SAGA- THE REVENGE STORY OF A BLO0DY SURGEON

CHAPTER 9

S

urya was exhausted after doing surgeries back to back. He slept well that night. With a calm expression over his face a few people thought him a smiling corpse. But they were relieved when he breathed. When he woke up the next morning, he looked at his watch anxiously.

In the male ward, the seniors did their rounds with the S.R. They were terrified. They were wondering if the S.R. would scold them for leaving everything to him. They thought that the S.R had done the surgery last night while they had passed out after eating the cake.

The SR finally asked about the patient from last night when they were done with the rounds. The seniors were aghast. They finally conceded that they were asleep in male surgeon’s room after they ate the cake. The SR eyed glared at the trio. They immediately avoided his gaze and looked at the ground.

Haridas, the S.R., was a skilful surgeon. He was so charismatic that everyone ignored his bald head. He was the only person whom Surya liked. Along with him Surya had done the most memorable surgeries. He’d praised Surya’s steady manner of suturing too on some occasions. But his old seniors Ashish and Tirupati were always rude to Surya. They’d humiliated him even in front of the patients.

Surya had told Haridas that the seniors had gone to a pub. But the seniors were telling him something totally different. He realised that Surya must have played some trick with them but he left calmly.

In the meantime Surya came hastily to the ward and wished his seniors and Haridas. who They were doing rounds. During ward rounds, the junior doctors inform the senior doctor about the status of the patients. The senior doctor proposes the further course of action.

The chief of the unit, Prof. Raghuvir, was in his 60s. He was reasonably tall and had a hefty personality. He had a receding hairline and wheatish complexion. He walked haughtily into the ward as Haridas was examining a patient. Everyone greeted him “Good morning Sir!” Everyone became attentive and they began their rounds all over again. He gently smiled back with a glowing face. Whenever he did an appendectomy, he could reach the appendix within seconds by dissecting the muscles with his fingers. Everyone including Surya were awed by his skill, which seemed disproportionate to his age.

He began the rounds, starting from the inside of the ward. Patients with clean wounds patients, especially recently operated ones, were be kept inside while infected cases were segregated in the corridor. Haridas was describing in brief about the cases. When they approached the HVP case, he slightly stuttered "This is a case… of HVP which we… operated yesterday in the emergency OT." Prof. Raghuvir examined the incision and noted that the sutures were clearly seen. He gently pressed on the wound to check if any fluid or blood had collected inside. He checked the case sheet to see how the vital signs were monitored. He was rather satisfied with the outcome and asked who had done it. The seniors pointed at Haridas.

"Well done Haridas! No complications at all."

He hesitated to accept the compliments. He faltered a bit "Sir... Actually it was done by Surya. Vishnu assisted him! He wanted to keep it a secret. So he wrote my name in the OT register."

Everyone was dumbstruck! The seniors were looking at each other in utter Surya grinned sheepishly. "He has done his job very well sir! This level of perfection from a junior resident is indeed a rare feat" Haridas added.

But the professor didn’t seem to approve. He scowled at them and asked “What’s going on here? Do you think you can do whatever you want? I won't tolerate such negligence. If you are not interested, just give up your degrees.” Prof Raghuvir said rather harshly. His words sliced through the air and broke their brittle hearts. Surya felt guilty. He wanted to tell the truth. But Haridas gestured him not to say anything.

Surya resolved to stay silence. I should be happy, shouldn’t I? The seniors are getting scolded. That’s exactly what I had wished for. But I wanted them to be scolded for their mistakes, not mine. Surya realised that he had changed a lot after the back to back surgeries. He was rude, indignant, impulsive, and egotistical. But being compassionate, humble and conscientious were not among them. For the first time, completely opposite virtues which he was never aware of started clashing with his demonic characters!

When everyone left, Haridas talked to Surya. "Surya what were you doing? You know that disciplinary proceedings are going on against you. If this comes out, you will definitely be debarred and no one can save you. And moreover the Professor scolded you all instead of appraising you. Just imagine if he had appreciated you, everyone would have turned against you. So whatever happened was happened for good."

Surya with his head held low, said "Yes, sir". After the rounds, Surya was handling the routine work in the ward. His intern told " Chief Sir wants to meet you! He has asked you to come to his cabin."

Surya's heart thumped. The sudden rush of blood made his face red. Surya nervously tottered all the way towards his cabin. "Excuse me, Sir!"

"Come Surya! Take a seat.” Surya complied faced the Chief. “Sir! I heard you wanted to speak to me.” The chief put all his work aside and faced Surya over his table. “Well, I wanted to thank you for your endeavours. I heard from the nursing staff and anaesthetist Dr. Santosh. They told me how you performed the surgery even though your seniors had gone to some bar.”

“It’s pub sir! Dock 45.” Surya corrected.

“I see a bright future in you"

“Thank you Sir." Surya felt good.

“You might be wondering why I was harsh with you in front of your seniors and now appreciating you within these four walls?"

“I can understand your situation, sir. I don't feel bad but it somehow felt that my seniors were scolded because of me"

"It's called guilt. It's good to feel guilty. It is a sign that you still have a conscience. Don't bother about them. I wanted to talk to you about the Disciplinary Committee"

Surya's heart paced a bit. He stood silently with eyes cast down nervously. "I heard that you sent inappropriate messages to your interns!"

"Sir! There is a reason for that. I didn't say anything wrong as far as I think"

“I know Surya, you just wanted to start a conversation. But she did not see it that way. She took a screen shot and shared it with others. This is not a strong reason to debar you. I can talk on your behalf and show this surgery as an example to the committee that you are an asset to this institute."

Surya felt so pleased to hear that. "Thank you sir" he said gleefully.

“I am expecting only one thing from you"

"Sure sir! Tell me!"

“Deactivate your f*******:, i********: and w******p accounts if possible. Don't talk to girls unless it is something professional. Follow the rule of 3 - Stay 3 feet away, talk when 3 people are around you and ..."

"Don't talk more than 3 minutes"

"Good! You already know this, don’t you?" Prof said in a rather friendly tone.

"Sir... Actually...”

"Okay save your energy. Do one more thing."

"Sure sir"

"Get rid of that beard! It seems like as if you are harbouring all your demons inside it."

"Yes, sir" Surya chuckled.

Wazir and Taniya glared at him as he came out from the cabin. Wazir asked peevishly “So, you messed with the cake, didn’t you?”

“What are you saying Sir? You are next to God. How would I do that? It’s even written in our Vedas to respect our seniors”

Taniya interfered “Don’t act smart Surya. We know what you did. How could you do the surgery if you had also fainted along with us? We are not that stupid. We are going to complain to chief sir about you.”

Surya looked flabbergasted “Ma’am! Please don’t do that. I will do whatever you say. Please leave me this time” Wazir and Taniya gave a wicked smile.

“No way! We have tell sir about this.” Wazir told haughtily and was about to enter the cabin. Surya gave a wicked smile.

“Wait a minute! Please have a look at this.” and he held out his phone before them.

Wazir and Taniya looked dumbstruck and exchanged looks. The snippet was the romantic conversation between them.

“So if you want to proceed, do it! If I have any problem in future or I am debarred, I will upload this on the Internet” He cast his eyes over Taniya “Just imagine what will happen if your scumbag husband finds about this.” They were terror-stricken and pleaded with him in unison “Please don’t do that!” Surya gave them a cunning smile and walked away leaving them shocked.