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At first glance Nicholas is a very extroverted and happy person. He seems to always have a smile on his face and he’s always there to talk to. But although he is quite content most of the time, he also has a lot of hidden insecurities that make him wonder whether he’s good enough, or whether people actually like him or are just hiding the fact that they find him annoying. Because of this he often has a hard time with relationships or making deep friendships. He knows that these thoughts are mostly irrational, but still he finds it hard to ignore them. With the pandemic a new worry often takes over his thoughts: ‘what if I or the people around me get infected?’

Because of his job he can handle most stressful situations fairly well and he has developed the ability to stay calm under pressure. He is very self-assured of his own capabilities and will take charge of a situation if he knows he’s best suited to do that. When he knows he’s not, he will step aside and let someone else take the lead. When he cares about something he will be very passionate about it and spend all his time on it. He is very driven and makes it his goal to be able to give his patients the best care he possibly can. He is also very family-oriented and would do anything for his family or friends; no—or little—questions asked.


The beginning of Nicholas’ life wasn’t very eventful. He was born into a loving family that was completed with the arrival of his little sister. As soon as he went to school, however, things started to change. For some reason the other children didn’t like him very much and he was bullied throughout elementary school. With a new school luckily also came new classmates. He was pretty popular from high school on, but he could never stop the voices in his head that kept telling him that no one actually liked him.

Everything changed when he was sixteen and his mother got diagnosed with cancer. Nothing that mattered before seemed to matter to the same degree now. It was all so trivial when you realised that a person could get sick like that at any given moment. Not much more than a year later, the family’s whole world fell apart when she died. After that it was difficult to continue with life, but with each other's support Nicholas and his sister and father managed. This was also the moment that Nicholas decided that he wanted to be a doctor. It had been so difficult to lose someone he loved and he didn’t want anyone else to have to go through that. Before, he hadn’t really known what he wanted to do later in life, but now that he had a goal he put all of his energy into achieving it.

Getting into medical school hadn’t been easy, completing it was even harder. It took a lot of hard work and studying, but he put all his time and effort into it and succeeded. After finishing his studies he moved into an apartment not too far from Lethford hospital and started working there. Meanwhile his father moved out of Lethford, wanting to start a new life away from the memories of his late wife. Nicholas completed residence in Lethford hospital and still works there now. With GHNv-20 taking over the hospital, his usual work as an oncologist is put to the side and he has taken on more and more duties to work with GHNv-20-patients. Work days are longer than they have ever been and it is becoming difficult to treat every patient with the same quality of care as before the virus. Everyone in the hospital is doing the best they can—let’s hope it’s enough.


He plays the guitar.

Born: 6 May 1988