Life is weird, funny, random and unpredictable to say the least. It was one of those unpredictable days in life. Each day brings out something you didn’t expect at all and something similar happened today. One of my friends was admitted to Saifee hospital and I’ve been wanting to visit him since the last couple of days, but couldn’t due to work commitments (I know I need to work on my priorities).
I finally managed to take a half day and reached Saifee hospital that seemed to be a bit noisy for a hospital or maybe more than a bit. A mention of Eman by some staff members made me realize what the whole commotion was all about. Eman who was treated at Saifee was leaving.
Eman Ahmed (formerly the world’s heaviest woman who used to weigh 500 kg before she got operated in India) was on her way to Mumbai International Airport. She was flying out of the country with her sister Shaima.
Must say, even amidst all the crowd that was pouring in to see Eman, she was protected and safely escorted out of the hospital with heavy security including police personnel.
The team treating her has done a commendable job with not only her treatment, but also her security at every phase despite the heavy sensationalisation that has been happening off late. I was surprised to see such a smooth transfer of Eman despite all the challenges…I wouldn’t be surprised if someone told me a proper drill and practice was done for this kind of transfer.
The kind of protection given kind of restored my faith in our systems and doctors; being capable of handling such cases. It was pleasing to see, to say the least. In a public hospital like Saifee, one cannot stop people from coming in, so despite all of that, Eman was safely transferred to the airport.
All of this made me feel real bad for our doctors. Despite doing things to ensure our safety and ensuring we have better lives, we treat them so badly. We point fingers at them, we judge them, we name call them, we do whatever we can to bring them down. The recent incident where a doctor was beaten up badly, injuring his eye terrible is a fine example of how badly we treat them. We need to start realizing they’re humans and they do whatever they can within their scope to make us happy.
And yeah, my friend is doing fine. He will be discharged in a couple of days.
He’s fine. Eman is better. Humanity exists….and my day ends on a good note.
