JOURNEY WITH SAF ACADEMY

OUT OF GOLDEN TIME- PART 3

Sid grabbed Monami's arm and started taking her outside. He was not in the condition to exactly explain what had happened. Kabir and Monami both ran out of the room with Sid. They were running through the corridors.Probably racing against time. They reached the dispensary, all the cadets had gathered there along with Sanjana and Bantaji. Sanjana threw all of them out. 

' bahar niklo saare ke saare' she shouted. 
Now the room only had Kabir, Monami, Sanjana and Dilbaaghi who was struggling for his life. Sanjana stood at one corner and Banta ji made a call to the ambulance. But reaching the hospital would take him an hour due to morning traffic. 

Monami and Kabir looked at each other like asking for each other's confirmation. 

' Sanjana, humare pass itna time nahi hai ' Monami said, trying to explain.

' Hume operation abhi shuru karna padega ' kabir completed. 
' Monami hum tumhe iss baat ki ijaazat na de sakto hai. Ye humare haath me nahi hai '. Monami knew Sanjana would not allow her to do anything unless she gets an order. She grabbed her arm and took her at the door of the dispensary and said, 

' Tum apna kaam karo, hum apna kaam karenge ' and pushed her out of the room and closed the door. 

Sanjana ran up to report it to Batra sir but before that a report had to be made to Karan. But how? She could not knock on the door. She ran back to the dispensary and started banging on the locked room. 

' Monami, tum rules tod rahi ho' she shouted. 
' Monami, hum bina permission ke tumhe continue karne nahi de sakto hai' she kept banging. 

Banta ji notifies her that the ambulance may take time to come. Meanwhile, Kabir sterilized all the equipment and Monami started wearing gloves and mask. She turned on the monitor and Kabir started giving CPR. Five minutes ago, he would have died at the thought of touching another patient, but within 5 minutes he made another life changing decision. He decided to save someone. No matter the outcome, he was willing to do it. Because he had another doctor by his side. 
( further conversation is just between Kabir and Monami ) 

A small pulse returns and they immediately turn on the monitor. Monami attached the defibrillator and charged it. Kabir stopped CPR and moved away. The first charge was of 50 joules. The next charge was of 100 joules. They turned off the defibrillator and started with the manual CPR again. Kabir was sweating by this time. He would count till fifty pumps and then start again. All this happening with speed and accuracy. Kabir stepped aside once again and Monami said, 
 ' Charge, Shoot! ' while charging the defibrillator to 150 joules. Finally the heartbeat returned.  They immediately injected the general anesthesia.They had overcome the first cardiac arrest. Both sighed in relief. But it did not end here. Kabir also put on his mask and gloves and picked up his scalpel. He looked at Monami and said, 
' We will start the operation of this patient. CABG ( Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ). 
Leading Surgeon, Dr. Kabir. Assisting surgeon, Dr. Monami ' he said while holding the scalpel and looking at Monami. Monami closed her eyes for a second, she breathed again and opened her eyes and said, 

' Let's save him, Dr. Kabir '. 
All this while only 20 minutes had passed from the time when Monami was convincing Kabir to check on Dilbaaghji. 

AFTER 4.5 HOURS 

' Cut!' Kabir commanded as the leading Surgeon. 

' Cut!' Monami repeated after cutting the string used for suture. They had replaced 4 blood vessels of total and also removed some blood clots. Thankfully, there was not much blood loss and the graft was neat and clean. Kabir puts down his scalpel and looks at the unconscious Dilbaaghji. He sighs. But the feeling exhilarated him. Picking up a scalpel after 3 years, it felt like his hands needed no practice, they were trained to do this. For months and years. They looked at the time and quickly completed closing the graft. 

The door of the dispensary opens and both Monami and Kabir walk out. They take off their masks, and Kabir instructs Monami to tell the good new, 

' Dilbaaghji thik hai. Operation successful tha! ' she says with a proud smile. All the cadets cheer up at hearing this. Sumanji and Sid come forward to hug Monami but she shows a hand. 
' Mujhe pehle nahana chahiye! ' she said taking off her headband that was full of sweat. Kabir laughed at listening to this and Sumanji moved away but Sid hugged her anyways. Sanjana was relieved to hear this but she had to tell Monami what was going to happen. Monami looked at Sanjana who was lost in thought and walked up to her, 

' I am sorry, lekin uss waqt mere liye priority thi Dilbaaghji ki jaan bachana ' she said. 

' Monami, Batra Sir aane walo hai . Karan sirji aur Faizi sirji bhi aate honge. Huhh....Dilbaaghji ki jaan bachaane ke laane thankyou keh raho hai par... par shayad koi problem hogi ' she said looking tensed and Monami understood. 

All the other cadets had gathered around Kabir asking him about being a doctor and stuff. 

Monami breathes realising that consequences had to be faced. Sanjana would also be held responsible for this act. She was supposed to keep academy activities in control. But things escalated out of hand in her presence. A report would be made and every single senior involved or uninvolved would be made to answer questions. Also Kabir and Monami's medical career was hanging by a thread now. That's the cost of saving one life. 

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN KARAN COMES BACK TO THE ACADEMY??
HOW WILL MR. BATRA HOLD THE DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE??
WILL MONAMI BE SUSPENDED??

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