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इच्छाशक्ति-7

As compared to the month of July, the crowds here at the hospital seem to have returned. It may not be as big a crowd as it was before Covid happened, but still there are hundreds of patients. Staff seems to have made extra arrangements and rules for the patients to follow to prevent covid. Waiting outside the HBB 101, I look at my token. It's still just token number 150 that is called, and I have to wait untill 239. While you know it's going to take time, you still keep on checking, just in case your number comes earlier than you actually imagined. Trying to keep your mind engaged while you wait in the queue is a huge task. There's so much happening around you. Suddenly I heard an irritated voice of a kid, screaming and at the same time crying and telling something to his mother. I see a small pale, thin kid with needles at the back of his tiny palms with heavy bandages for administering medicines, sleeping on the lap of his mother, who by the way doesn't look older th...