Dr.Min : That girl? Where did you see her?
Dr.Ban : At the hospital earlier. I am not sure though, if it was really her.
The female doctor reposed to her seat in a silent sigh.
Dr.Min : Well, I think you shouldn't be too sure. Didn't you say, you couldn't even see her face properly that day?
Dr.Ban : Right. I might be wrong.
Dr.Min studied his expressions and could feel that he was upset, recalling the past. A past that was too inevitable to not think back.
Dr.Min : Still worried about her? It's been five years from that case now.
Dr.Ban : I can't help, be. It wasn't her fault afterall. All I want is her alive and happy, wherever she is.
It was a silent ride from that moment on. But, Dr.Min felt the need to lighten the mood and divert his attention elsewhere. Thus, she drove out a conversation in a casual direction.
Dr.Min : How's work these days?
Maybe it was not the right topic then. A bad concoction of the painful past with a frustrating day spent, never led to something pleasant.
Dr.Ban : How would it be? Crazy medications and lost souls. Where, most just need a direction to walk in. But they want to take up the bus and run aimless wherever it takes. Not realizing that the fare is costing them far more than they can afford.
Dr.Min : Bus being the medicines, fare are the side effects?
Dr.Ban : Thanks.
He glanced at her with a content that she could always catch on his analogy. Little did he realize, Dr.Min has been unconsciously trained over the years by him. She lightly smiled at his gratitude and reserved the bicker for a later address.
Dr.Min : What can you possibly do though? When common people are ignorant themselves. As a physician, you can simply provide them with your best advice. Taking it, is again upto them.
Dr.Ban : I know. It is just so upsetting to have such patients almost daily.
Dr.Min : Well, aren't you a Psychologist in disguise? Just to serve the purpose of talk therapy.
Dr.Ban : Sure, but not every patient is as flexible as the other. It wouldn't take them seconds to change consultants. And it's honestly morbid, when you feel good to see your patients coming in for the next session. The relief, that they came back to you again, is sickening.
His words were prompting the female doctor, that he must've had a stressful day at work. At that point, she realized that silence may have been the better option.
Dr.Ban : People come to me just with a hope to get a bunch of tranquilizers and sedatives. They think, their lifestyle is too busy to waste time talking out their feelings. And assume lying unconscious during the nights would do the job just right.
Listening to his exasperation, Dr.Min changed her views again. Feeling, that he needed that space to vent out. Thus, she quietly listened to him.
Dr.Ban : They opt to instant suppression, instead of applying to slow but possible permanent cure. And half of the mass don't even have the confidence to come out and at least walk to a doctor.
Dr.Min could see the truth playing in her conscience at his words. One couldn't agree less for how shunned and neglected mental health was in today's taxing competition.
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