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Chapter 6

Shahzain

"Shahzain, Nurse Sadiya is calling for you." I jerked my face towards the owner of the voice with wide eyes. The voice I could recognize everywhere. It was Humera. She was speaking to me? Finally, after two months? Alhamdulillah!!

"Is it urgent?" I asked her since I am preparing the discharge sheets. Oh, right, we are currently doing our shift in general ward.

"I think so. Why?" She asked me. Her face was blank and void of any emotions.

"I have the discharge sheet to prepare so." I said to her.

"I will do it. You can go." She said taking the papers from my hand.

"Thanks, Era." I told her and walked to one of the rooms of the ward. The patient in bed 102 is a little girl who had an appendicitis surgery. She was brought to the general ward around last night.

"Hume injection nahi lagwana. Dard hogi. (I don't want injection. It will pain.)" The girl started crying loudly as soon as she saw me.

"Hey, hey, it won't. Nurse appi esa kaam karenge ki aapko pata bhi nahi chalega. Aapko dard nahi hoga. Aap to strong ho na? Itni badi surgery karke aayi hou. Toh ye chota sa syringe kuch bhi nahi karr payega. Aap to Allah ke bahadur bacche ho na toh ab rou toh nahi. (Nurse will do such a miraculous task that you won't even know. You will feel no pain. You are a strong girl, right? You came after doing such a big surgery then this small syringe is nothing for you. You are a brave child of Allah, aren't you? Don't cry please.)" I used my words to comfort her.

"You are a good girl." Nurse Nadiya patted the little girl's arm since she was able to give the little girl injection while I distracted her with my words.

"It's done?" The little girl looked at me with her teary eyes. I gave her a small smile and nodded. "Yes. You did it."

I walked out the room and saw Era standing there on the door way. "You were good with her."

I rubbed my neck in embarrassment. "I was rubbish at comforting her. I don't know how she believed my words."

She did not say anything further instead handed me the files with discharge sheet and walked inside the room. I looked at her with longing eyes. I wish she would retort like she used to while we were in school but maybe, that Era is gone. I need to stop having the false hope that the old Era would ever be back.

"There you are. I was searching for you." Aaliya said walking over to me. I gave her a formal smile and nodded. "Do you need anything?"

"Actually, I was hoping if we could go for lunch." She told. I gave her an unapologetic smile. "I am sorry, Aaliya but I can't accompany you. Why don't you ask someone else?"

I started walking to the front desk. "Come on, Shahzain, you also have not eaten anything. It will just take a few moments." Aaliya pestered me making me let out an irritated sigh.

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"Shahzain." Another voice cut me off before I could retort to Aaliya. I turned to see Humera coming towards me with a file and worried look on her face.

"There is something I need to show to Dr. Ishaan. Would you mind accompanying me?" Humera asked me.

I nodded at her and the two of us walked out of the ward to Dr. Ishaan's cabin. "What is the matter?" I asked her on the way.

Humera stopped in her track while walking down the hospital corridor and opened the file. "Look at this. This is the old report of the patient. They had done the check up in the hometown and this blue one is the new one. The latest one I received earlier."

I frown studying the two reports. "These two reports show completely different things, Era. Are you sure they are of the same patient?"

"100% sure." Humera was confident. "We need to show these to Dr. Ishaan. And the medications that man had used earlier, what if he faces the negative side effects?"

"You are right. This is a huge issue." I told her.

"I know. That's why I asked you to accompany me. You are someone I trust fully." She spoke. Her words erupted warm feelings inside me.

"Rayyan Bhai?" Humera suddenly whispered making me turn my head to where she was looking behind me. Rayyan Ali Khan, Humera's eldest cousin along with his wife were walking towards us.

We walked towards the couple.

"As salaam alaykum, Rayyan Bhai, Bhabhi." I greeted at them.

"Walaikum as salaam, Shahzain. How are you?" Rayyan Bhai asked me. I have always admired him. He is a great man.

"Alhamdullilah, all god, Bhai. But how come you are here? Is everything okay?" I asked looking at them.

"We were just here for usual checkup." He replied making me raise an eyebrow at him. Usual check up in a gynecology department? How weird.

Suddenly, Humera hugged her sister-in-law and they whispered a few things with each other. I could see Humera blushing hearing the words from the other lady.

"We should take a leave now. It was nice meeting you, Shahzain." Ayesha Bhabhi said making me give her a small smile. "Likewise, Bhabhi."

They left shortly after. I turned to Humera who had a silly smile on her face. "She is pregnant, isn't she?"

Humera nodded with narrowed eyes. "Yeah. How did you know?"

I chuckled at her question. "They were returning from the cabin of a gynecologist. Also, I witnessed my sister's pregnancy so I know how a pregnant woman looks."

She nodded. "So, shall we move then?"

I gave her a short nod and we resumed our way to our senior's cabin. After entering, we told him about the things we found looking at the reports and told him our suspicions about the previous hospital they had a checkup in.

"We need to do the MRI scan again. Both of you will accompany me along with The Dean. If the previous hospital had done something fishy then the matter should be taken to the council." Dr. Ishaan said while scanning the reports with his eyes.

"Bring the patient to the MRI room 4 immediately. Dean and I will be waiting for you there." He ordered us and we immediately left.

As he had told, Era and I took the patient to the MRI room. Just like before the report was quite good. Dr. Ishaan asked us to take the patient for the observation in general ward and the two senior doctors left for the Dean's office.

We then departed to the ward we were assigned to.

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