This incident occurred around 15 - 20 years ago. Dr. Prem Kumar (Fictional Name) was a famous surgeon of Udaipur City. He had a large house in which he had converted a portion into a small operation theatre with a three bedded ward. He used to perform small operation there in addition to major cases he used to operate in the hospital to which he was attached.
Dr. Prem Kumar’s entire family was going for a trip of around one week. He did not want to leave his house unattended and asked few of his friends to arrange some guard to look after the house and water the garden in their absence. Unfortunately, he could not find a guard who will stay in the house for the week at the reasonable rate.
When he came back from the trip his friends asked him whether he was able to arrange a guard for the house and at what rate. Dr. Prem replied, “I arranged two guards to stay and look after my house for Rs. 3000.” Please note, as this occurred 15 - 20 years ago, it will be around Rs 8,500 today after with adjusting for the inflation.
“It appears a tad expensive compared to the ongoing rates.” remarked his friend. “Also, why did you hire two guards when one would have been enough and you could have saved some money?” inquired his friend.
With a smile, Dr. Prem Kumar told, “You don’t get it. It did not pay them a single paise (cent). It is they who paid me Rs 3000!”
“What!” exclaimed his friend. “How is that possible?”
Dr. Prem Kumar explained, “Just 2 days before we were going to leave, a patient suffering from an inguinal hernia came for operation. He was accompanied by his brother. As he had some family problem, he wanted to get operated urgently so that he could go back to his village early. He paid me Rs. 3000 to do the operation in my home-cum-hospital."
"Being a fit man, the patient was up and about the very next day. I started him on oral tablets and explained that I have to go out of the city for urgent work. The patient and his brother can stay in the ward on their own and I will cut his stitches after coming from the trip. I locked the residential and the operation theatre portion of the house leaving the ward open. The patient with his brother stayed in the ward on their own taking good care of the house. I gave them the number of my resident to contact in case of an emergency. And the house was well cared of in my absence, much better if I had hired some security guard in my absence.”
In the good old days if the patient blindly trusted doctors, then the reverse was also true. Even the doctors had a high trust in patients. Dr. Prem Kumar did not hesitate to leave his house in the care of ‘strangers’ as they were his patient.
(Based on true incident)
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