THE UNEXPECTED!!
"morphine!" I blurted out , as I studied the case of a young lady , who has just given birth to triplets . she has been screaming for the past 7 hours , and nobody has cared to ask her for analgesics . her husbands sits outside like a dumbhead , until I enter for a routine round in the ward . "how could you not give her painkillers?" I stared at the nurse standing , whose head was already down , mumbling something , I could not hear . "Just because they don't have enough money , to get a private room, doesn't mean you need to be careless!" I announced and went ahead , to see a lady whose amniotic fluid , had bursted , and she was about to deliver, immediately , I went out to call for a senior resident .
Being a 2nd year PG student , I couldn't perform surgeries or deliveries on my own . I rushed in the corridor , and knocked the cabin. NO RESPONSE. "may I come in" I said in a hurry ."SIR!" completed the man sitting inside . Dr. Prakash , SENOIR RESIDENT , GYNAECOLOGY , read the plate outside. " A lady in the ..." as I tried to tell him things which had happened a few minutes ago , he stopped me " I said complete the sentence , you said before entering !" he said making me go hopeless for a second . Being used to his attitude I once again repeated " May I come in SIR" stretching on the last three letters ."You are already inn!" he said , grinning under his teeth. Now this was the last straw to be fallen before I lose my temper . I banged my hands on his table " SIR ! there is a lady who is just about to deliver , and is yelling in pain for help ! I thought being an experienced doctor you would give much importance to this case than to this banter. He gulped harder , before yelling a GET OUT on me.
" An expresso!" I ordered at the cafeteria , after 8 hoursof standing , and looking at patients in the general ward. As my coffee came , I could hear Shivani calling me from the other side ."Prerna!! MR. Prakash had called you , I think he is assigning you some project !" she yelled , indifferent of the crowd sitting around. I left my brewing coffee and ran in her direction , as all the pain in the back had vanished. I had been waiting for a good project for the last 3 months and this was my bang on opportunity.
I entered the same cabin , I had been ordered to get out off a few hours ago. "Prerna ! she is here !" DR. prakash said , to a man sitting in the chair in front of him , with his back to me. Roughly I could make out a similarity between his structural line and my memory . I shivered a little , but sat next to him. " Meet him ! he is Dr,ANURAG BASU , 2nd year PG , pediatrition" I sat frozen at my place , and dare not to move my head any further . "people can have similar names," my head whisphered , but my heart knew that it was a pure lie in this case . "evening doctor prerna!" he said looking in my direction , as I tilted my head to nod in utter horror. "IT's HIM!" I whisphered inaudibly.
"So you both will work together for the next 4 months , and will ensure that the expecting mother follows what we tell. Neo natal health is really important to stop infant mortality rate from increasing . You both need to learn about it with great care . Performing surgeries , is what everybody learns , but the one who has precisions at the smallest point in his profession would surely succeed" he finished , as I could feel my feet go cold. "4 months ! " I shivered at the thought."and PRERNA !! you shall report to me !" dr. prakash said holding a coy grin , and now everything was clear to me. The project I had waited for has given me all the pain in the world ."why ? " I said , almost mumbled under my breathe.
"this is not fair!!" I cried in the washroom , as shivani patted my back. "you should have said a NO" she said in furious manner. " YES! Like I am the one who is given a choice" I yelled , and cried on my fate.
As I came out with my puffy eyes , I saw anurag coming . My hands fisted in a knot as I could see him looking at me , with an evil grin . he pushed me inside the store room , before anybody else could notice . "leave me !!!" I yelled ."stop all this!" he announced , and I went silent . I never started it ! ...a random thought crossed my mind. "we wont let anything come between our work" we both said in a symphony , as if singing in a coir. For a long time we looked into each other's eyes , finding some thing , or the LIGHT WE ONCE HAD!
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