The OT Dress Protest

This happened in the operation theatre (OT) of a Government Medical College in Rajasthan, but not in Kota.

It is frequently the problem in many OTs that the OT dress/ OT scrubs get torn and ragged, usually due to strong detergent used to clean them of blood and other stains and due to the hot sterilization process.

A Professor of Surgery got some torn and ragged OT dress to wear continuously for three-four times in a row. By the time the Professor of Surgery used to come to the OT all the good pieces of the OT clothes used to get selected by the residents and other staff coming to OT early. The professor finally got angry and warned the OT in-charge head-nurse, that he better get OT dress in good condition the next he comes to OT or else.

When next time the Professor came to the OT and got out of his normal clothes to change in the OT dress, he again, found sub-standard OT clothes waiting for him in the Doctor’s Changing Room.

The professor called out from inside the Changing Room to the In-charge Nurse having her room adjacent to the changing room, “Sister, please send quickly some OT clothes in good condition for me to change and go to the OT, as I am getting late for the operation.”

The in-charge nurse heard him in the adjacent room and shouted back, “Sir, Please wait. I will send someone with good OT clothes shortly.”

After a few minutes when the new OT clothes did not reach the Professor of Surgery, he shouted slightly angrily now, “Sister, I had warned you last time to arrange some proper OT clothes for me. I am getting late, send the OT clothes immediately or I will have to take some action.” The in-charge again shouted back, “Please Sir, have patience, I am arranging for the OT clothes.”

After waiting a further minute or so when the good OT dress did not arrive in the Changing Room, the Professor got up and calmly walked out of the changing room towards the Operation theatre in his underwears.

As expected, a furore broke out in the OT at the sight of the senior surgeon walking towards the theatre in only his underwears. The in-charge nurse rushed to the professor and begged him to go back to the Changing room and assured him that he will get his OT dress immediately there.

The professor walked back to the Changing room and magically in few seconds, the OT clothes appeared. And he never had the problem of OT clothes ever again.

(Based on true incident)

— ND
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DISCLAIMER: This article is intended only for fun purpose. The author does not promote or recommend any behaviour illustrated here or claim it to be useful. Use of the information herein is at you one's own risk. Before trying to emulate or follow anything the reader is well advised to take into account ethical, moral, legal and other considerations. The author recommends that Medical Education should be of the highest ethical and moral level keeping in mind the interest of the patient as foremost and according to MCI and other Board’s norm. 

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