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agility of old people often leave me amazed. As I parked my scooty, I saw four
old aged people at the counter waiting for it to open. It was already 7.30 a.m.
The counter opened at 7.45 a.m. but these old people had no complain. Even they
know the counter never opens sharp at 7.30 a.m. but still they queue up well ahead
of scheduled time. Their positiveness that someday the counter would open on
right time is simply infectious. This CGHS dispensary is housed in four Type II
residential quarters of the Income Tax Residential complex- two on the ground
floor and two on the first floor above. Two rooms in each of these allotted quarters
make for sufficient space. The CGHS dispensary has four medical practitioners
on roll including the CMO, yet during the last four years that I have been
visiting this place, at least once a month, I have never come across all four of
them at any given point of time. Is it a mere coincidence, I leave for the
readers to decide. These senior citizens do not complain about absence of
doctors during working hours. Though there are four rooms on the ground floor,
yet doctors prefer to sit in rooms on the first floor, much to the discomfiture
of majority of patients who are mostly old aged citizen. I simply have no words
for the insensitivity of the authorities. Why can’t doctors sit in rooms on
ground floor which will certainly provide some relief to most of these old aged
people who invariably suffer from arthritis? The CMO a young lady sits on the
ground floor but does not attend to patients. I salute the resoluteness of
these senior citizens who do not mind undergoing all such difficulties without
complaining. On the contrary they remain cheerful even at this advanced age. This
certainly inspires me. But shouldn’t these senior citizens raise their voice
against such issues which might appear minuscule to us but is certainly of
importance for people of their age?
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