Paan Stories

 Paan stories.


Karnataka grows Betel leaves .The variety is Ambadi leaves which is Heart shaped.
Karnataka also grows Arecanut - Supari.
Superior has variety - Dark variety and White variety.
Yeli,Adaki,Sunna- Leaf,Arecanut, slaked  lime.
A must after every meal .
People are seen nowadays eating Paan at any time.
Latest is PAN Guthka
And Spitting.
People Spitting anywhere and every where.
Spitting from moving bikes ....moving bus.
Showers of Sprinklers....
Sprinkling red Showers on my White dress.
Sprinkling in corridors   ....
On streets  ....
Painting Red......
Hubli is now Painted Red  .....
Painting the town Red is an English Idiom....meaning going around flamboyantly.
Paan chewers actually literally and metaphorically " Paint Hubli Town Red".
You are standing at the signals to cross over or waiting at the bus stop or just standing or walking along a busy street....you find someone spitting Paan or Guthka beside you.With no Apologies or Inhibitions 
" Have I spitted on you?"
It's annoying and exasperating seeing OT corridors ,Hospital corridors,Staircases painted Red with Paan stains.
Moresoever after Covid Pandemic. Inspite of a huge loss to Mankind due to airborne droplet virus spread....yet people haven't learnt lessons.
Still you get people spitting and sprinkling openly.
Eating Paan is a delicacy. Paan has many health benefits.
People enjoy the Paan with its benefits inside the 4 walls of your house.
Nightmare I get is when patients chew Paan and Guthka prior to Surgery.
People get so habituated to Eating Paan and Chewing Guthka....
Unmindfully they put it in their mouth.
Later to realise that they have breached Anaesthesia protocol of Nil By Mouth.
Hurriedly before entering Operation Theatre, they spit out and rinse their mouth.
Many times Anaesthesia does get complicated when such irresponsible behaviour is seen by Patient.
I had an Advocate to be Anaesthetised for Spine Surgery. Till Extubation after completion of Spine surgery, everything was uneventful. But few moments of extubation ,Patient went in Laryngospasm.
This is a nightmare.
At times got to perform Emmergency Tracheotomy.
I went ahead to reintubate.
Inserted Laryngiscope....
Angry,Irritated,Astounded....
A Piece of Betel leaf,Areca nut,Guthka .....
On the Vocal cords.
Patient stabilized.Shifted to Intensive care.
But that fraction of second entire Operation Theatre team was extremely tensed.
People are unmindful over their extreme love towards Yeli Adakki....and Guthka.
Their Paan Love does get exchequers earn revenue over sales.....but the city is Red and so is their Anaesthesiologist.
Paan Khaaye Saiyaan Hamaro....
Sanvali Surat Honth laal laal....
( The red lips and tongue does interfere with monitoring of Anaesthesia)
Hai hai Mal Mal ka kurta....
Mal Mal ke kurte par... Chint Lal laal....
( Many times my white kurtas do have got stained by Paan sprinklers)......

🙄🥴😄😀

Dr Tripti Milind Galgali
Hubli.

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