How Aditya Birla Group changed my life
People need to get their heads wrapped around the fact that doctors are not gods. They swear an oath that requires them to dedicate their life to the service of their patients, but they cannot alter the regular functioning of the human body. My father has almost completed 25 years working as a Laparoscopic Surgeon and he has performed some 10,000 surgeries till date. He almost turned down operating upon a patient 5 years ago because her condition was very critical and her chances at life were almost none.
Upon constant persuasion by her family, he went ahead with the surgery and unfortunately, despite endless attempts, she flatlined. The family went berserk and stormed inside the hospital. They started to shout and hurl stones at the hospital staff and threatened to assault my father. Dad came home and narrated the incident to us post which he called a friend who was a high ranked police official for advice. Uncle took the matter in his hands but asked us to leave our house for a few days. Days later, we got news that the family attacked our house.
Sitting in the cramped lobby of the shattered sublet one morning, we received a call to inform us of my grandfather’s demise. Everyone was shattered. But life moves on. The compensation against his Birla Sunlife Insurance helped us move to a new apartment and the rest for dad to reestablish his practice and his reputation. And once again, we could see the sun.
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