Wish everybody a very Happy Independence day
Anurag Dangi
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Jai Hind
We have forgotten the Jaipur blasts, forgotten the delhi blasts, forgotten the Mumbai attacks. Remember the sms – those who have come by boats and those who will come by votes…
Elections are over. We have similar politicians ruling us.
We also forgot the attack on akshardham temple in Ahemdabad. The parliamentary attacks and the bihar floods too have gone down the memory lane.
We have a tendency of forgetting /forgiving and hence we have to pay the price year on year.
That Kasab is playing tantrums in the court daily and the whole nation reads it in newspapers. Why don’t we understand that our money is being wasted on kasab.
Mayawati can build statues at her own will and on our cost and we keep watching.
Mamta Banerjee wants to operate out of Kolkata. Who will bear the extra cost ?
Laloo and his illiterate wife after being thrown out in elections is quiet and I am happy. No news from Mulayam/Amar singh these days. Jayalalitha – God knows where she is ? but she has amassed a lot of wealth.
Our Sr. Finance Minister Mr. Manmohan singh is happy that inflation is down, in fact negative since last 9 weeks and he must be patting his back. But, where are the prices falling. No commodity is cheaper. It’s a drama being enacted to fool a common man.
I keep writing such things because I want to play my own small role of highlighting such issues. We all need to do small small things in a similar way.
Date with Swine Flu ..
Some 4/5 days back , I was feeling a little low. There is a lot of hue and cry about swine flu these days. Hence, Mona insisted that we should go and get me checked.
We went out to a nearby private hospital – Columbia Asia. It’s a good one but was not equipped for swine flu. They were prompt in handing over to me a newspaper cutting which was about swine flu helpline in delhi. They also helped me with Gurgaon civil hospital’s contact no. as it was the nearest centre for check up.
I dialed the delhi swine flu helpline but it was busy for the next 15 min and I finally dropped the idea of contacting them. One phone no. for 2 cr population of NCR. Its simple lack of common sense. They need to have 50 lines at the back end. Anyways..
Now, I started dialing the Gurgaon civil hospital’s no.. Again, no body picked up both the numbers for next 15 min. Finally and luckily a typical government servant’s voice answered my call. When I said if it is possible to get swine flu checked in that hospital, the only thing he said was yes and he kept the phone without waiting. I wanted to know what time, where, who, when, how but no luck. I just don’t understand why as a citizen of this country I should digest the poor attitude of government servants. This attitude flows across all the departments whether it is health, water, power or income tax or any other.
I started trying again and was able to speak to somebody after 15 min. This time he gave me a mobile no. of a doctor saying that he will let me know further details. When I tried this doctor’s no. it was switched off. Again poor attitude..
Finally, I went on to the civil hospital, Gurgaon. It was a horrible experience. There I realized that even if I don’t have swine flu, I will catch something or the other. It was stinking and there was nobody to attend. It was dirty and….. oh god !!
I read in newspaper that Haryana government has declared swine flu as epidemic. Now , that’s how you prepare for epidemic.
Finally, I went to my all time favourite and neighbourhood doctor Dr. Jain. Since last couple of years he has been taking care of us whenever we have fever, cough, cold, viral, etc. He keenly discussed with me the symptoms of swine flu, listened to my symptoms, checked my temperature, ears, tongue and convinced me that I don’t have swine flu. No prescription. No medication. Just precautions. The moment I walked out of his residence cum clinic, I was a new person as has always happened with me.
And I was not feeling low now.
Cheers
Anurag Dangi
We went out to a nearby private hospital – Columbia Asia. It’s a good one but was not equipped for swine flu. They were prompt in handing over to me a newspaper cutting which was about swine flu helpline in delhi. They also helped me with Gurgaon civil hospital’s contact no. as it was the nearest centre for check up.
I dialed the delhi swine flu helpline but it was busy for the next 15 min and I finally dropped the idea of contacting them. One phone no. for 2 cr population of NCR. Its simple lack of common sense. They need to have 50 lines at the back end. Anyways..
Now, I started dialing the Gurgaon civil hospital’s no.. Again, no body picked up both the numbers for next 15 min. Finally and luckily a typical government servant’s voice answered my call. When I said if it is possible to get swine flu checked in that hospital, the only thing he said was yes and he kept the phone without waiting. I wanted to know what time, where, who, when, how but no luck. I just don’t understand why as a citizen of this country I should digest the poor attitude of government servants. This attitude flows across all the departments whether it is health, water, power or income tax or any other.
I started trying again and was able to speak to somebody after 15 min. This time he gave me a mobile no. of a doctor saying that he will let me know further details. When I tried this doctor’s no. it was switched off. Again poor attitude..
Finally, I went on to the civil hospital, Gurgaon. It was a horrible experience. There I realized that even if I don’t have swine flu, I will catch something or the other. It was stinking and there was nobody to attend. It was dirty and….. oh god !!
I read in newspaper that Haryana government has declared swine flu as epidemic. Now , that’s how you prepare for epidemic.
Finally, I went to my all time favourite and neighbourhood doctor Dr. Jain. Since last couple of years he has been taking care of us whenever we have fever, cough, cold, viral, etc. He keenly discussed with me the symptoms of swine flu, listened to my symptoms, checked my temperature, ears, tongue and convinced me that I don’t have swine flu. No prescription. No medication. Just precautions. The moment I walked out of his residence cum clinic, I was a new person as has always happened with me.
And I was not feeling low now.
Cheers
Anurag Dangi
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