Last evening we had a guest from India who was sharing with us one of his most frightful experiences. As a young cleric he was asked to accompany a senior confrere who had been lately diagnosed with a serious psychological issue. As the two were in a hospital, the 'patient' was given heavy doses of tranquilisers and injections. However, after a day or two, the patient told this cleric that he found the bed too soft and preferred the hard bench which he was using to sleep. Hence they exchanged beds.
Two days later a new doctor came in and called out this cleric sitting on his bed for a walk. As they walked the doctor asked him about several casual things and then they reached the observation room. Only when the doctor began to check his pulse and blood pressure did this young cleric realise that he is being considered the patient. So he politely told the doctor that he was not the patient. The doctor calmly replied, "I understand. It is all fine." And continued with the examination. The more he realised, the more he tried. The more he tried the more desperate he sounded! Almost on the verge of being an injection, one of the nurses who happened to know the real case, walked in and burst out laughing!!
The doctor was highly apologetic saying that all those in the psychiatric ward always deny being patients. And to make matters worse, he found him sitting on the bed meant for the patients! The first thing the cleric did on getting out of the observation room is to claim back his hard bench!!
Two days later a new doctor came in and called out this cleric sitting on his bed for a walk. As they walked the doctor asked him about several casual things and then they reached the observation room. Only when the doctor began to check his pulse and blood pressure did this young cleric realise that he is being considered the patient. So he politely told the doctor that he was not the patient. The doctor calmly replied, "I understand. It is all fine." And continued with the examination. The more he realised, the more he tried. The more he tried the more desperate he sounded! Almost on the verge of being an injection, one of the nurses who happened to know the real case, walked in and burst out laughing!!
The doctor was highly apologetic saying that all those in the psychiatric ward always deny being patients. And to make matters worse, he found him sitting on the bed meant for the patients! The first thing the cleric did on getting out of the observation room is to claim back his hard bench!!
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