1+1 = 2
This is is just to show you that by mid-day I had 1 patient in the paediatric ward and 1 patient in the nursery. This is the lowest census I have ever had and it is worrisome. The wards need to fill up soon and I’m trying as hard as possible to do that!

48
Thats the total number of children I saw in OPD today. Paradoxically that’s one of the highest i have ever seen!! Guess the inpatient and the outpatient numbers dont relate!

16
That was the number of idlis I discovered in my dinner carrier after I picked it up from the mess and opened it up in my room. The normal number of idlis I eat is 3-4 and today I managed to eat 8! I think the mess thinks I’m an idli-guzzling machine or something like that!!

1.25
The weight in kilograms of Mahalakshmi’s baby as she occupies the nursery all alone. This is one of the lowest weight babies I have seen in the recent couple of months!

0
The amount in rupees it cost me to get my glasses repaired. The nose pad had broken in the afternoon and after my evening OPD I managed to get it repaired at the optical shop next to Dr. Sathia’s clinic. it was my first time there and when he knew I was a doc he refused to take any cash for fixing a new nose pad. It would have otherwise cost me about 10 rupees! Well…. there are still some free stuff in the world!!

1
The number of days Becky has been in Kodaikanal this year!! She reached this morning and was very excited about it. The huge card that I had placed on her bed added to the joy. We spoke together quite often today and I kinda felt the excitement. It was good to see her excited and chirpy after a really tired fortnight in Chennai and we really had a wonderful time. We’re now about 180 KM away from each other – not the usual 320 KM…. and that will be my final number crunching for the day!!