Modiji has brought his Bhai and Bahen for treatment. They have been attacked by the international gangster of Chinese origin Corona and are severely injured. They need emergency treatment as both are in real bad shape. He has brought them to the Panacea Clinic of Dr. Nirmala Sitaraman. He has full faith in the Doctor’s abilities although much is not known about the good doctor’s previous practice. In order to avoid any delay in treatment for whatever reasons, he has already handed over to her a post dated cheque for Rupees 20 lakh crores covering the entire treatment cost inclusive of old outstandings. He has told the doctor not to leave any stone unturned to nurse them back to robust health.
Modiji has assured Bhai and Bahen, now that he has entrusted them to the care of Dr. Nirmala, there is no need for any worry at all and that they will be in even better shape than before the unprovoked attack by the international criminal. Dr. Nirmala, surrounded by a group of senior mostly male nurses from her clinic is examining the injured. Modiji is beaming with confidence that both Bhai and Bahen will soon recover and will be in great shape.
Both the injured have difficulty in breathing. Dr. Nirmala asks her staff to remove all the empty oxygen cylinders lying around and asks them to place an immediate order for the Ayurvedic medicine ‘Breathe Easy’ from Kerala on credit. ( She knows the cheque she is holding is post dated ). Dr. Nirmala is a famous psychologist too and knows how important it is to cheer the patients up. It is very necessary to bring them out of the depressed state by giving hope, in fact plenty of it. She has been lavish with it all her career especially as it doesn’t cost anything to the giver. Dr. Nirmala wants to do a lot for the Bhai-Bahens despite the post dated, ( but huge ) cheque.
She, realizing it’s no time for negative thoughts, decides to cheer them up. Not only that, Modiji’s absolute faith in her has made her feel so grateful that she has, on her own decided to address him as “your honour “ instead of the usual “sir”. In fact if the Delhi grapevine is to be believed, she is so obsessed with this habit that she wakes up in the middle of the night many times shouting “ honourable guardian Modiji “ and goes back to sleep again. But this could be a canard spread by the many detractors she has within her own party. That possibility cannot be ruled out!
Dr. Nirmala: Look, Mr. Bhai and Ms Bahen. I know how much your guardian Modiji is concerned about you. He has already told me to do whatever is required to bring you both back to robust health. You know his wish is my command. I have already ordered the best multivitamin tablets available in the US and the best tonics from Europe. When you start taking them see how healthy you both will become!
A relative (standing nearby with the old parents and kids of the Bhai-Bahen duo): But when will the vitamins and tonics be available? You can see that they are struggling for breath. Don’t you think you should do something immediately to make them breathe easy?
Dr. Nirmala: Exactly my point. When the medicine ‘Breathe Easy’ will arrive you will see the difference. We have already placed an urgent order and they have assured guaranteed delivery within one year. The order processing takes time you know. We will further pressurize them to do it in even eleven months. Our purchase department knows how to expedite things.
The relative: When will the vitamins and tonics from US and Europe arrive?
Dr. Nirmala: Good question. Very soon. We have placed urgent orders. Modiji spoke to his friend Trump and Trump said he has personally requested the manufacturers for expeditious supply and the manufacturers have restarted raw material procurement stopped due to lockdown. He assured Modiji of supply in the shortest time of one and a half years. It normally takes three years you know. He got it cut to half. Great job, isn’t it?
Trump didn’t forget to thank Mr.Modi for the prompt supply of Chloroquine tablets. He has stopped thanking him for the NAMASTE TRUMP tour for which Modiji spent nearly Rupees one hundred crores to organize, but thanks him only for the Chloroquine these days. (May be age is catching up with his memory) But he assured the supply of the vitamin tablets in even less than one year – may be eleven months, considering the urgency of reviving his friend Mr. Modi’s favourite Bhai and Bahen. He wanted to do much more for his friend but can do only so much as he is aware it’s going to be a post dated DD that is going to wing its way to his office soon, by way of payment against the vitamin supply.
The injured are struggling to breathe and crying aloud in pain gesturing to everyone in the room to do something immediately to stop their pain.
The relative: Doctor, do something fast. I think their condition is deteriorating. They are suffering for the past fifty days or so and some emergency care is required to keep them alive. Do something fast doctor.
