A visit to a
hospital is an experience in itself. During the last summer, one of my friends
met with an accident. He was admitted in the Services Hospital. Once I paid a
visit to him. in this way I also visited the whole of the hospital.
As I entered the hospital. I saw people coming and
going. I went to the inquiry office and inquired about the wards. First of all
visited the surgical ward. I saw patients lying silently on their beds. Some of
the patients had their arms and legs bandaged and plastered. I also saw ho a
nurse and a doctor were attending on them. These two persons were very
sympathetic. The doctor was directing the nurse to give them necessary
medicines. His way of talking was itself very consoling. Calm and quiet were
prevailing in the whole ward.
Then I went to the medical ward. I saw some of the
patients lying on their beds very pensively. From their faces I guessed their
pathetic plight. They all seemed to be disgusted with their disease. In the
meanwhile the doctor took a round of that ward. The other members of the stall
were also accompanying him. The doctor was enduring about the welfare of the
patients one by one. He listened. Very sympathetically to the troubles of the
patients. He was also giving injections to some of the patients. To others, he
gave a dose of medicine or mixture.
Then I turned to the operation theater. Outside the
theater I saw patients to be operated upon lying on the stretchers. The
corridor presented a very calm and quick look.
some of the people after recovering from their
illness were squatting in the lawns of the hospital. They were playing cards
and chess. They were enjoying themselves on the grassy lawns, while some of the
people were going home after recovering completely from their illness. They’
were in delightful moods.
The entire hospital presented to me a very gloomy
look. The plight of the patients and the seriousness of -the prevailing
atmosphere touched me. The behavior of the doctors and nurses was worthy of
commendations. They acted most wisely and ably in handing the problems of the
patients. The patients in turn were also. Happy with their sympathetic behavior
then came out of the hospital. There was a world of difference between the
atmosphere which prevailed outside and inside the hospital.