Dear Diary

THE GOOD DOCTOR

Madhu hesitatingly asking RK

"Can I ask you something" Madhu

"Sure" RK

"Why you are kind with me now" Madhu

"It is simple Ms. Malik. You are now my patient family member. But in college you are my student" RK smiling and walking out of the house

Dear diary

Today I went to a patient house to check on him. He is better now. Thanks to his daughter. She is going to be great doctor one day. I think this day is coming soon. But I noticed something strange there. I felt warm in this house and love that I never felt in any other house. All the family loving each other. A father who work two jobs to provide his family needs. A mother who is friended with her daughter and seeing them together you feel you are looking at two friends in the same age. Not a mother and daughter. Even the kids they all share a wonderful pound. I wish if my home was like this. I wish if I felt warm of love in my family as I felt it there. Don't get me wrong. I love my family and they love me too. But my family is very different than them. My father work make him on travel all the time. He rarely be at home. When I was 12, my mother Radha Bhatia couldn't take it anymore. Asked for divorce and she remarried to businessman Koko Bhatia. I'm not blaming my mother. She couldn't take it any more. Any other woman in her situation will do the same. But she is living her life now away from us. I visit her once or twice every month. But it is just formal visits nothing more. And my father is the greatest heart surgeon in country. He has many responsibilities. He can't just drop all this to be with his son. So I had to attend medicine faculty which he teach at to see him more than few hours in week. But I think it doesn't work out too. Because he always on his travels. I'm proud to be the son of the best heart surgeon. But I wish if I was the son of the best father.

After two days, RK was in college when he received a call from unknown number.

"Yes. Dr. Rishabh Kundra?" RK

"Doctor please help. My father has cardiac arrest." A girl screaming devastated can't control her crying

"Please calm down Miss. Who are you?" RK

"I'm Madhubala Malik. Doctor please come fast. My father has cardiac arrest" Madhu

RK run to his car to reach her as soon as possible asking her what happened

"Tell me exactly what happened" RK

"His heart stopped two minutes ago. I don't know what to do please come quickly" Madhu crying and he could understand her hardly.

"Dr. Malik. He is not your father. He is your patient. Control yourself" RK shouting at her on the phone. Madhu stopped crying immediately

"Now give me full report" RK driving to her house

"Three minutes back his breath stopped. His heart stopped. I applied AED but the AED displayed an audio prompt that "no shock was advised," I tried to do CPR but he still not responding." Madhu calmly telling RK about her father condition

"Ok now, he is your patient. Tell me what will you do next?" RK

"I will give him 3 mg epinephrine. And continue CPR" Madhu

"Good do it I will be there in less than 5 minutes" RK

RK reaches Malik's house. He found that Mr. Malik started to breath and has heart beat three minutes ago. He looked at Madhu and told her

"Good job doctor you saved your father life" RK

"Now we must take him to hospital. There are many tests we need to do. To know how much damage happened today" RK to Padmini then he toke Mr. Malik, Padmini and Madhubala in his car to Kundra hospital. In the way, he called the hospital to prepare everything. When they reached the hospital, RK started giving instruction to the doctors there and the nurses.

"I want blood tests, ECG, chest X-Ray, echocardiogram, and prepare him for coronary angiogram. Move quickly" RK

"Doctor..." Madhu wants to ask him but he interrupted her

"Not now Ms. Malik" RK running and prepare for the surgery he will do to Mr. Malik

After 5 hours, RK walks out the ICU where Mr. Malik stays there unconscious. Toward visitors hall to find Madhu resting her head on her mother shoulder while Padmini arm around Madhu back. Hugging each other. When they felt his footsteps approaching them. Madhu raised her head. Her eyes were red and swollen from crying. She stood up and asked him about her father condition but her voice is almost gone from crying all the day.

"How is papa now doctor?" Madhu

"He is out of surgery now. He still in critical condition. When his heart stopped for 6 minutes. His heart muscle was damaged. It works only in 75% efficiency. If his condition didn't get worse until morning. He will be out of danger. But he will have to change his lifestyle" RK

Padmini breaks in tears and almost her body fall on the chair hearing that but Madhu supports her mother and try to comfort her

"Don't worry mom. Papa will be ok. Nothing wrong will happen. He has you beside him. He has all of us fight for him. He can't leave us. He must fight for us. Fight for your love. He will get through it. I'm sure of it" Madhu

"I have to go now. I will check him tomorrow" RK

"Thank you doctor. We are very grateful for you. You saved my father life" Madhu

"It is my job Ms. Malik. It is late now. I will drop you both at your house then I will go home" RK

"No I can't leave Malik alone" Padmini

"Thank you doctor but we can't leave him and go home" Madhu

"But he is in ICU. You can't see him or visit him now. So it is better if you go home comeback tomorrow" RK

"I can't enter my house knowing that Malik is staying here" Padmini

"Ok as you like" RK leave the hospital after giving instructions to doctors and nurses about Malik condition and he told them to call him if anything happened

Dear diary

Today was hard day. I almost lost a patient. But thanks to God he was saved by his daughter. She will be great doctor one day like my father said. Not everyone can handle the situation as she did. He is her father after all. And seeing him not breathing, his heart not beating it can freak out any good doctor. But she controlled herself and did what is necessary for him and saved him. She really loves her father a lot. I can see it clearly today. If anything happened to this man. The whole family will be destroyed. They love each other so much. To say the truth, I envy this girl for her family. I would rather give away my name my family influence and power to be just a member of loving warm family like Malik's. I hope when I marry and have children to make loving family like this one. I don't want my kids suffer from the cold lifeless loveless life I had. You are the luckiest girl Ms. Madhubala Malik.