That's a view from one of the many corridors of the Lady Goschen Hospital, where i'm posted presently,for my OBG postings..Somehow i really really like it. especially that well in the corner. i took it while it was pouring, ofcourse that isn't obvious in the pic- but trust me it was the best thing in the scenery at the time! Saw four c-sections back to back the other day in the OT. it kind of saddened me not to see even a faint smile on the mother's face. i don't think their senses were that numbed, seeing that they were just given spinal anesthesia.. somehow a birth always seemed to be associated with unparallel joy and...a flood of untangible emotions..courtesy of movies and books. thus, this cold atmosphere that didn't have the faintest feel of a celebration,disheartened me... In the words of my expectant aunt; "Pregnancy is highly over-rated!" :) However, the procedure in itself, just to watch,is pretty humbling (only the first few births, after that u start hoping the surgeon would just hurry up with the slicing n suturing!) the vision of tht black hair covered head in the abdomen, accompanied by the oozing of blood and amniotic fluid, and the 4-5 people directly involved in pulling it out of a 10 cm incison, is good enough to leave you gaping -its a good thing we wear masks within the OT.. It rains a lot in Mangalore. A lot. that's what i love most about the place...During the monsoon the entire place is awash..and that happens like 2-3 times in a day! From buldings,to roads, to the trees, billboards, the stray cats and dogs, you,me,and everything else...
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