koladiyil hospital
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They reached a hospital. The location of the hospital was remote and unknown to sradha. The name koladiyil hospital was also unfamiliar to sradha. They reached there. Sradha and her mother took op from the counter. Sradha's mother asked for a particular doctor. From that sradha was clear that, the hospital and doctor was suggested by kumar doctor.
They waited for their turn. But as it was evening, there was no rush and the nurse called the name easily. But this time Sradha's mother's name, kamala, was announced.
Sradha's mother and sradha together went into doctor's cabin .
"Doctor, this is my daughter. She is pregnant." Sradha's mother said.
"Ok. " doctor replied
"But we don't want it now."
"Why?"
"She is not married "
Doctor turned to sradha. She scanned sradha from top to bottom.
"Let them live... When parents sent you to study you all are studying such things.. Isn't it?" She said to sradha.
"Let them live" doctor added to Sradha's mother.
"No madam. He is a fraud"
"So what. She chosed it, let her suffer. She has to study a lesson."
Sradha remained silent.
Doctor wrote something in a paper. She scolded sradha very badly. She talked to sradha as she was talking to a proustite. Sradha's mother couldn't do anything rather than hearing everything.
Doctor now started to explain the procedure and it's cost. Atlast she added
"You have to get admit today itself if we are proceeding the procedure tomorrow."
How could she get admit. What would Sradha's mother tell to her father.
"No. Doctor please. We'll come Tommorow early morning itself "
Sradha's mother had to plea several times to make doctor agree with that.
Sradha was sent to lab for some medical checkups. They collected her blood and gave her a sample dose of medicine to check whether she is allergic to medicines. She was given a capsule to sallow at night and told her that there might be pain and don't eat anything in morning. Sradha was addressed as kamala all the time.
They left hospital and as earlier, Sradha's mother came to home with Paul and Sradha with her brother. On the way they brought some food and given to sradha and brother. Mother and Paul didn't ate anything. Eventhough sradha refused at first, she was being scolded by them as procedure has to be completed without any health issues.
They came home. Sradha eat the capsule given at hospital. She sat on bed. She was tiered with medicine and all other issues. She fell asleep easily but couldn't sleep calmly. She dreamt of a child several times and wake up with a shock and went back to sleep with wet eyes. She was sure her mother who was lying beside her was not at all sleeping.
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