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LIGHTS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME
AND IGNITE YOUR BONES
AND I WILL TRY TO FIX YOU.
-coldplay
1.Sanctorium.
Not many people loved hospitals.The reason was simple,hospitals were associated with the sick and dying.Not many loved the smell of formalin.But he was different.For him hospital was a sanctorium where he could seek solace.He was a healer.It was his job to save lives and even create miracles.But he was a human who could make mistakes,some of which would continue to haunt him.In the medical world they say that you never forget the first patient you have lost.They continue to haunt you.Then you are supposed to save lives and not to take lives.Because you are not God.But the irony is that God has not held the scalpel.
12th June,SHR Hospital ,Guwahati.
"It is important to preserve the recurrent laryngeal nerve while removing the thyroid gland.Otherwise the patient suffers from hoarseness of voice"he explained to the students who were watching him perform the surgery.Just then a resident entered the OTand asked him"Dr Shiv,how long would you take to complete the surgery?Dr Rao requires this OT for performing cholecystectomy."
Shiv replied,"I am almost done with the suturing.It would take twenty minutes more."
Hearing this,the resident left.He sighed.He was exhausted after performing four back to back surgeries.After twenty minutes the patient was wheeled out from the OT.