Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Humor in Uniform – Second Opinion

HUMOR IN UNIFORM

My Hilarious Encounters with “Fauji” Doctors – SECOND OPINION

THE MILITARY DOCTOR AND HIS CIVILIAN DOCTOR WIFE
A Spoof
By
VIKRAM KARVE

This happened around 31 years ago  in the mid 1980’s – at IAT Girinagar Pune.

I had newly arrived in station – IAT was an inter-service training establishment  but it was run in typical Army style.

During my evening walk  I saw a crowd of young student officers and families sitting on the lawns of the house of our unit Medical Officer (MO).

“So  Doc is having a party  is it...?” I shouted to them.

“No, Sir. We are waiting to see the doctor for medical treatment...” they said.

I was impressed.

I had thought that our Medical Officer (MO) was a typical “fauji” doctor.

But  I was impressed to see that he seemed to be such a good doctor  that patients were going to his house in the evening for consultation and treatment.

And – our unit Medical Officer seemed so sincere – that he had started an evening OPD at home for their convenience.

“That’s great. I did not know that our unit MO sees patients at home,” I said.

A student officer looked at me and said: “Sir  we have not come to see the unit MO. He is a useless good-for-nothing doctor. We have come to see his wife. She is an excellent doctor who works in XXX Hospital  the best hospital in Pune. In the evening  she does her private practice here at her home  and everyone comes to see her – of course – she charges quite a lot  but then  she is a really good doctor.”

Yes  she was a really good doctor.

Once  a young officer got a strange cough.

During his morning run  in the expansive picturesque campus  he would suddenly get a spasm of cough  so severe  that it was almost like a convulsion.

He would sit down  terminate his run  walk home  and drink water  and take rest.

For the rest of the day  he would be okay.

These fits of cough happened only in the mornings during his runs  and – while jogging in the open.

The officer reported to the unit Medical Officer (MO) in the MI Room.

On hearing the symptoms  the Army MO immediately concluded that it was Asthma  and  the unit MO referred the officer to the Specialist at Command Hospital (CH) Pune.

The officer was due for his sea time immediately after the course.

His fellow officers scared the shit out of the officer  by putting all sorts of fears in his mind.

They said  that if he went to the Specialist for Asthma  he would be subjected to all sorts of tests and examinations  and  the Specialists at CH would surely downgrade his Medical Category.

Now  if his Medical Category was downgraded  that would be the end of his sea time  and his Naval career would be badly affected.

The officer’s wife advised the officer  that before he went to the “Fauji” Specialist at the Military Hospital  it would be better if they took a “second opinion” from the doctor’s wife (the lady doctor who practiced at home).

In the evening  the worried asthma afflicted officer went to the doctor’s wife.

The doctor’s wife  the civilian lady doctor  she heard him out  and she said: “Don’t worry – it is not asthma – it is just a seasonal allergy due to pollen from the congress grass which is abundant on the campus. This allergy happens to some people in spring. Just stop your morning runs for a month or two. Don’t go out in the open in the mornings. You will be okay. Once it is summer  you can start your morning outdoor exercise and running again.”

“Any medicines – any treatment...?” the officer asked.

“Nothing,” said the doctor’s wife (the civilian lady doctor) – and then – she advised the officer, “if you want just add some gavati chaha (lemon grass) to boiling water when you make tea in the morning – it will act as a placebo – there are plenty of gavati chaha bushes growing wild in the campus.”

Within a few days  the officer’s cough disappeared.

And soon  the moment the season changed  the officer was absolutely fit and fine – and  he started his morning runs again.

Of course  the officer scrupulously avoided going to the unit MO in the MI Room  during the remaining part of his course. 

And – at the end of the course – fit and fine – he went for his sea time”.

VIKRAM KARVE
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