dr. p.s. reddy, the chairperson of mediciti hospital, arrived in medical yesterday (or the day before yesterday, i don't remember). it's really amusing to see people scrambling about in anticipation of his arrival. people who literally did nothing in the months he was absent are suddenly forced to play catch-up so they aren't left with egg in their faces when he asks about their progress.
tushar came into the office in a great mood yesterday because in a few hours, dr. reddy seemed to have solved the majority of the problems that have been plaguing the study for some weeks now. today, while i was doing observations of one of the exams, i saw a team of doctors and important looking people with dr. reddy and tushar at the helm: it was a proverbial "who's who" of mediciti hospital staff. tushar was showing them each of the examination rooms, and as promised, he was going to show them the bathroom after my less-than-pleasant experience yesterday.
side-note for bathroom story: there is no water in the tank about the toilet. so after you use it, you have to fill this little plastic trashbin full of water and then dump the water into the reservoir in order to make it flush. well the floor of the toilet is nasty so it's difficult to carry a bin of water and empty it by the brim. AND, the bin had a big hole in the bottom so the bucket was really on ¾ full by the time i reached the toilet. that whole process is gross, AND THEN it just smells unpleasant. that's why i have to calculate the amount of water i can drink to stave off a dehydration headache, but then just little enough that i don't have to use the bathroom. it's difficult.
anyways, dr. reedy saw the bathroom, and apparently, he was infuriated by it. he commented along the lines of "the whole hospital looks nice and is clean, but there are corners of the building like this one that are just disgusting!" so since he came a couple of hours ago, they've been working on the toilets. and by working on, i'm pretty sure they're reconstructing them because i just saw pieces of porcelain on the floor in the little hallway by the two bathrooms. lieutenant general rao (the principal/dean of the hospital) came as well. with his baritone voice and strong military presence (and he's tall), he just commands authority. so when he was cross and disgusted at the state of the bathroom along with dr. reddy, even i was getting a little scared. i can't even imagine how the cleaning people were feeling.
it's nice to have people in high places in your corner :)
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