GHASTLY ACCIDENT AND ITS AFTERMATH

It's the University exam time at the KUTS. 

Mohanan ensures that blank answer sheets are supplied to the examinees well in time. His conscientiousness makes him arrive at KUTS sufficiently early.

He was busy on his job.

His phone rings. Someone at the other end tells him his son has been injured badly in a bike accident. Mohanan was shocked.

He literally ran to the Principal's quarters and had apprised the Principal of the mishap.

The Principal asked him to proceed at once to the hospital and gave him some cash.

At the Hospital Mohanan learned what went wrong.

His son was riding his bike to supply newspapers at the houses in the locality for an agent. His friend was riding pillion to help him finish the job fast. The boys were not wearing helmets as they were on the village road. Mohanan's son was riding at 30kmph.

As he turned a curve  a dog suddenly ran across. He swerved not to hit the dog. But there was an elderly man on the left on the shoulder of the road. He swerved again to save the gentleman.. He had the pillion rider to think of as well. The boy was perplexed. He lost control as he found the front wheel was skidding. The bike went straight. It stopped after the front wheel had dashed against a tree It was a mess. Mohanan's son fell on the road. The motion dragged him. There was profuse bleeding from an ear. Fortunately the pillion rider did not suffer any injury. The dog was saved. The elderly gentle man was saved. The pillion rider was saved.

The boy was immediately taken to an adjacent private hospital.. On examination they observed that the ear was torn and it required suturing, The Doctor in charge told them that they were not equipped to meet an emergency like this. They were advised to transfer the patient to a better equipped hospital.

As it was a holiday on that 15th - it was Vishu - most of the hospitals were understaffed.

Finally, after deliberations, they decided to shift the patient to NIMS Hospital, Neyyattinkara. The hospital authorities admitted the patient and advised them to wait. They had to ring up the surgeon and request him to come on the holiday to attend to the patient.

The good doctor arrived quick. He sutured the the torn ear back into place.

Once the procedure was over, the patient was discharged.

Mohanan ended up paying the Hospital bill of Rs.23000.00.

But it was a big relief that after meeting with such a ghastly accident, the boy came out of it with a minor injury.

The Bike bore it all

The Bike would need a princely sum to get back into shape..