This incident dates back to the time when a medical college was not established in the city of Jodhpur. At that time a doctor Parihar (name changed) did MBBS from Lucknow and came to Jodhpur. He was posted in the Women’s Hospital of Jodhpur city by the Medical Department. Incidentally, in the same hospital, his father was serving as a peon, when Dr. Saheb used to sit on the chair in the room while on duty in the hospital, then his father used to do his state service by sitting on a stool outside.
The people of the locality ask “Baba”, do you have no problem doing the job under your son? Basa says that the doctor is my officer in the hospital and I am an employee under him, then how is the problem? Therefore, following the orders of the doctor is the job of a peon, which I am doing comfortably. I am his father in the house and the doctor has to obey orders like a son and he has no problem with this. However, this process lasted only a few months and when it came to the notice of the department, the above doctor was transferred to another city.
After that Parihar’s father continued to provide his services in that hospital. After two years, father got a knot in his back and went to see the surgeon in the Mahatma Gandhi hospital and kept taking medicines, but there was no much relief. One day he was returning after showing his condition to a junior specialist (surgeon), when Dr. Bhandari, who was then a senior surgeon, saw him leaving. Dr. Bhandari sent another peon and called the person back. Dr. Bhandari had studied with Dr. Parihar in Lucknow and was an old friend of the locality.
Dr. Bhandari checked Dr. Parihar’s father again and told that his knot will be treated only by operation. Dad said that when my son comes on Jodhpur vacation, then he will talk to you. Dr. Bhandari said that if your elder son himself is present here, you will not face any kind of problem. Dr. Bhandari operated on him which was successful and Dr. Bhandari sent his daily medicine and bandage work along with the nurse after her shift every day and he himself used to visit him daily, in the evening.
This way despite being a peon, handled well and cured the father of his fellow doctor. One day I got a chance to meet Dr. Parihar at the age of 80. I too from the time of my engineering college studies was acquainted and lived in his neighborhood.
Recalling the old times, he told how Dr. Bhandari operated on his father in my absence. It deserves praise. It was further told that when I came on leave to Jodhpur after my father’s operation, my father had gone to the hospital. So I thought that at this time I will meet Dr. Bhandari in Mahatma Gandhi Hospital itself. Being old friends, the gossip and chat session went on for two-three hours, But he didn’t tell from his mouth that I operated on your father’s back knot in your absence and took care of the whole essence.
At that time there was no telephone system and the information or news used to be conveyed after fifteen to twenty days, by postcard. When my father came home from duty and narrated the whole story to me about the above incident, I was overwhelmed by Dr. Bhandari’s action.
Where do you find such companions?
Both the doctors are now somewhere in heaven for quite a few years ago, bowing to them, again and again.
-Er. Tarachand
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