Vijayalatha N

Drama Others

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Vijayalatha N

Drama Others

Bed No.14

Bed No.14

3 mins
115


Akasa was a young entrepreneur, working hard to achieve her goals. Little did she know that one day she will battling a life and death situation at such short notice. Five days ago she was covid positive and asymptomatic, just needed to be home quarantined with meds for the next 2 weeks. But in a matter of 5 days, her condition had now aggravated to severity. She was hospitalized in a state of unconsciousness, her vitals were dipping, CT score of 24/25, CRP was 62, platelets, WBC all were lower than the normal range.

“Leave me alone, go away, am not taking this thing……ahhhhhh” mumbled Akasa in her ICU bed

“Akasa, Akasa…open your eyes, can you hear me? I think chronic hypotension is leading to concussions, she is sleep talking. Call the doctor “ said the nurse

Akasa, mumbled, twisted, and turned for few minutes as if she was resisting someone. She opened her eyes to an old man holding a flask in his hand. He poured a green concoction in the cup and fed her. For the next few hours, he sat by her moving his hands on her head as if he was chanting some hymns and giving her different types of concoctions.


Akasa could feel her temperature was normal now, she could move her body regaining strength. The old man gave her a silver flask of concoction along with five holy basil flowers packed in a leaf and instructed “You will heal faster now! Take this silver flask and basil flowers to the one on bed number 14. Pour a teaspoon of concoction & put three basil flowers in his mouth and whisper into his ears that a Gandharan left this for him. The other two flowers I will tell you when to use.”

“Akasa, can you hear me….open your eye please…….”Said the doctor tapping her face. She opened her eyes, her blood pressure was now normal, her fever had reduced, oxygen levels normalized. The doctor advised the nurse to take her off the ventilator after monitoring for the next few hours. She turned to the right where she noticed the silver flask and leaf, just the way the old man had given to her. Later in the evening, she was off the ventilator, she opened the leaf which had basil flowers.

To verify she walked to bed number 14, the nursing report showed her name as Vikas K. On inquiring she learnt that he was also a covid severity case, hospitalized three hours ago, and were waiting for an ICU bed to get vacant. She pinched herself to assure she was not hallucinating. Just as the old man instructed, she poured a teaspoon of concoction in his mouth and put the basil flowers and whispered into his ears.

Akasa was shifted to the general ward two days later and after another 2 days of observation, she was discharged from the hospital. Her sudden faster healing was a miracle for the doctors & nurses there. After about 28 days later she received a call

“Hello Akasa………Am Vikas here”

“umm Vikas….”

“The Gandharan had sent you to me”

“Ahhh….oh my god…how are you…..how did you get my number “

“The Gandharan gave it to me. Do you want to catch up for tea which will need two basil flowers”


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