DEFYING THE LAWS OF GRAVITY !

Q: WHO IS A NEUROTIC?

A: A NEUROTIC IS ONE WHO BUILDS CASTLES IN THE AIR!

Q: WHO IS A PSYCHOTIC?.

A:A PSYCHOTIC NOT ONLY BUILDS CASTLES IN THE AIR ,BUT LIVES IN THEM

Q:THEN WHO IS A PSYCHIATRIST ?

A: A PSYCHIATRIST IS ONE WHO COLLECTS RENT FROM BOTH CASTLES !😃😃

A true life war zone incident of a lady Doctor of the Indian Army, her story of grit and Hippocrates Oath that Doctors serve under, even if a General has to be disciplined in the process .

It was a biting cold, late winter evening in Jan 2004, at Baramula – a border town with the notorious and well deserved reputation for being the hub of terrorism in North Kashmir. I was the GOC of the Division headquartered there. It was past the witching hour and I must have dozed off in the first interlude of sleep in an active, 18 hour day when I got a call on the phone. The operator displayed his urgency by prefacing the call as Urgent “IED phata hai, Sahib. Capt Devika Gupta aap se baat karna chahti hain. MI Room se bol rahi hain…”

Soldiers in Kashmir sleep with their weapons and I was no different. In two minutes, I was in uniform. The QRT was ready too and we were racing out of the GOC’s Bungalow nestling on the banks of the River Jhelum. The MI Room was close by and when I arrived, there was subdued activity. The RR soldier was part of a Unit crossing Baramula for a night domination patrol when he had stepped on an IED disguised as a transistor. His intestines had spilt out and his team had rushed him to the MI Room, where the Medical Officer, Capt Devika Gupta her hands encased in bloodied white gloves right up to her shoulders started stitching him skillfully to stop his intense bleeding. It was touch and go!