"When I turned on the TV in the afternoon, there was a doctor's phone-in program on a channel... The topic was about headaches. The doctor was answering the doubts of the listeners, including a lady who was quite angry, and also explaining the latest methods of brain surgeries.
The next caller is on the line...
"What is the doubt? Please ask," the doctor said, with attention.
A woman is on the line: "Doctor, I’ve been having terrible headaches for a long time... My head feels completely swollen and heavy. When I get a headache, my whole body aches... My head feels like it's being squeezed from the top..."
A general practitioner, a physician, or a neurologist will definitely see such a headache at least once in a day...
Immediately, the doctor's question came, "Is it a migraine headache?"
As expected, the reply came quickly: "I don’t know what kind of headache it is. That’s why I called the doctor to find out."
The doctor's attempt to forget was not so well received... Finally, after hours of repeatedly calling, the doctor gave expert advice: "Do one thing, immediately see a neurologist or a neurosurgeon... Such headaches cannot be ignored."
Poor woman... Who is she? Not just any Shashi, but Palaarivattom Shashi!!!
I had a question for my doctor friend... Didn’t they plan to ask the questions I had written earlier and ask the anchor to present the program beautifully? Couldn’t they have wrapped up the show like that? When doing such a program, shouldn’t there be at least a basic idea about the usual headaches people experience? Is headache a condition that can be treated just by hearing it over the phone? Then why all this drama?
I also have a question for my sister... Wasn’t half the time spent calling this phone-in show better used to see a good doctor nearby and seek proper treatment? Or did she call because she wanted to hear her own voice on TV? If so, she could have called a song or dance show instead!"