43. Ruined

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"Emergency."
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"Keep a watch on him, Atharva. His vitals have to remain stable. Until I am done with the operation."

"Yes, sir."

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Beep.
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Beep.

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"Atharva! His vitals are dropping rapidly."

"Internal injuries..."

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"Prepare to operate him. Now!"

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"We can't do that Atharva. You are just an intern. NO matter how good you are. You are not allowed to operate without your supervisor."

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"Listen. He will die if I don't operate now! Get it?!"

"It's against protocol."

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"And it is against humanity and my very own principals is I let him die when I can help him. I can save him! It is just a..."

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"No. You will wait. Wait for Dr.Sinha to be back."

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"Heart rate failing. Charge to 230..."

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"Charge to 330..."

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Blur.

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Thud.
Thud.
Thud.

Slap.

"Atharva!"

I snap out of the trance that had drowned me ever so deeply to the point it felt like a repetition of one of the worst days of my life. The day my patient had died on the operating table. Because I had lacked to guts to prioritise his life over protocols even if it was wrong.

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