Emergency Ward

Sourabh messaged me, " Leave".

I had to reach the hospital in 15 minutes.

I reached the hospital but couldnt find the exact location in such a huge campus. I called up Sourabh for directions to the Emergency Ward. I reached there parked the car and met him, he said we had to go to the 3rd floor. I saw people climbing the stairs, but I had seen a lift. I preferred waiting for it. I was like who uses staircases when you got a lift. Me and Nirav entered the lift and came out of immediately. We just couldnt take the smell, the strong smell of blood and the typically strong smell of the hospitals. 

We went by stairs.

Ward after ward searching for him. Almost everyone in the male ward where top naked because of the heat and the dampness in the air. Some people were moaning in their sleep out of pain. 

Finally we saw him.

He was wearing a navy blue "Bangkok" typo tshirt and a grey trackpant with black strips. He looked as if he hadnt taken a bath since a month or more. He looked much thinner than before. I was wondering if he was trying to compete with me. He dint smile like before. He was silent. He was strongly controlled, controlled from within. Fans were rotating just for the heck of it. 

There was no water, just a bucket full and thats it. 

 He was still not having much expressions, just a faint smile, you can hardly notice that before it is gone. 

We moved all the blue-brown files from his table opened the box and gave a knife in his hand and said

"Happy Birthday, Manish"

P.S.: After cutting the cake, we cleaned our hands with the cotton gauges as there were no towels or even a piece of cloth anywhere.

If someone asks me who is your first friend you have memories of, the name would be Manish. Things are very different now, but deep in my heart I still love him and respect him a lot. 

By the way, Manish is Dr. Manish Jawarkar. He is on a night shift from last 2 months, lives in a small room in the hospital premises itself. To become a doctor, takes so much from you. So Much!

From today, I would say... I respect him more! I love you brother. 


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