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LATELY, more and more doctors are attempting ‘awake’ craniotomies. It means they open the cranium (skull), while keeping the patient awake. The doctors say that this helps in faster recovery. But I think the greatest advantage for the patient is that he/she can keep an eye on his/her body parts. Now to keep his/her parts safe, the onus will be on the patient. He has to keep at least one eye open so that his kidney or liver is not stolen.
A patient went to a
multi-specialty hospital and asked the receptionist, "Madam, I
want to get operated for my heart. But I want to know how safe is your
operation theatre as far as thefts of body parts are concerned."
The lady replied that to check such thefts, two watchmen were always
on duty, wielding clubs in the theatre, and shouting after every five
minutes, "Jaaaagte Rahhooo."
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Since
frauds are quite common in India, there are chances that the patient
may be supplied with duplicate valves, stunts or knee joints. Somebody
might run away with your original body part. If you go to a police
station to lodge a complaint, the inspector may ask, "Do you
recognise the hospital staff in the operation theatre?" "No
sir, they were all wearing masks," the patient would reply. The
inspector may argue, "If you can’t recognise the thieves, how
can we?’