“No, it can’t be so”, Alan screamed at Dr. Iype in the narrow consultation room of that famous clinic.
“Be calm and cool.”, This was not a rare case for Dr. Iype.
Alan: “Please prescribe the test to another lab”.
Dr. Iype: “Our lab reports will never go wrong. You shouldn’t waste your money.”
Alan wept deeply by covering his face with his hands. He again asked, “Perhaps, it may not be serious.”
Dr. Ipe: “No… It is a malignant one. We term it as brain cancer.”
Alan had no words to speak. His wife, Mercy was looking at the doctor with scary eyes.
Alan: “Can you extend my life?”
Dr. Iype: “It is beyond our control as the second phase has passed. Probably, you may get ….2-3 months.”
Alan: “Then, how can I face my children? My daughter is very bright in her studies. My son is a baby. My wife is illiterate. I have no legacy, no wealth, not even a penny to leave with them.”
He came out of the clinic and didn’t want to go home. He wandered here and there in the streets of that noiseless town with tearful eyes.
(This is a real-life story of a man , a diseased cancer patient. He passed away 19 years ago.)