June 19, 2015:: An observation room had been arranged at Belle Vue for Baba, so that all his doctors could visit that room and check him up once.. When I reached the room, Dr. Rajan Tondon, the surgeon who had done Baba's debridement had already done his checkup.. Ma told me that the doctor had asked Baba, " How are you, Mr. Ray?" and Baba had replied, "Bhalo aachhi".
A certain sound was emanating from his chest for the last couple of days, and so we were waiting for a chest specialist to see him.. Meanwhile, I ran to Dr. Manoj Agarwal and requested him to see Baba once.. I thought it was important as Dr. Agarwal was the one who cured Baba of the severe stomach upset that he had after the debridement.. I also went to Pradip Tondon, the respected CEO of Belle Vue, and requested him to arrange an eye-check-up for Baba.. He was prompt and kind enough to arrange that..
While we waited for the Chest Specialist, we learned that all the senior chest specialists had already left.. A junior chest doctor came and examined Baba.. He said, putting Baba on a nebulizer might solve the problem.. It was decided that the nebulizer would be arranged at South City Garden..
We went for the eye checkup, but nothing could be found as Baba was unable to respond.. Twice, we met Dr. Subrata Maitra, Baba's trusted chest specialist, who warmly paid his respects to Baba.. but, he was not seeing patients those days..
Soon, we were on our return journey to South City Garden.. I had wanted to come back to Kasba straight, but my bro asked me to accompany them in the ambulance to SCG.. I will remain eternally thankful to him for the suggestion and to myself for listening to him, as that allowed me to spend my last minutes with Baba..
As the ambulance got out of the gate of Belle Vue, I saw Baba's eyes widely open. I told him, "Baba we are leaving Belle Vue". He could feel the motion and kept his eyes open for quite some time.. I asked my Bro whether we could take Baba to his office once.. but, he declined.. I swallowed down my wish to bring Baba to Kasba house once as well.. ..
On reaching SCG, it was quite a struggle to take Baba to the 10th floor... He was startled and shaken, again and again.. Settling him in his bed was another challenge..
The nurse, while changing Baba's clothes, sought my help, and I helped her in turning Baba on his side.. He again got startled and scared, and looked at me with wide open frightened eyes.. I comforted him, "It is me, Baba.. we are just changing your shirt". He felt relieved and closed his eyes. That was my last eye contact with my Baba. I never knew that Baba would never look into the eyes of his beloved Mago, ever again.
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