Dr. Nirmala: Yes, yes. It’s unfortunate that oxygen cylinders are in short supply. But don’t worry. I have already ordered truckloads of oxygen cylinders . Must reach quickly – in about six months . And the good news is that we have already approved the blue-print for construction of several large oxygen manufacturing plants all over the country. So you will have nothing to worry. I can see how much the injured look cheered up on hearing about our big plans for the oxygen plants. Not only that, you will all be thrilled to hear about all the plans we have for you in the pipeline. I am sure even the injured patients will jump with joy when they hear about the huge facilities we are going to make available for them to make their life as comfortable as possible. I will give a hint of what all are there in the offing, just for you:
Collateral- free loans ( no interest waiver though ) for buying medicines for all MSME patients, all farmer patients, all big and small business patients, all professional patients, big and small agricultural patients, all trader patients, unorganized sector patients, weaker section patients, migrant and non migrant daily wage patients etc etc. You name it and we have it. We have medicines for any and every kind of ailments in our country. And don’t think we are not aware of the poor homeless, jobless and foodless patients. Just wait and see the quality of the rented hospitals these patients are going to be treated in, with the best medicines procured from all over the world for which global tenders have already been floated. Just waiting for the flights to restart after the lockdown gets withdrawn, and lo and behold! You are flooded with the best medicines available anywhere in the world!
In fact you will be delighted to hear that our plans are not only for you, but for your next generation as well! Can you beat it? Do you need any more proof of our visionary zeal?
The relative: Doctor, can we talk less about your big plans for their robust health in about two to four years from now? ( The oxygen plant may take about that much time to commission ) They are brought here to your clinic by their guardian Modiji saying that he is paying you the huge amount for their emergency treatment to ‘stimulate’ their dead spirits and to enable them get back on their feet. But all that you are talking about is of the great future health awaiting them, as if you are delivering a budget speech! What about some immediate treatment to lessen their pain?
Dr. Nirmala gestures to her senior male nurses surrounding her, including her junior Dr. Anurag Thakur. They go to the dispensary and return with some emergency medicines. She directs them to prepare the packets to be given to the injured to revive them immediately. Each packet contains three emergency medicines: Capsule 5kg Atta, Capsule 5kg Rice and tablet 1kg Channa, all labeled ‘dry’ for some strange reason!
Dr. Nirmala calls the relative near and hands over the emergency medicine packets with the instructions to take them home and as soon as they reach home in their village , to give them the medicines with preboiled potable water with the assurance that they both will be just fine. For boiling water, cooking arrangements etc they should approach the state authorities who will do the needful as soon as the application form is filled in and submitted. So they should now feel relaxed and start the journey peacefully.
Since ambulance or any other mode of transport is not readily available, she asks them to proceed to their village on their own. But she gives them the good news that ten thousand ambulances have been ordered and the manufacturers have assured priority delivery in less than an year. More good news to cheer them up on the way follows: To reduce the stress of long distance travel on foot, they can now make use of the bubbly shops all along the way now allowed by the govt. to open.
Taking the perplexed look on everyone’s face for excitement, a beaming guardian Modiji pats the doctor on her back for the excellent job she is doing with a 20 lakh crores post dated cheque - of which nobody knows the date, but everyone seems happy except the ever complaining migrant labourer!
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OVERHEARD
The minister was on a fact finding tour within his state since ‘ study tours’ abroad are simply out of question till flights resume. The car was soon out of city limits and was speeding through a highway heading out of the state through a deserted country terrain. He was about to node off when something he thought he saw on the roadside intrigued him. He thought he saw a body but was not sure. Little ahead he thought he saw another but was not sure again. Alerted, he rubbed his eyes when he spotted a third – all lying on the sides of the deserted highway. He asked the driver to slow down and contacted the police pilot jeep accompanying his vehicle. He enquired if any corona cases are reported from nearby villages or if there is a chemical factory nearby with a gas-leak problem.
The inspector in the pilot jeep, aware of the worry in the minister’s voice said. “ Not to worry sir. There are more lying ahead but no need to turn back. There’s no danger. It’s neither corona nor gas leak – it’s starvation…migrant workers returning home on foot, you know. ” The policeman swears that the minister’s sigh he heard from the other end of the walkie-talkie was that of such great relief - he is puzzled till today if it was a good news or a bad news he conveyed to the minister that day!
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