Inside Emergency Ward

      

Picture courtesy murgiefile

Emergency ward, the very mention of this word evokes a sort of fear, panic and depression in an individual .After all what goes on inside the four walls of an Emergency Ward. Once I had an opportunity  to enter the portals of an emergency ward when my husband all of a sudden felt unwell and he was rushed  to Hospital and had to spend a night inside  the ward.(God forbid no body should ever have the misfortune of being rushed  to an emergency ward) I spent  the night with him. Since he was under the influence of medication, he was in deep sleep. I was observing what was happening all around

      A friend of mine, Sheila who is a Doctor, was on duty in the ward that night. She took me to her cabin and consoled me that my husband was well and there was no need to be anxious. She assured me that in the morning he would be allowed to go home. She told me that duty in the emergency is very tough and there is  too much responsibility on the  Incharge Doctor. As she was talking to me there was sudden commotion at  the entrance. She rushed there. It was a case of  burns. A lady almost 80% burnt was brought inside  on a stretcher. Two men were shouting at each other. One of them seemed to be the Father of the patient. He was loudly shouting and blaming the other man that  he and his family  had burnt his daughter. Doctor Sheila   whispered to  another doctor to inform the police.  She immediately attended to the patient , gave her an injection and gave a call to  a doctor, who was working in the Burns Department.  The Doctor reached within minutes, wiped the lady’s face and directed the staff to take the woman to the ICU. Soon  there after the Police arrived. They were three of them,one Asst Police Inspector and two constables. They wanted to question the woman but the Doctor told them that she was not in a position to speak. The Inspector took the signatures of my friend, pushed the  two men and a lady who accompanied the woman, into the Police van and drove away. I was quietly watching the whole scene and felt extremely dejected.

Hardly ten minutes had passed when another crowd entered the emergency. A child, about ten years  was crying at the pitch of his voice .A man was carrying him and a group of four or five were following him.He had perhaps  got food poisoning as he was puking every five or ten minutes. This child was also given an injection. After which he fell asleep. Only  one was allowed to sit by his side. All the others were asked to depart.

It was 3 a.m. when Doctor Sheila entered her cabin  and ordered two cups coffee.  She had not finished her coffee when another patient was brought inside by two constables. It was a case of drunken driving. The man was not in his senses and was continuously  abusing the constable .  Dr. Sheela asked a junior doctor to give him an injection. All this while the man was going on shouting that he was not to be blamed and he had not consumed any alchohol. Soon after he was given a shot he drifted into sleep. Dr. Sheila then told the staff on duty to check the man’s pocket and inform his family.

   I left the Hospital in the  morning  at 6 am  after my husband was declared fit. The drunken  man was still in slumber  due to the injection given to him. Out side I saw a  lady and a man sitting on the bench . I presumed that they were the parents of  the drunkard.


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