Isolated Sickbay Patient

A sickbay inhabitant who receives Dr. Pulaski's direct comfort and care while exhibiting physical illness and emotional withdrawal. The patient's presence functions as a quiet focal point for Pulaski's bedside compassion and sets the emotional register for subsequent interpersonal confrontations in Sickbay. They remain unnamed and largely passive, their illness and isolation making them a narrative touchstone for clinicians' concern and for Counselor Troi's empathic work with visiting personnel.