In the good old days, the junior residents could not think of disobeying their faculty members and senior residents. They used to follow their instructions literally, i.e. word to word. But some junior residents even then would find ways to avoid breaking the rules and still getting their way.
Dr. CK Banner (Fictional Name) came to do junior residency in the department of surgery, AIIMS, New Delhi. While the other junior residents (JRs) were in their twenties, Dr. CK Banner was in his forties, as he came after working as a medical officer for many years. Quite naturally he was not as physically fit as the other JRs in the unit.
The junior residents were expected to stay in the Operation theatre (OT) on their OT days. At the most, they can sit in the resident’s changing room which was just near the OT on the same floor so they can be called immediately if required.
Dr. Banner was on the 24-hour call duty the day just before the OT. In the middle of the day, with the permission of the senior resident, he went to the resident’ changing room, as he was not immediately required for assistance in the operations going on.
After some time the need for an extra hand was felt and the senior resident asked the hospital assistant – orderly to call Dr. Banner from the resident’s room. This was the days before the advent of the mobile phone. The orderly went and reported back that he could not find Dr. Banner in the resident’s room.
After 1-2 hours Dr. Banner came into the OT. The senior resident and other junior residents demanded where was he? Dr. CK Banner replied, “I was in the resident’s room.”
A few days later again Dr. Banner with the permission of the senior resident, went to rest in the resident’s changing room. Again when he was needed the orderly could not find him in the resident’s room. This time, they widened the search but could not find him in other OTs or in the ward or duty room one floor below the OT.
When Dr. Banner appeared after some time, the senior resident asked him sternly, “Dr. Banner, where you had disappeared when you were needed here in the OT?”
Dr. Banner replied, “Sir, I was in the resident’s room. If you had called me from there I would have come immediately.”
“I did send one hospital’s orderly to call you,” countered the senior resident. “He could not find you in the resident’s room.”
“I swear Sir,” protested Dr. Banner, “I was in the resident’s room only”. Not wishing to hurt a person senior to him in age, the senior resident let the matter end there only.
Sometimes later when again Dr. Banner could not be located by the hospital’s orderly in the resident’ room, the senior resident asked the other junior residents to go and check thoroughly the resident’s changing room so that he could confront Dr. Banner regarding his disappearing trick.
The junior residents checked the changing room and they could not find Dr. Banner anywhere. When they were just going outside the room they heard the sound of snoring. On following the sound, they found Dr. Banner sleeping on the floor hidden below the sofa in the changing room.
Dr. CK Banner (Fictional Name) obeyed the senior residents’ orders to stay available in the resident’s changing room, at the same time using a creative way to catch some much-needed sleep also.
— ND
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