humor in white coat-Part 2

Dear Diary,

Festival season, festive mood, high spirits, happy faces, everything is full of life , blooming, blossoming.

A little humor will add the much required flavor.

(Disclaimer:  This post is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to anyone is purely co-incidental).

Case Scenario 6 (Oozing with smartness kinds)

Patient walks in for ultrasound examination of abdomen. Staff helps the patient lie down, requests the upper clothing to be rolled up and to loosen the belt and lower

A casual reminder to the staff to expose the part to be examined properly, as scanning will be done of the exposed part only.

Never in my wildest dreams thought, patient was intently listening.

Silently,the patient gets up, removes his shirt and lower and to everyone,s surprise, lies on the examination table only in his boxer shorts ( ONLY ! Imagine the shocked faces of doctor and staff,  .

Alas ! my good lord, what happened? No one asked the patient to undress.

Patient (smiling in an unusually irritating smart way ) : I overhead you doctor that only exposed part will be examined. Now ,will you do my whole body scan.”

Doctor (thinking hey bhagwan! uthha le mujhe types internally but saintly expression externally), Please, this is not how it goes. We will do the part as requested.

Patient sobers down, in pensive mood , Ohh k ! I am sorry, dresses back and lies down for his abdominal study.

Pin drop silence in the room……for next 15 minutes

Case Scenario 7 ( VVV* IP patient)

Patient pulls out minimum 4 different slips from different doctors requesting for concession. Meanwhile, concerned doctor receives 3-4 calls with the same message that the patient is known to them with a tagline, “ Dekh lena please “

Doctor gets up from his seat, bows , folds his hands and says softly,” I think I owe you a payment from my pocket. Thanks for so many request slips and phone calls for such a simple thing. I am indebted to you now.

(Internally, thoughts are churning , iss sab ki kya zaroorat thee, ek simple investigation ke liye, khud hi request karr leta mere bhai”)

I pray to God for patience and sanity.

Case Scenario 8 ( Frozen in time type -patient).

Patient ,s response after being asked for payment , “Abhi to karwaya thaa doso-teenso mein, fees kuch zayada nahin hai kya ? “

Doctor asks calmly, “ Kab karwaya thaa? “

Patient scratching his head and thinking , “ Yahi, koi….. chhe aath mahine pehle “

Doctor with Gautam Buddha,s smile, “ Not possible “.

Patient (with iffs & buts expression) “ Thoda zaayda der ho gaye hogi pandrah bees saal pehle !”

Doctor responds, “ Chacha! Itne mein to main bachche se jawaan aur aap jawaan se buddhe ho gaye ho ! “

Patient slowly slitheringly pulls out (it seems some invisible glue is stuck to currency note and purse), the exact payment with eyes rolled up to roof , “ Hmm, sahi kaha, mahanagye badhh gayi hai, abb aapne bhi to ghar chalana hai  .”

Keep smiling, keep reading, keep sharing. Humorous anecdistes from daily life of a doctor.

Take Care,

Juju