Dr. Yudhveer's prodigy : Dr Talwar

 

With the assistance of Dr. Prabhakar, Ajit Bhai was able to bring Bauji to Delhi. I arranged for an ambulance to receive them from the railway platform. Sh. Roshan Lal, a supplier from Amritsar, used to enquire about Bau Ji's health daily as his shop was also on the same street. Ajit Bhai had informed him that we were shifting Bauji to AIIMS in Delhi. He immediately recommended a doctor who was his neighbor in AIIMS and gave a letter of recommendation for the treatment. Despite knowing nothing about medical procedures, we took Bau Ji to AIIMS and requested to see Dr. Talwar. Luckily, his OPD was on Wednesday, and we reached there on that day. We went into his chamber, handed him the letter of recommendation and the treatment papers. After checking, Dr. Talwar immediately ordered Babu Ji to be admitted to the hospital. It was a rare opportunity to secure admission in AIIMS, as it was a top government hospital dominated by bureaucrats. Perhaps Bauji's good karma helped him secure the admission. My younger brother, Surinder, was also in Delhi at that time. Dr. Talwar happened to be the son-in-law of Dr. Yudhveer Singh of Amritsar, who had given up on my father.

This was my first realization that medical science is a craft, and every doctor takes you on a different journey through their experience and intuition. Dr. Talwar disagreed with his mentor, Dr. Yudhveer Singh, for the plan forward. He immediately ordered Bauji to be started on food to be taken by mouth instead of glucose. I narrate this to emphasize that one should not lose hope in any circumstance, and seeking a second opinion in the medical field is mandatory. At that time, we had no means of transportation to come from the hospital to Sadar Bazar, Delhi. Chai Ji decided to stay with Bauji as his attendant and sent Ajit Bhai back to Amritsar as she did not trust Pawan Bhai. Chai Ji had a sharp brain and decided to stay in a Dharamshala near the hospital, which would be cost and time-efficient. She asked Surinder to hire a rickshaw, and she successfully got a room in a nearby Dharamshala. She purchased all the needed utensils as she had to arrange food for three people now. Surinder regularly went to the hospital with breakfast, then lunch, and then dinner for Bauji.

As the treatment started, Dr. Talwar's first approach was to make Bauji healthy. All blood test parameters were checked, and his differential diagnosis was that Bauji has either a stone or a tumor in his stomach. Bauji would have to get his strength back before going under the knife.



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