Updated: May 23, 2021 7:26 pm IST
A Covid ICU ward in a hospital is like a T-20 match in progress. Much like in a game, as one s eyes are constantly transfixed on the ticking scoreboard, in a hospital, one is continuously scanning the electronic display board above beds, which displays pulse rate, oxygen level and blood pressure readings. A patient s caretaker is busy monitoring that. If the oxygen level goes up by a point, the caretaker is upbeat and the patient too feels assured. However, a drop worries both. This match then goes on for days. Then one day either the patient wins the battle or the display board above goes quiet. Life loses and the soul proceeds on its unending journey. A higher power, acting like an umpire, is making those decisions.