Indumathi...” Indu The Hindu“
I was chatting to a friend today about serendipity We shared serendipitous tales and the conversation became quite serious as we both agreed that we thought some forces were responsible but how and to what extent we both were at a loss with to explain I told him the tale about Indumathi It seemed fitting Now many many years ago Indumathi was a patient of mine. She was a big boned, loud voiced, Asian woman in her sixties who ran her large family from her side room on my ward with all of the energy of a small nuclear power plant. She had a specially designed extra large wheelchair which she hated, a massive selection of beautiful loose fitting pantaloon trousers and tops and could throw a cup or plate with deadly accuracy when she was in a foul mood , a fact that may be surprising as Indumathi was totally blind. Now Indumathi was what we in the nursing trade would now refer to as a challenging patient . She was opinionated, perceived as rude and was non compliant with any of her care...