Dr. Kashwekar asked the nurse, 'How many more patients are there to check?' The nurse replied, 'So far you have checked sixty-five patients, thirty or forty are still sitting.' 'Oh! Sister, why are you giving appointments to so many patients? Give me time to raise my head.' Dr. Kashwekar a noted endocrinologist. A brilliant expert on the secretions of the body. These include diabetes, thyroid, sex hormones, adrenal gland, pituitary and hypothalamus secretions and various diseases caused by their fluctuations. His work was good so his name was also good. Difficult cases were referred to him from all over the state. Dr. Kashwekar knew that no good super specialist doctor can do justice to a hundred patients in a day. In countries like America or Britain, if a doctor examines such a large number of patients, he should be questioned by the government. Restrictions should be imposed on its practice. In order to understand the complaint and history of any new patient, one has to talk for ten minutes, ask questions, listen to the answers, understand the situation at home and the impression of relatives. Ten minutes is less. After that every five minutes go to check it. Then it takes five-seven minutes to explain the illness, write the prescription and explain how to take the medicine. The doctor should also inform the patient about the possible side effects of each drug, if followed properly. If practiced like this, two or at most three patients can be treated in an hour. It takes thirty-thirty-five hours to examine a hundred patients. Doctors are busy in India. Not every patient's case is new. For older cases, the time is halved. Indian doctors are 'sharp' in terms of diagnosis. A lot can be understood just by seeing the patient's face, gait, body language. When he hears his complaint, he also makes a diagnosis. In many genuine cases, the examination of the patient is also done for his satisfaction. Because of this everything works in fast forward style. Even a hundred patients in one day?! is very difficult. This directly affects Dr. Kashwekar's daily routine had an indirect effect on his social relations. There was a direct impact on their sleeping hours, morning walk time and meal regularity. The stomach became enlarged and the temper became irritable. An indirect effect was that the doctor could not attend any social function held at the house of his friends or relatives. Distant relatives can be understood, but it became impossible for them to be present even in the event of their close sister, cousin or nephew. Gradually the doctor himself accepted that his consulting room is his life and the patients are his relatives. Even if the relationship with sister deteriorates, it will deteriorate. He did not become a doctor because of such feelings. 'Sir, send the next patient in?' asked the nurse. Dr. Kashwekar plunged into the world of patients. He continued to do his work till eleven o'clock at night. After checking on the last patient, the doctor turned on his laptop. This was his daily routine. Before going home, enter your email id. He had a habit of reading the mails received on Most of the mails are from patients or patients' relatives. If the patients from across the state are undergoing treatment and are unable to come for follow-up, they should get the doctor's guidance by mail. More mails came that day than every other day. The doctor read the mail one after another and gave the necessary guidance to the patient. Suddenly his eyes fell on 'Next Mail'. It was no ordinary mail. Drafted in pure English, it was a fine specimen of language, pleasant to read. The letter was mailed from Junagadh. was sent by a seemingly unknown gentleman named Harishbhai Ojha. He used to write: 'Dear Doctor Sir, First of all let me tell you that the patient for whom I am writing this is my cousin. Her name is Miss Jayashribhan V. Oza is. Age 64 years. His case number is 4782. The doctor was happy after reading this. Rarely is a patient's relative willing to give such information. The doctor does not remember which patient he is talking about until the entire letter is finished! Harishbhai himself was more than seventy years old and was writing about his senior citizen sister: 'Doctor Sahib, before I write anything further in the letter, please give me a thorough examination of my sister's illness, correct diagnosis, and prescribe the best treatment. I am indebted to you. I have to remind you that I came to you eleven years ago today with a sister. You had done a case study of my sister and told me that if the patient survives from this kind of illness, it must be considered a miracle. Such a case has to be presented in a medical conference.' Further it was written: 'Aapashree prescribed three types of pills for the sister, which were as follows. (Names of medicines were mentioned) Now his main complaint is that his food has decreased completely. He has to go to the toilet twice, but is very constipated. Since now he has difficulty in swallowing pills or capsules. Its water intake has decreased. Weight reduced to only thirty kg. is done My sister is not one to be lazy. He likes to be active in housework. Can you give any advice for my sister by talking to the local physician here? Currently there is an epidemic of Kovid so we cannot come there.' So far everything was fine, but in the last note Harishbhai wrote: 'Sir, you must have remembered my sister's case and face. My sister is suffering from this disease since birth, which could not be diagnosed at the right time. Due to this his height and weight remained very low, but all the family members including me love him very much. We don't want to lose it. We want him to live long and live a quality life. I hope you…' The doctor could not read the next text. Can a brother have such feelings for his sister? The answer to this may be yes, but if the sister is suffering from an incurable disease from birth, her physical development is stunted, she is not even married and in addition to all this, even after the sister has lived six and a half decades of life, she is more Can his brother be so eager to live and live well? This is not about adding years to life but adding life to every year. The doctor wiped his eyes, answered the mail, got up from his chair, and then what? Went to the parking lot and sat in the car and instructed the driver, take the car directly to my sister-in-law's house now, not my bungalow. We will reach at twelve o'clock, but I will wake my sister from sleep and say, 'Sister, make rotala. Your brother has been hungry for years.' – Title Line : Sahir Ludhianvi
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