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Docs don’t cry..

Under the Hippocratic Oath, a Doctor pledges to ensure ethical conduct.One of the outcomes of this oath happens to be emotional detachment towards patients.

When I came to Hyderabad with my Wife Sutapa , we started looking for a good gynaecologist, since we were planning a second child. Two of my colleagues praised one Dr D and her extraordinary abilities , so we decided to visit her.

Dr D’s chamber was full of patients and I wondered if she was good enou to justify the consultancy fee, which was rather expensive. When our turn came, we found that Dr D, who appeared to be in her fifties, was a simple , unassuming, bespectacled lady. She spoke encouragingly to us and suggested a few vitamins for my wife.

A few months later, Sutapa conceived, but during the second month of pregnancy, she was diagnosed with low lying placenta, and consequently Dr D advised her to rest as much as possible.Sutapa was eager to go to parents’ place in Vadodara, and on every visit, we would ask Dr D: ‘Can she go home now? Is the placenta condition any better?’

During 4th month ,Dr D said that placenta had moved up a bit but we should still avoid travelling. We pleaded that Sutapa wou get good care at her parents‘ place and there would be enough support to ensure her complete rest. After some persuasion, the doctor consented.

Within a few days of reaching Vadodara, Sutapa developed a condition known as placenta previa. Her placenta ruptured and she had to be hospitalised ; the baby had to be aborted. Sutapa was very weak,having lost a lot of blood.I rushed to Vadodara and brought her back, but the damage was done— she was broken, both mentally and physically.

There were days when we would just hold each other and cry; we tried to console ourselves and come to terms with our grief by playing with our son but all three of us were heartbroken.

We didn’t visit Dr D anymore, we did have a reason to.

But then one day, after 2months, we did visit her. She heard the whole story, sent me out of the room under the pretext of examining Sutapa and then she just held my wife and wept. Yes, renowned gynaecologist, boun to Hippocratic Oath , wept. Later , she called me in and said: ‘This is a challenge — I donot want to give you hope.Try again ,and I will be there by your side.’

Months passed. Sutapa conceived again. We started our regular visits to Dr D; she took great care and began prescribing vitamins and medicines to sustain the pregnancy. Again as luck would have it , her placenta was low and Dr D advised bed rest for Sutapa. I took over the household chores to ensure that she strict followed the doctor’s advice.

Once Sutapa entered the second trimester , Dr D announced that the placenta had moved up but still advised caution; this time we were careful to heed her words.

In the beginning of the ninth month ,Sutapa went to labour. Dr D did a quick ultrasound and announced that she needed a caesarean immediately.

After a few hours, while Sutapa was in deep slumber with the new born baby in a cot next to her, Dr D came into our room and said, ‘Now I am happy,I can go to the US.You know my daughter is also expecting but I was worried about Sutapa and didnt want to leave her in the care of other doctors.You see, I am going there as a mother, not as a doctor! I will leave you my email address so if you have any post pregnancy issues, please contact me.’

I wished her well and bade her goodbye, thankful to God for not only giving us a great doctor but a wonderful human being.

who said that doctors don’t cry?

This is a real story shared to us by Mr Sutirtha Saha..I thought of sharing this wonderful story with you as my first blog write up.

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