Coma (Short Story) Poem by Sathya Narayana
Coma (Short Story)
COMA
"She is still in coma. She look weak and scrofulous", Dr. Patel remarked.
Dr. Gandhi smiled philosophically, "It's natural. After all, she has been in shackles for more than two centuries. She lost lot of her blood and was attacked by many diseases"
Turning towards his deputy Dr. Nehru he asked, "What do you say? "
"Yes Chief! But there is no need to worry. I have thought of a wonderful course of medication for the Mother. The main course will be through Allopathic treatment, our trusted western style. Of course, we can try a draft of German homeopathic tinctures once in a while and if need be we can draft in some acupuncture specialists from China and can also try the Russian prophylactic methods to avoid further infection…..", he went on enthusiastically.
Sixty two years passed away. Dr. Gandhi, Dr. Patel and Dr. Nehru are no more. It seems the Mother recovered a little in the early course of the treatment and sometimes used to come to consciousness, sit for a while, ten to twenty minutes inclining on the back-rest. But unfortunately she soon slipped into a long slumber and since then never recovered.
One visitor who went to see her asked the new doctors who are looking after her.
"What is her present condition? "
The Chief Doctor replied:
"Well! We tried everything. We cannot fix any time frame about her recovery. But she needs no medicine now. Nature will take its own course. Of course, we are trying some nature cure methods and if necessary even some ancient quack medicines", he laughed loudly.
The visitor remained silent for a while looking through the hospital windows and suddenly asked the doctor,
"What are those new buildings there? I didn't see them earlier"
The smile on Chief's face vanished. After some hesitation he said:
"They are organ banks"
the analogy used is remakable as the so called architect of our country dealt with it like an insensitive professional would-trying to gain kudos for themselves without the forsight for long term gains and losses! ur riposte aginst the cost we are paying for unscrupolous development is an eyeopener. ful 10+++++++
This is an entertaining but thought provoking short story indeed Sathya....... a great satire...well i see your friend Chatterjee has criticized it...but these things still happen..how ever bitter it is they do.....it may not necessarily be a organ bank..but even in so called hi tech hospitals such a thing can happen.... the fact of the matter is they take necessary precautions so that no one will see their faults.....True we are developing...yet it still does happen...for instance do you know how many case were found where people get infected with various disease after donating blood, due to unhygienic syringes? well written too...10++
Hmmmm.....hmmmmmm.....very pessimistic...I think we're doing better than before in many areas....no doubt there are problems as well....but organ banks? ? True, if you refer to organ banks...but what's the anology here? ? Cheers. Subroto
Indeed nice and thought provoking write! Liked the plot and punch..10
Irony penned with a medical eye. A clever poem about bureaucracy and politics, you nail your point beautifully in the final line. Interesting how these days the medical profession is referred to as the medical industry. An apt title - considering how much doctoring is lost in the striving for funding. Clever parody. Love, Allie ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Dear Satya Narayana A good satire with right thought and punch.. well done. Greetings Satheesan rangorath
very nice and touchy as well as thought provoking piece. thanks for sharing.
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I would like to translate this poem
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12/6/2025 3:35:34 PM # 1.0.0
a thought provoking mentally disturbing write on the deplorable conditions of treatment