It was a beautiful summer day when a young boy had a terrible accident. Luckily for the boy, the ambulance was close by and the boy was quickly transported to the closest hospital where an operation room was waiting for him and a doctor. The ambulance arrived at the hospital before the doctor. And the boy was immediately transported to the operating room, while the parents were told to wait in the lobby.
A couple of minutes later the doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He changed his clothes and went directly to the surgery block where he briefly meets the boy’s father and mother pacing in the hall waiting for him.
On seeing the doctor, the father yelled, “Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t you have any sense of responsibility?”
The doctor smiled and said, “I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital and I came as fast as I could after receiving the call and now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work”.
“Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? What if your own son would die while waiting for the doctor… what would you do then?” said the father angrily. The doctor smiled again and replied, “I and the rest of our team will do our best to save your sons life2. I advise you to calm down and take a sit.”
“It’s easy to give advises when you’re not concerned,” murmured the father as the doctor went to the operating room.
The surgery took some hours after which the doctor came out of the operating room with good new., The operation was a success and your son is going to be ok!” Without waiting for the father’s reply he started running towards the exit and saying, “If you have any questions, ask the nurse.”
“Why is he so arrogant? He couldn’t wait a minute or two to answer some questions about my son’s state” Commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left. The nurse answered, tears coming down her face, “His son died yesterday in a similar accident your son had. He was at the burial when we called him for your son’s surgery. And now that he saved your son’s life, he left running to finish his son’s burial.”
Af hearing this the father calmed down and apologized for his behavior.
Moral of the story:
- Because of your pain, you may forget to have an open mind and see that others who are helping you are also hurting. Get all of the facts before you judge and accuse others.
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