A special feature of many people around us is their desire to change something to their satisfaction. Some of them do it so brilliantly that one cannot even begin to fathom the thought process behind it. Here is an example of this.
We were working in the OT. There was a patient who had an intrauterine device, whose strings had gone missing. It could not be removed in the outpatient clinic. It was scheduled to be removed under anesthesia. A special instrument used for this purpose is IUD removing hook. Another instrument used for this purpose is Shirodkar's intrauterine prosthesis removing device, which is shown below. The part 'A' is as it is seen, and part 'B' is close up view of its terminal portion that goes into the uterus to hook out the IUD.
We asked for this instrument while operating on that patient. The nurse gave us one which looked as follows.
"Who changed its shape like this?" I asked with amazement.
"Is it changed?" the nurse asked me. "It has been of this shape ever since I have been posted in this OT two months ago."
"I could attempt to straighten it" I said. "But it is likely to break at the new bend. Please send it to the engineer."
"Right away" she said.
"Not right away. Please wait until we take its photograph. One comes across a modification like this but once in a lifetime, if at all."
That instrument could not have been passed into any woman's uterus in any way. I fervently wish I meet that person to know the working of his/her mind.
We were working in the OT. There was a patient who had an intrauterine device, whose strings had gone missing. It could not be removed in the outpatient clinic. It was scheduled to be removed under anesthesia. A special instrument used for this purpose is IUD removing hook. Another instrument used for this purpose is Shirodkar's intrauterine prosthesis removing device, which is shown below. The part 'A' is as it is seen, and part 'B' is close up view of its terminal portion that goes into the uterus to hook out the IUD.
We asked for this instrument while operating on that patient. The nurse gave us one which looked as follows.
"Who changed its shape like this?" I asked with amazement.
"Is it changed?" the nurse asked me. "It has been of this shape ever since I have been posted in this OT two months ago."
"I could attempt to straighten it" I said. "But it is likely to break at the new bend. Please send it to the engineer."
"Right away" she said.
"Not right away. Please wait until we take its photograph. One comes across a modification like this but once in a lifetime, if at all."
That instrument could not have been passed into any woman's uterus in any way. I fervently wish I meet that person to know the working of his/her mind.
