What do you do while waiting at a hospital?
There's not much you can do though but here, I am writing this post!
I am at a hospital with papa for his cataract surgery. After an hour of waiting, looking at nurses and doctors scroll, other attendants sitting at a distance, I thought I'd rather use this time constructively.
Brother had accompanied papa to the hospital in the morning, I came in later and he left. When I entered the building, it looked like a scene I have never witnessed at hospitals earlier.
After a being greeted with sanitizer and a thermo check, I decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator. I stood in front of a completely deserted first floor with no patients, attenders, nurses or doctors.
I was asked to take the lift by a nurse who was going up herself "but let the attendant already with the patient come down and only then can you go up" she remarked cautioning.
I waited for Chetan to come down and after he handed me papa's documents I parked myself on a nearby chair. Not more than 15 attendants occupied the huge waiting area.
The lobby that would have been bustling with patients with regular check ups now had a few patients seated waiting for their tests and doctors to arrive.
Nurses otherwise more in number were now reduced and only a couple of them wearing masks, gloves, use and throw socks and robes walked around readying patients, giving explanations about patients to their attendants.
After an hour of waiting, I was given a list of post op medicines that I had to buy from the pharmacy at the ground floor. All of us were sent at once so I waited at a good social distance as I was in no hurry.
We'll I'm still sitting and waiting for papa to come out after the surgery but this view of a very famous eye hospital makes me think.
It takes a corona virus for all of us to give utmost importance to health, hygiene and cleanliness. We'd never have used masks and sanitizers to this extent otherwise.
We now give each other some personal space, no one can peep into your phone or overhear your chat.
We dare not share water or food with strangers, something that we Indians think is basic courtesy.
We now know that every little issue is not an issue indeed. Visiting the doctor for small things, taking a stroll just because we are bored, having uninvited guests, unwanted expenses have all stopped.
We have grown to love home cooked food. Restaurants every weekends have ended and we are learning to make our favourite dishes at home which would have been ordered otherwise. We are becoming less lazy and more healthy.
We are learning that God indeed is present everywhere. With places of worship closed, there aren't any fights over them. There is a peaceful ambience in the entire country in this regard.
With still a few hours outside home and a lot of time at home, we are continuing to play games, watch TV and movies together, learn, laugh and reinvent the meaning of togetherness.
May be all of us did need a break from the outside to strengthen ourselves from the inside.
I hope you are home and safe waiting for better years and a brighter future ahead.
CHEERS!
GOD BLESS!!
CHS
There's not much you can do though but here, I am writing this post!
I am at a hospital with papa for his cataract surgery. After an hour of waiting, looking at nurses and doctors scroll, other attendants sitting at a distance, I thought I'd rather use this time constructively.
Brother had accompanied papa to the hospital in the morning, I came in later and he left. When I entered the building, it looked like a scene I have never witnessed at hospitals earlier.
After a being greeted with sanitizer and a thermo check, I decided to take the stairs instead of the elevator. I stood in front of a completely deserted first floor with no patients, attenders, nurses or doctors.
I was asked to take the lift by a nurse who was going up herself "but let the attendant already with the patient come down and only then can you go up" she remarked cautioning.
I waited for Chetan to come down and after he handed me papa's documents I parked myself on a nearby chair. Not more than 15 attendants occupied the huge waiting area.
The lobby that would have been bustling with patients with regular check ups now had a few patients seated waiting for their tests and doctors to arrive.
Nurses otherwise more in number were now reduced and only a couple of them wearing masks, gloves, use and throw socks and robes walked around readying patients, giving explanations about patients to their attendants.
After an hour of waiting, I was given a list of post op medicines that I had to buy from the pharmacy at the ground floor. All of us were sent at once so I waited at a good social distance as I was in no hurry.
We'll I'm still sitting and waiting for papa to come out after the surgery but this view of a very famous eye hospital makes me think.
It takes a corona virus for all of us to give utmost importance to health, hygiene and cleanliness. We'd never have used masks and sanitizers to this extent otherwise.
We now give each other some personal space, no one can peep into your phone or overhear your chat.
We dare not share water or food with strangers, something that we Indians think is basic courtesy.
We now know that every little issue is not an issue indeed. Visiting the doctor for small things, taking a stroll just because we are bored, having uninvited guests, unwanted expenses have all stopped.
We have grown to love home cooked food. Restaurants every weekends have ended and we are learning to make our favourite dishes at home which would have been ordered otherwise. We are becoming less lazy and more healthy.
We are learning that God indeed is present everywhere. With places of worship closed, there aren't any fights over them. There is a peaceful ambience in the entire country in this regard.
With still a few hours outside home and a lot of time at home, we are continuing to play games, watch TV and movies together, learn, laugh and reinvent the meaning of togetherness.
May be all of us did need a break from the outside to strengthen ourselves from the inside.
I hope you are home and safe waiting for better years and a brighter future ahead.
CHEERS!
GOD BLESS!!
CHS
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