screamed, and her arm fell weakly onto the sheet.

The nurse was overwhelmed with horror.

She jumped out from under the bed, screamed, and rushed to the door. Chaos broke out, nurses and the on-duty doctor ran in. The man was detained on the spot. The syringe was confiscated. Documents were found in his bag — prepared, with a place for a signature.

Later, it was discovered that the injections were not medicine at all. It was those substances that caused the elderly patient’s condition to rapidly worsen.