After a few minutes Paul withdrew the thermometer from Janet's bottom and studied the reading.

'I'll just have to go and see the doctor again.'

He walked away without covering Janet's rear so Simon leaned over her and pulled her trousers back up and retied the cord, feeling a bit confused by his own reaction to the lack of privacy. He felt a little excitement at her exposure but also guilty because he hadn't, he thought, done enough to protect her from prying eyes.

Paul came back with one of the 'white coats', a very junior medic.

'I'll need to take a look at you Mrs eh?.' - Slight pause while he looked at the notes. - 'Taylor. Someone will prepare you. Can you organise that' Looking at Paul. 'Ask one of the others if you don't know what's required.'

Paul looked a bit puzzled but didn't say anything before walking over to another volunteer.

Simon comforted Janet as best he could while he wondered what 'prepare' meant.

Just then Janet whispered to him. 'I need to pee.'

'I'll go and find out where the bathrooms are and be right back.'

He spotted a uniformed nurse not far away and went to ask her.

'Oh I'll get someone to come and see to your wife, which one is she, OK I'll be as quick as I can but you do realise we are extremely busy and have had to send a message out for more volunteers to come and help.'

Simon went back and told his wife someone would be coming to take her to the bathroom soon.

Paul came back with another man of about 50 and a young girl who looked hardly old enough to be out of school.

Simon overheard the tail end of their conversation as they approached. 'I was finishing in the shop' said the girl 'when I got the emergency message on my phone for anyone over the age of 18 to come to the hospital to assist the medical staff. I thought It sounded more interesting than stacking shelves and knew my boss couldn't really say no. When I got here I got this 'volunteer' badge and was sent down here to the canteen for some basic instructions on what to do.'

'Yes I was at home said the older man. I used to be a first aider at work so thought I might be useful.

Paul said 'My mother is a nurse here and asked if I'd be able to come, but I didn't realise I'd be so HANDS ON with some of the patients.'

Simon realised these people wearing 'volunteer' badges weren't medical students, just people from the local area who had answered a message on their phones, they could be anyone!

'I really need to pee' Janet whispered again so Paul looked desperately for any toilet sign male or female.

When he spotted one he looked around for the wheelchair but it was gone. Heading towards the 'toilets' sign he was stopped by a security guard who barred his way.

'Need to get my wife to the bathrooms.'

'Sorry sir no one is allowed past here you have to go ask one of the volunteers for help.'

Simon protested but the security guard wouldn't let him through so he turned back hoping to find the nurse again for help. As he did so the guard said something int his radio but Simon didn't hear it.

Fortunately on his way back he saw the nurse heading over to his wife with a wheelchair and felt relieved that soon his wife would also be 'relived'.

'Right Mrs. Taylor isn't it? You need the bathroom, I'll help you down, swing your legs over the side for me.'

Janet was helped up into a sitting position but as she did so whispered to the nurse. 'I'm sorry I think I've had a little leak.'

'Oh OK we'll deal with that let me see.' The nurse put her hands between Janet legs and feel the damp of her pyjama trouser. 'Paul can you come and help I'll need a clean sheet over here for Mrs Taylor, she's wet herself a little.'

Simon was stunned anyone halfway across the canteen would have been able to hear that his wife had just wet herself. What he didn't know was that things would soon get even worse.

'Ok Mrs Taylor sit yourself down on here.'

As Simon watched the nurse lifted a folded gown off the chair and he could see it was actually a commode chair. Perhaps he thought they had run out of proper wheelchairs.

'Now I'll just take your wet pyjama bottoms off and you can sit down and use the commode.' The nurse lowered Janet's pyjama trousers while she stood then lowered her onto the commode before lifting Janet's feet removed the trousers completely. Thankfully the jacket was long enough to hide her from mid-thigh up as a number of eyes turned to watch her humiliation. 'There, put this gown over your legs, and let someone know when you're finished and we'll get you back on the trolley.'

Janet's eyes were definitely watery and her cheeks were flushed with embarrassment, Simon knew it must be both the shame and the pain.

Just then Paul came back with a clean sheet and a plastic bag for the wet one which he placed in the bag before glancing at the pyjama bottoms on the floor beside the commode. 'Do you want to keep these?'

Simon put his hand out and took the trousers and rolled them up. He also heard the unmistakable sound of Janet beginning to pee into the commode and thought it must be a metal pan by the noise it was making.

When it went quiet it was obvious she had finished. Paul turned towards her, reached to the back of the commode and produce a roll of toilet tissue and asked out loud 'Can you manage by yourself?'

Janet almost snatched the roll from him and still covering herself with the gown did the necessary as discreetly as she could.

Simon was getting more and more shocked at the lack of privacy all around him. He seen a man being told to drop his trousers by a doctor. He'd been sat on one of the canteen chairs with people male and female alongside him when he was approach by a young 'white coat' medic. Told to stand and drop his trousers and shorts and when he questioned it, he was told. 'Look we have an emergency going on in this hospital if want us to check you we will but if you don't cooperate then you'll have to leave. The man after quickly looking around did as he was bid, stood up, dropped his trousers and shorts and allowed the doctor to do what ever was needed in full view of the room and the people sat alongside and near him.

Paul had finished putting the new sheet on the trolley and turned to towards Janet again asking. 'If you're ready I'll help you back onto the trolley.'

Simon decide to help, hoping to preserve his wife's modesty a little, standing at one side of his wife and Paul at the other they helped her stand up from the commode and back to the trolley. Paul however took the gown from Janet's fingers as he helped her back onto the trolley and as she swung her legs up she couldn't help but flash the young man and several interested eyes around them with secrets of her sex. Simon took the gowan of Paul and quickly covered her legs and gave the young man a dirty look when he appeared about to take the gown away.

Simon spoke quietly to his wife asking how she was feeling now and she assured him she felt much better. He wondered if she might like to leave in that case but they were interrupted by the older man, the younger girl.

We've been told the doctor will come and see shortly Mrs Taylor we just need to get you prepared for him. With that the nurse returned with Paul and a small trolley covered with a small sheet.

'I've told them what they need to do so I'm sure you'll be in good hands. Please just cooperate and I'm sure the doctor will be able to help you when he's finished his examination.' Turning to the volunteers she said 'This is standard procedure in this hospital so take note all of you in case we have another patient in need.' Turning back to Janet she said. 'I just need to take a look Mrs Taylor.' Folded the gown down to Janet's shins then pulled the jacket up exposing Janet from her stomach down. 'Yes we'll need to deal with that.'

Simon looked on in complete shock. His one time virgin bride and still very modest wife was having her sex exposed to the three volunteers and anyone else happening to be close enough and looking in the right direction. 'I'm sorry what do you mean?'

'Your wife will need to be shaved, its standard procedure for this sort of examination in this hospital.'

Simon was about to protest but Janet realising he was about to, stopped him saying 'Paul just lets get though this if that's the rule then that's the rule.'

Simon couldn't believe his wife had changed so much in the last couple of hours. It had been two years of marriage before she would let him into the bathroom if she was using the toilet and he wanted a shower at the same time. He couldn't believe she was now consenting to having her pubic hair shaved by one of these volunteers, in this public space in full view of anyone who cared to watch and he knew some would take advantage of the opportunity.