From his gurney, as sirens wailed, Mr. Newell signed their marriage certificate. Major medical decisions awaited them, and he wanted Dr. Amundson to make them as his wife. Dr. Amundson, a resident in pediatrics, had already been the one to decide that Mr. Newell was in no shape to continue the wedding celebration. “She instantly recognized something else was wrong,” Mr. Newell said. Dr. Zia just happened to be on call at the hospital that night.

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Persons: Erika Frances Amundson, Eli Brownlie Newell, gurney, Newell, Amundson, Mr, Stephanie Zia, Zia Organizations: Angeles General Medical, Angeles’s Arts District, Keck School of Medicine, U.S.C