Mom was not keeping well since a while and the doc had suggested to get her admitted to the hospital. After a lot of deliberation (that went on for two days!) dad, me and bro took her to the hospital...
At the desk, Dad handed over the letter to a female who directed him to another side of the desk for admission where no one was present, the lady said that all had gone for lunch. I looked at the clock, it was 3pm!
While I waited with mom, bro and dad were performing the formalities after a while. Two ladies scrutinized the letter and one of them said to bro "Ward no 4. You can go and check if it's ok!"
Bro asked me to go along as we walked up to check mom's 'Would Be Room for the next two days!' It was as small as a room could get with the bedcovers shabbily off the bed and just one chair at the right side of the bed. A ward boy entered and enquired what we needed.
"Came to check the ward" bro said
"There's some renovation work going on in the room"
"You mean it's not ready yet" asked bro
"Have to fix it" came the reply.
"Ok. How much time will it take?"
"Just a screw to fit in that board on the left hand side! Why sir? Admitting someone?"
"Ya, our mom" said bro and we left the room.
We walked down discussing about the room. Bro asked the ladies about the renovation and one of them called to find out what was it that was getting renovated. "The room is ok" we told dad. Across the desk one of the ladies handed over a card to dad and he paid for it (probably the pass required to meet the patient). As dad was checking it, another lady was talking to the doctor we consulted. She looked up and handed the phone to dad.
Dad spoke "Yes doctor.... No doctor... Yes doctor... No doctor.... Ok doctor"
He gave the phone back to the lady, looked at us and said "The doctor asked to go to his clinic for a test, if all's fine, there's no need to get her admitted"
Rejoicing with joy and with a sigh of relief, we smiled at mom who waited across the hall. I walked to her "Let's go. The doc will check you again, if all's fine, no admission!"
At the desk bro was telling the ladies what the doc had said.
"No problem sir, Get her checked, if there's need, you can get her admitted"
"But the card is made" he said
"No problem sir"
"What if we don't need to get her admitted? It is refundable right?"
The ladies smiled and dad and bro got the answer. He walked towards us laughing as we walked out and commented "Mockery of the system!"
Well... This is The System... Lunch goes on till Three o clock, Wards are not ready even when they are empty, Fixing a screw is called renovation and it takes ten minutes to do that, the people allotting rooms don't know if it's ready and what is it that's left undone and top of all, whether the patient is sick or alright, money once paid will not be returned!!!
This is just one System, we have loads of such systems in the huge System that we live in! All we have to do is keep Our Sytem (brain) in place while the Bigger System tests us every time we go out there.....
Cheers!
God bless!
Chandra Daga
At the desk, Dad handed over the letter to a female who directed him to another side of the desk for admission where no one was present, the lady said that all had gone for lunch. I looked at the clock, it was 3pm!
While I waited with mom, bro and dad were performing the formalities after a while. Two ladies scrutinized the letter and one of them said to bro "Ward no 4. You can go and check if it's ok!"
Bro asked me to go along as we walked up to check mom's 'Would Be Room for the next two days!' It was as small as a room could get with the bedcovers shabbily off the bed and just one chair at the right side of the bed. A ward boy entered and enquired what we needed.
"Came to check the ward" bro said
"There's some renovation work going on in the room"
"You mean it's not ready yet" asked bro
"Have to fix it" came the reply.
"Ok. How much time will it take?"
"Just a screw to fit in that board on the left hand side! Why sir? Admitting someone?"
"Ya, our mom" said bro and we left the room.
We walked down discussing about the room. Bro asked the ladies about the renovation and one of them called to find out what was it that was getting renovated. "The room is ok" we told dad. Across the desk one of the ladies handed over a card to dad and he paid for it (probably the pass required to meet the patient). As dad was checking it, another lady was talking to the doctor we consulted. She looked up and handed the phone to dad.
Dad spoke "Yes doctor.... No doctor... Yes doctor... No doctor.... Ok doctor"
He gave the phone back to the lady, looked at us and said "The doctor asked to go to his clinic for a test, if all's fine, there's no need to get her admitted"
Rejoicing with joy and with a sigh of relief, we smiled at mom who waited across the hall. I walked to her "Let's go. The doc will check you again, if all's fine, no admission!"
At the desk bro was telling the ladies what the doc had said.
"No problem sir, Get her checked, if there's need, you can get her admitted"
"But the card is made" he said
"No problem sir"
"What if we don't need to get her admitted? It is refundable right?"
The ladies smiled and dad and bro got the answer. He walked towards us laughing as we walked out and commented "Mockery of the system!"
Well... This is The System... Lunch goes on till Three o clock, Wards are not ready even when they are empty, Fixing a screw is called renovation and it takes ten minutes to do that, the people allotting rooms don't know if it's ready and what is it that's left undone and top of all, whether the patient is sick or alright, money once paid will not be returned!!!
This is just one System, we have loads of such systems in the huge System that we live in! All we have to do is keep Our Sytem (brain) in place while the Bigger System tests us every time we go out there.....
Cheers!
God bless!
Chandra Daga
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