"There But For the Grace of God": bringing the news of the methedrine addict's death

texture · ~YDPAH (early residency)

• When: early in Gately's residency, after the New Bedford addict's discharge and death
• What: After Gately and a bad-news New Bedford methedrine addict pulled the methadone-clinic CLOSED-sign prank (Gately's timeline event 31) and she was later Discharged for a dirty Urine, she died at Framingham Women's with "a thoroughly eliminated personal map." It was "Gately's individual counselor Gene M." who "brought Gately the news" — and framed it, invited Gately to see her demise as "a clear case of There But For the Grace of God Goeth D. W. Gately."