Chapter One: Places
The Labour Rooms
Say hello to long hours
of standing. And more standing. And more standing. And more. Standing.
If it’s time well
spent though, you do end up becoming the rootenest tootenest fastest IV injectin
’, Foley passin’, gluteal IM givin’ medic in the west. And with the ever
increasing rate of incontinating bladders that’s sayin’ something y’all.
The Delivery Rooms
Boy, is this one
dynamite room! You go from puking your insides out at the head-clouting stench,
to awing and ahhing at the cute lil new borns.
PS. I delivered a
placenta here!
PPS. It’s a strictly
PG 18 room! Enough said.
The Jhoolay
Whether you’re
feverish to reconnect with your inner child or plain frantic to flee from
ferocious PGs, Lady Wellingdon has the best escape route to offer: jhoolay. A park full of them, right in
the hospital grounds. So whenever the routine makes you too hot in the head, a
little to-froing on the swings’ll cool you down. Light headed coolness
guaranteed. (Or cool-headed lightness… your pick!)
The Mess
The food isn’t
exactly lip smacking tasty but those long labour room hours can sure make you
hungry. And amidst knee-bending hunger pangs and tummy rumbles, the mess doesn’t
seem too bad. Biryani, daal, chicken
saalan, haleem all served by a sort-of-deaf, short-sighted Baba jee (mostly seen in a nifty
skeleton shirt). What’s better is that you get dinner-and-a-show… D4 never
missed an epi of zindagi gulzar hai during
our rotation, courtesy the mess’s tele. I was familiarized with the latest
Turkish sensation hitting our screens (Fatima
Gul) there too.
The Occasional Escape: Foodstreet
The best part of
maternity, far out!
So what’s in store? Succulent barbecued chicken
that could make your taste buds swell with joy, scrumptious gol gappay with a crunch so electrifying it makes your
hair stand on end, luscious chicken tawa and
handi that could make the hardest
heart melt with its delectability… food to be first flavoured then savoured, and
finally devoured… sigh it’s a food heaven
if there ever was one!
