Aftershocks Of Immediate Hiring And Firing

Aftershocks Of Immediate Hiring And Firing is an episode in the Dr. Sanjeev Punyara cartoon series. It precedes Super Mobile and follows the episode Dr. Ray.

Synopsis
Anand Ramdas is fired after being caught red-handed trying to prescribe harmful drugs to out patients, by Dr. Sanjeev, Dr. Seetha, Dr. Ray and 3 insurance officers. Champa is enraged as it is revealed that Anand Ramdas was actually her cousin, and Champa had plans to use him to trouble Sanjeev.

Plot
Dr. Sanjeev steps out of the conference room of the Billapur City Hospital, ready to go home. He gets his bag as well as Seetha's and waits outside at the parking lot. Seetha then arrives and offers to drive. Sanjeev agrees and Seetha drives his car, and they go home. On the way, Seetha says that she had already suspected something earlier itself between Champa and Dr. Anand Ramdas. Sanjeev says that sometimes the 6th sense is only 98% accurate, rather than 100%, as none had expected Anand was Champa's distant cousin.

Then, the flashback of the insurance company employees arriving at the hospital is seen. They confront Billadutta, one of the hospital managers, as Raghunath was on leave that day and Champa was hiding under Billadutta's desk. Champa couldn't hide in her office as the insurance agents could've tried to investigate it and she also wanted to hear the conversation between Billadutta and the agents, but without them knowing it, as they had prohibited recording their conversation. Just then, the agent said Billadutta could record their meeting. Immediately, without thinking, Champa suddenly emerged from under Billadutta's desk and said she was glad she didn't have to stay there. The insurance agents said that they were receiving complaints that the number of harmful drugs prescribed from the Billapur City Hospital had become too high in just a span of 2 weeks. Champa doesn't believe it. The insurance officers then told they will have to charge the hospital extra money, as more expensive treatments are required. Or else, they said, "Find a new insurance company or take the risk of no insurance for your hospital's equipments". Just then, Champa's phone rang. It was Dr. Raghunath calling. Turns out, Dr. Raghunath had already sent a complaint that they were being charged too much. But the insurance company agents said they didn't find any errors in the calculation. So, Raghunath himself asked them to investigate.

The insurance agents say they would leave and come back in an hour and would be expecting the culprit to be traced before their return. Meanwhile, Anand Ramdas is given clinic duty for the 3rd time that week. Surprisingly, Dr. Sanjeev finds out something suspicious as Ramdas had been very reluctant the previous week to see out patients, but since that week, slowly he had been actually glad to do it. It wasn't looking like he started liking the job after experiencing it, but more like he found some secret in it. Seetha also agreed as Anand never admitted liking the job. Suddenly, Sanjeev suspects something horrible, and tells it to Seetha. Seetha suggests calling Billadutta and informing him about their doubt on Anand Ramdas, and Sanjeev does it. Dr. Billadutta immediately calls the insurance company.

Meanwhile, Anand Ramdas is found to be prescribing harmful drugs to patients. Some patients say they wanted to go for an alternative, but Anand says there were none. Turns out, Dr. Anand had found out that prescribing special drugs gained him money, as it would be required for the patients' treatment, but Anand Ramdas gave random patients drugs, but took the extra money himself.

Then, a cat complaining of stomahache came. Dr. Anand recommended him to be admitted for an hour and be given special injections. Surprisingly, the patient just left. Next, a female cat with jaw pain entered. Anand told her that she would need a minor surgery. But again she didn't reply, but left. Just then, a cat with dentures and a fractured hand came inside. Ramdas recommended harmful drugs again for treatment, instead of paracetamol. But the cat spat his dentures, and Anand noticed he had teeth on both jaws. The dentures were fake, but had an insurance officer's ID on it. Anand Ramdas gulped as he realized that the ID belonged to that very cat.

"Police!" shouted the cat, signalling a few police constables waiting outside to enter the room. The police constables shouted, "Just keep quiet and follow us", as one of them handcuffed Anand and dragged him outside the room. Dr. Sanjeev, Dr. Seetha, Dr. Billadutta, Dr. Ray and Dr. Monica looked on. Sanjeev sharply said, "Ab tum dono yeha kya kar rahehe? Jaav aor apna kaam karo!" (Now what are you two doing here? Go and do your work) to Ray and Monica. Dr. Ray said, "Sir we have a problem. Our patient went into cardiac arrest 20 minutes ago. Turns out Anand had given him the wrong medication. The medicine contained acetylcholine, causing bradycardia in our patient and leading to an abrupt cardiac arrest." Sanjeev inquired more details about the drug, but it turned out that Ramdas hadn't told anyone else about it. