<p>blossom, respectfully, I think you are being unfair. I didn’t get the impression that OP was trying to shelter his D from the realities of emergency room medicine. I think he was just worried about her safety traveling at weird hours. I live in NYC and have since the 1970s and there are some neighborhoods that I absolutely will not walk around in by myself late at night. (Neither Lenox Hill nor 96th and First is among them.) In terms of transportation, Lenox Hill Hospital is much more accessible to the subway than Metropolitan Hospital is. It is a schlepp from Lexington Avenue to First Ave, which is why suspect she might take the bus.</p>
<p>Reality is that D will make her own decision anyway. Dad will live with it.</p>