I would like
to narrate my today’s experience when I felt that God is always there for the
devotees to help. Here is the incident:
Background
One of my teeth
was aching for the last 4 to 5 days. Hence I consumed medicines from the
medical store with consultation of the medical shop owner. Normally many people
do like this. But as the problem could not be solved, I decided yesterday to
visit the hospital today that is on Tuesday.
Things to worry
These days,
due to Covid 19 pandemic, it is very risky to visit a hospital so that I should
not get infected. Secondly, the said tooth had cavity and one side wall of it
had broken one year ago. Hence, this tooth was often aching since last one year
on several occasions. But I was tackling it with pain killer medicine. I mean
to say; today I was almost prepared that if doctor gives his nod, it is better
to get this tooth extracted. However, I know the extraction process is very
painful. I had experienced it long ago when I had extracted another tooth.
Thirdly, I was setting out for the hospital alone as nobody else was there to
go with me. So, in case I would faint, there is hardly any solution.
Today’s episode
Although I
could not sleep yesterday properly, I became ready to visit the Hospital by 10
am. I was frightened for many things. I entered the God’s room in our house,
paid my obeisance and prayed Durga Maa. There were a lot of negative probabilities
that I was going to face and nobody can help out if really things turn worst
the way I was thinking. So, I prayed to Durga Maa – I am going to the hospital
because that cannot be stopped now. Please provide me blessings so that everything
gets executed properly.
At the hospital
Blessings
poured in. I reached the hospital without any problem. Long ago I had visited
the Dental ward of Hi-Tech hospital in Bhubaneswar. But today I found it
without any problem.
Even right
at the front of the entrance, I got a place to park my vehicle. Now I entered.
The place was so lonely I thought whether it is closed? But no. A nurse was
sitting. She did the basic tests to check whether I am Covid affected or not. Everything
was fine.
The blessing
here was -- I was the only person there to be checked in such a big hospital.
Then, she asked
me to deposit the fees. Another blessings -- The fee was Rs.10 only.
At the Dental Ward
The nurse
rose from her seat and led me to the dental ward directly which seldom happens.
I found, the ward had been sanitized and every person there had worn enough gears
as precautionary measures to keep Covid away. This was another blessing. I was
the only patient in the whole ward for which two junior doctors and one senior
doctor checked me. They went through a discussion among themselves in medical
language and informed me --- the tooth should be extracted, but we are sending
you to the Conservative department. They will see whether the tooth can be
tackled properly without extraction or not. Exactly I was thinking this way. If
it could be saved, I should opt for it, of course, not with the cost of a
prolonged dental issue that involves pain.
At the Conservative Dept
I went to
the Conservative department. There, the expert senior doctor was operating a
patient. And the attendant lady asked me to wait. I asked, whether it will take
long. She said yes, not before half an hour. I requested to tell the doctor to
just check me, if then she will need hours, I am ready to wait. In the
meanwhile the said senior lady doctor got irritated a little bit and directly said
to me, “I am doing a work here. Once I completely finish it then will check
you. You just sit there.” I had no other option but to carry out what she said.
The blessings
started again. From somewhere a male doctor who had worn PPE came in and the
attendant lady called me for the examination. Now, he checked me and even, for
confirmation, showed the X ray of the tooth to the senior lady doctor and
discussed with her. Both of them happily discussed my case and he asked another
junior doctor to explain me what they decided about my case.
Back at the Dental ward
The junior
lady doctor explained me in detail. The zest was it is better to extract the
tooth. Accordingly, like she said I came to the earlier ward and intimated them
about it. They asked me whether I have eaten anything. I said no. They advised
me to have something from the canteen. I asked, so today only I am going to get
the tooth extracted? They said yes. I asked -- are you guys will not do the
blood tests like BT CT etc, that I have experienced earlier in a Govt hospital?
They now asked me whether I have diabetes, or do my blood takes long to clot. I
denied both. So they said then you ready for the extraction because you don’t
have diabetes and your blood clotting timing is ok.
At the Canteen
Now, like
they had advised, I went to the canteen to have some food. When I was taking
the food, I was very much frightened to face the extraction of tooth. But there
was no other way.
At the Surgery Dept
I visited
the dental surgery ward and handed over the documents to the junior doctors
present there. Soon, they asked me to pay a fees and the process began.
Extraction of the tooth
A junior
doctor extracted the tooth after applying all the precautionary measures in my
mouth. I was satisfied. But a small piece was still left to be extracted which
he actually could not do. It was tough but I could not feel, because they had
applied local anesthesia.
The interesting senior doctor
Now, their
senior took over and executed the task perfectly. I recall, he was also humming
a song when he was extracting the small piece of tooth. Both he and I knew, it
was tough, but he was humming to make the situation normal and I really enjoyed
it. Here the blessing was -- there were about 10 to 12 people including junior
doctors, paramedic staff and a senior doctor. The Blessings was -- I was the
only patient there and all these people were working for me. Everything
finished with ease and I returned home riding the vehicle myself.
Bottom line
People, who
think the way I think, can feel my excitation about how Durga Maa had arranged
everything with perfection. It was like; such a big hospital, where they serve
hundreds of patients in the Dental section every day, was waiting only for me
to serve. Is it not a big blessing by Durga Maa? I truthfully narrated in
detail what I felt today. If anybody asks me about proof etc, I cannot give.
But I believe, people are still there who shall understand this episode.
Lastly, I will owe to Durga Maa forever for all the help She provided me today.
Jay Mata Di.
