Patriotic intolerance
“Prolixity is not alien to us. We love to talk at length”- Amartya Sen, the Argumentative Indian. “ How do we make somebody love us? Welcome to my world son!”- Bruce Amighty(2003) Hospital is a very professional place. It has personnel super specialised to do just what they are trained to do. Sometimes I feel they must be winners of the notmyjob.com annual award. The staffs are just concerned about their own aspect of care, in some instances passionately complying with protocols, than common sense. The anesthetists want to leave on time. The surgeons just want to operate without optimising other issues with the patient. For the bone doctor the only thing that matters is a fracture. Once during an emergency, the anesthetist, only as a futile exercise, enquired about the patient’s chest. ‘We are orthopedicians doctor! We don’t listen to the chest,’ came a sincere reply over the bleep. On another occasion, the anesthetist curiously asked about the general condition of the