It has been said, 'A hospital sees more prayers, more tears, more joy, more anger, more peace, than any other place in the world.'
How true!
Not even a place of worship would see more fervent prayers...
Not even the departure or arrival lounges of an airport would see more tears - of sorrow AND happiness. For yes, while you see dozens of people sobbing in grief - you also see people shedding tears of joy & relief...
Nothing could come close to the joy you can witness in a hospital - the joy when the surgeon says "Success!" outside the OT, the joy when a nurse comes out with a little bundle in her arms, the joy when a test report reads 'Normal', the joy when a patient opens his eyes & smiles...
Anger. A patient's anger, a doctor's anger, families' anger... Anger is inevitable. But the miracle is, you see peace too! Patients sleeping peacefully, knowing that all will be well... Families smiling in peace, having full faith in the doctors... And best of all? The peace on the faces of the doctors & nurses, knowing that they've done their job well...
The most touching incident i've witnessed in a hospital is this. The head surgeon stepped out of the OT after a marathon surgery, to be fervently thanked by the parents of the little girl who underwent it, for having saved her life. "We only heal. He saves" said the surgeon. "Thanks is not needed.. Your faith is enough."
Probably it would be apt to end with a quote from Erich Segal's Doctors -
"He had spent most of his lifetime studying the art of medicine and realized now that he would never really understand its mysteries.
For medicine is an eternal quest for reasons - causes that explain effects.
Science cannot comprehend a miracle.”
How true!
Not even a place of worship would see more fervent prayers...
Not even the departure or arrival lounges of an airport would see more tears - of sorrow AND happiness. For yes, while you see dozens of people sobbing in grief - you also see people shedding tears of joy & relief...
Nothing could come close to the joy you can witness in a hospital - the joy when the surgeon says "Success!" outside the OT, the joy when a nurse comes out with a little bundle in her arms, the joy when a test report reads 'Normal', the joy when a patient opens his eyes & smiles...
Anger. A patient's anger, a doctor's anger, families' anger... Anger is inevitable. But the miracle is, you see peace too! Patients sleeping peacefully, knowing that all will be well... Families smiling in peace, having full faith in the doctors... And best of all? The peace on the faces of the doctors & nurses, knowing that they've done their job well...
The most touching incident i've witnessed in a hospital is this. The head surgeon stepped out of the OT after a marathon surgery, to be fervently thanked by the parents of the little girl who underwent it, for having saved her life. "We only heal. He saves" said the surgeon. "Thanks is not needed.. Your faith is enough."
Probably it would be apt to end with a quote from Erich Segal's Doctors -
"He had spent most of his lifetime studying the art of medicine and realized now that he would never really understand its mysteries.
For medicine is an eternal quest for reasons - causes that explain effects.
Science cannot comprehend a miracle.”
