The hospital was a general hospital. It had only the basic but not much of higher facilities or equipments.
Dipika and Neha came to the ICU door. On the way Dipika removed her coat and gave to her Neha. A lot of questions were in both of their eyes, for which they knew the answers and also did not.
Dipika turns to go into the, when Neha catches her hand.
She had tears rolling down her eyes.
Neha:......... (opened her mouth but nothing came out).
Dipika:Ghabarao mat.Kaali maa hain.
Dipika gave Neha a hug. Who was giving whom an assure was not known, as they both gave each other a reassuring hug. A second only it lasted, as they knew the emergency.
Dipika nodded, wiped her tears. Looked at Shalini and Magan and indicated them to follow her and went inside.Shalini and Magan followed her.
By this time Ganesh, Shotgun, Boxer and Ajay had managed to remove his blood soaked coat, shirt and his belt to remove the pressure from his stomach.
Dipika looking at Aryan, rolling her sleeves neared him, to his right.
Dipika:(in a tear strained voice, checking at Aryan's wound) Boxer, Ajay tum log bahar jao.
Ajay:Hum yahein rehte hain.Koi madad chahiye to..?
Dipika:(checking the wound and not convinced of what she thought, bcoz the wound seemed very bad)Its okay Ajay. Waise bhi yahan rehne se kuch nahin hoga, tum Neha ke saath raho.Vo bahut tensed hai. Madad chahiye ho to mein zaroor bulaungee.
Boxer:Haan, mamu hum chalte hain.
Ajay:Take care.
Dipika:(gives a smile and nods)
Boxer and Ajay go outside. Neha sees them.They assure her and they wait outside.
Dipika:(Shalini se)Yahan sterilized gauzes,gloves aur instruments hain naa? Shalini:Haan madam, hain. Laayoon?
Dipika: Please aur jaldi.
Shalini: Theek hai madam. Abhi le aaye.
When Shalini came out,Neha tried stopping her to ask about Aryan.
Neha:Aryan..
Shalini:(interrupting with consideration)Madam, ab kuch nahin kaha ja sakta. Mein jaldi me hoon.Please...
Neha lets her go. Shalini smiles consolingly and hurries to get the needed.
Andar..
Ganesh: Dipika ji,wound bahut gahara hai.Waise bhi aap kya karna chahte hain? Doctor ke bina..?
Dipika:Mujhe pata hai.Ganesh aap ko bullet nikaalna aata hai na.(in a sort of pleading voice) To aap koshish kyun nahin karte? Bullet nikaalne se aada kathra tal jaayega. Phir hum Aryan ko jaldi se bade hospital le chalenge. Atleast he can hold on till then.
Ganesh:Dipika ji. Aap kya keh rahin hain? Haath ya pair ho tho alag baath hai. Goli pet me lagi hai. Ye bahut riski hai.
Shotgun:Haan Dipika, tumhi dekho. Lagta hai goli bahut gahara gaya hai. Shayad pet tak(meaning inside organ) ..
Shalini had returned. Dipika, Shotgun and Ganesh took each pair of gloves and wore it. Dipika and Shotgun started to clean the wounds. Ganesh was helped them.
Dipika:(feeling helpless)Haan Shotgun, mujhe pata hai ye possible nahin. Sirf ek try tha. Atleast bleeding ko rokhna hoga.(looking up from the cleaning process) Shotgun yahan peptic solution to milega na? Ussse bleeding barah gante tak rukti hai, hai na. Woh try karte hain.(shocked)Aryan.....
Aryan had again started to take long breathes.
Dipika:(looking at Magan hurriedly)Jaldi se oxygen mask lao.
Magan hurries to the nearby shelf to get the mask.
Dipika:(to Ganesh) Oxygen cylinder.
Ganesh looked around. He knew there must be an oxygen cylinder in an ICU. He goes and gets the oxygen cylinder kept in the corner of the ICU.
Dipika:Nurse, saline bottle jaldi se ready karna.
Shalini hurries to shelf.
Ganesh and Shotgun immediately fix the mask over Aryan's mouth.
The nurse fixes the saline in the saline hanger. Meanwhile Dipika, taking the nedle from Shalini injects the needle into Aryan's left hand.
Aryan's breathing becomes stable.
Seeing the ECG*, she takes the tags and fixes it on his chest.Checks Aryan's pulse and is satisfied a little. Sighs a relief sigh.
Dipika:Nurse, kya yahan peptic solution hai?
ShaliniNahin madam woh solution yahan nahin hai.
Shotgun:Dipika, yeh ek general hospital hai. Waise sophisticated solutions yahan nahin milenge.
Dipika:(worries)Ab kya karein? Atleast wound ko clean karke dress kar dethe hain. Bleeding zyada hone se pehle,Aryan ko jaldi bade hospital le chalte hain.
