'Destined to be my love'- ASHNI FF Part 8 updated.

PART-1

It was already 10 pm.Armaan is walking down to the cardiology department of Kotnis general hospital. Ashutosh the head of the department was his best friend and classmate since their MBBS days. Ashutosh along with mallika and Armaan had built the roots of Kotnis general hospital and made it what it was today ' a hospital which was not very posh or high class but a place where caring and well equipped doctors would treat patients with humanity. Kotnis was a cut above the rest.

Armaan was trying to call mallika on the mobile. As it rang

Armaan: mallika where are you? Aren't you coming down for our usual farewell for the day?

It was their habit since their college days that they would meet each other before heading home from work for a coffee.

Mallika: armaan I am already in ashutoshs cabin. Hes in surgery and will be out in may be 10 min. come down and I have already called for the coffees.

Armaan walks in within few minutes.

Armaan: ok here I am..hasn't ashu come yet?

The three of them would meet, sharing their experiences for the day, taking advice, discussing complicated cases over Ahmad bhais coffee and butter biscuits .Ahmad bhai was the aged canteen contractor who was with them since they had joined kotnis general hospital as interns and was like a father to them.

The two of them wait and ashu comes in 15 minutes.

Ashutosh: sorry guys to keep you waiting'. CABG ka case tha'.

DR .Ashutosh is 38 and yet nobody would say so.. the whole hospital respected him and was a really very professional and concrete person when it came to his work. His deep black eyes always conveyed assurance to all his patients'he was just like an artist at work. He had performed numerous cardio vascular surgeries, and was called for from various other city hospitals to help perform complicated surgeries. Ashutosh s life had nothing else but his patients. He would go home only for Hiraman kaka who was his caretaker and only relation whom he had for himself.

Armaan was with ashutosh from his MBBS days. They had been roommates in hostel and then the friendship was cemented with their care and affection for each other. Armaan was an Orthopaedic surgeon and was very sought after for his knee replacements. His other field of extreme expertise was keeping the gang alive with his humor and talking. The woman behind the successful man was his wife Ananya and his little princess Pari made their happiness complete.

Mallika was a gynecologist who was considered to be very lucky. It was said that if you consulted dr mallika for your pregnancy and delivery, the mother and baby were absolutely safe. She was a very determined and strong woman. She had stood strong even after her husbands death and moved on just for her little daughter Aadrika who was the strong hold of her otherwise vaccum filled life.

Armaan: Abe' you come late all the time. Ananya is already throwing broken eggs at me on the phone.

Ashutosh: sorry yaar.. Simple case tha but you know na... some times complications arise from nowhere.

There is a knock on the door. Ahmad bhai arrives with coffee cups and coffee in a thermos flask.

Ashutosh: Are chacha.. aap khud coffee le aye' basher ke haath bhej diya hota..

Ahmad bhai: Beta.. I haven't seen the three of you since yesterday' and you didn't come down to the cafeteria for lunch also. Aap logon ke siva mera aur kaun hai.. jub se tum log internship ke liya yahan aye the tab se tum logon ki aadat si pad gayi hai'

Mallika: chacha ashutosh to aaj kal itna busy ho gaya hai ki hume bhi sirf issi time pe milta hai' varna iski chale to voh abhi bhi kisi patient ki surgery kar raha hota'.

Ashutosh: tum log mere dost ho ya phir'.

Armaan: abhi kya karein. Tum to kaam mein itne busy hote ho ki agar tumse din mein milna ho to patient banna padega hame bhi.

Ashutosh: stop it you two'.. coffee thandi ho jayegi'

The three begin to pour out coffee and start talking about their day and things. Armaan and Mallika leave and ashutosh is in his cabin when Dr Ranganath calls him. Dr ranganath is the hospital asst. administrator.

Dr Ranga: Dr Ashutosh, can you please do me a favour, there is an emergency case here in the ICU. Dr Karthik is incharge here but is having to attend another emergency which arrived 10 minutes back. Can you please come down to the Trauma ICU please.

Ashutosh: will be there in a jiffy Dr Ranganath.

Ranga: thank you doctor.

Ashutosh reaches the ICU to find a girl about 23-24 years old, badly hit by a drunk tempo van driver badly hurt and bleeding profusely. The nurse was cleaning the wounds and another intern was taking notes as Dr. Ashutosh decided the line of treatment. Since it was an accident case, they would have to inform the police after the patient had stabilized. Ashutosh turned to see the patients face. He froze. It was NIDHI..