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Rani opened her eyes. “Meri pet… my belly… the baby?”
He knew the medical council would call it reckless practice. No license. No liability insurance. No permission.
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“Ten minutes,” Meena whispered.
He turned to Meena: “You will bag-mask Chotu — every four seconds, no pause. I’ll stabilize Rani. But we need an airway for the boy. I have no tube, no ventilator.” Rani opened her eyes
Arjun’s hands, steady as a surgeon’s in the OPD, now trembled. He had exactly ten minutes before Rani’s brain would swell beyond repair, and maybe twenty before Chotu’s diaphragm would stop moving.
Arjun placed a stethoscope on her abdomen. A heartbeat. Fast, furious, alive. At exactly 10:58 PM, the sound of a real ambulance — siren wailing — came from the main road. Arjun didn't wait for thanks. He packed his van, left a page of instructions taped to the wall, and drove into the fog. No liability insurance
He pushed magnesium into Rani’s IV, counting the drops. Her convulsions slowed. Then he ran to Chotu, inserted a makeshift nasal airway (a cut suction catheter, sterilized in whiskey), and strapped the CPAP mask to his face.