Shotgun:Dipika, main ek koshish kar sakta hoon. Tumhe amino aceticia solution pata hai, woh bleeding ko rokta hai na. Lekin woh sirf teen gante kaam karta aur zara harmful hai, skin ke liye. Hum sirf ek baar use kar sakte hain, tab tak to Nasik pahunch jayenge.
Dipika:(widenining her eyes as if she saw a treasure,smiling)Haan, tum use jaldi se tayar karo. Uskeliye common medicinal solutions hi use hota hai na. Vo zaroor yahan milenge.
Shotgun:Haan..Mein jaldi karta hoon.(to Magan) Yahan chemical testing lab to hai na.
Magan:Haan saab. Paas he ka kamra hai.
Shotgun:Jaldi chalo.
They both go outside.
Neha is sitting on the chair with hands on her head. Ajay is leaning on the wall with a hand on Neha's shoulder. Boxer is walking here and there(chakkar maar raha hai).
Shotgun sees them. Boxer is walking with his back towards the ICU, so does not see Shotgun. Ajay takes his hand, hurriedly, off Neha's shoulder to speak to Shotgun. Neha looks up and gets up from the chair seeing him. He nods and hurrriedly goes onto the room nearby.
Neha sits back vexed and Ajay goes back to his position. Boxer on his return walk sees Shotgun disappearing into the nearby room.
Boxer:(to Ajay) Shotgun kahan ja raha hai?
ICU ke andar...
Aryan ka ECG meter.Shows that his heartbeat is very feeble.
Dipika:Nurse, injection ready karo.
The nurse nodded. She knew her work, so she knew what injection must be given for such cases. Shalini gets the injection ready.
Dipika:(to Aryan)Aryan, hold yourself. Please,..... mujhe(stopping) huh..hum sabko dokha mat dena.
Shalini gives injection to Aryan. Dipika once again checks the ECG, Aryan's pulse and saline.Dipika removes her gloves.
Dipika: (to Ganesh)Take care. Abhi aati hoon.
Meanwhile in the nearby room...
Shotgun sees the shelves of solutions and starts searching for the three solutions he wants. He gets them and starts making the solution.Does some tests and is satisfied.
Dipika comes out..
Neha:(hurriedly)Dipika, kya hua. Bahut wait karvaya. What happened? Aryan theek to hai na?
Dipika:Neha, vo ab tak to theek hai. Shotgun bleeding ko rokhne ka solution tayar kar raha hai. Boxer, jaldi se Recepionist se poochkar, ambulance ko tayar karo. Hume Aryan ko ambulance se hi le jaana padega. Oxygen cylinder, saline sab kuch le jaana hai. .
Boxer nods and hurries off towards the reception.
Dipika:Ajay, tum bhi reception jao. Us Receptionist se poochkar sare formalities poora karna. Uske register me sign karna aur SS ka number de dena. Humari vajah se use problem mein nahin fasna chahiye.
Ajay:(hesitently)Theeeeeek..hai.
Nods at Neha and leaves.
Dipika:Neha....
She starts to say something when Shotgun comes outside hurriedly.Seeing Dipika he stops. Shows her the solution and nods with a victorious smile. Dipika too smiles, looks at Neha, nods reassuringly and goes inside. Neha closes her eyes and prays to God.
Andar....
Dipika immediately wears her gloves, soaks the solution in a gauze cotton and places it on the wound. There is a light sizzle and the bleeding reduces. Dipika, Shotgun and Ganesh are happy.
Dipika:Magan, jaldi se ek stretcher lao.
Dipika places a sterilized gauze and starts dressing the wound. Ganesh helps her by lifting Aryan, to tie the bandage around his stomach.
Dipika:(dressing the wound)Shotgun, extra saline bottle, oxygen cylinder aur gauzes lena. Raaste me zaroorat pad sakta hai.Nurse, unhe sab kuch de dena.
Shotgun removes his gloves and places it on a table nearby. Shalini takes Shotgun to the last room on the left side of the ICU. Outside Shotgun smiles at Neha, pats her on her shoulders and follows Shalini. It is a repository room and Shotgun takes the needed. Shalini rolls the oxygen cylinder to the ICU.Shotgun carries the gauzes and saline. He gives them to Neha.
Neha:Shotgun, kya hua?
Shotgun:Neha, ise pakdo. Hume ise le jaana hai. Aryan ka bleeding rookh gaya hai, lekin temporarily. Isse pehle uski tabiyat aur bigad jaye, hum use Nasik hospital le ja rahein hain.Tum yahein raho mein abhi aaya.
Neha face clears of all doubts and shows relief. She thanks God.
* ECG-Engiocardiogram-A machine to read heart beats.
Edited by maha_prakrti - 17 years ago
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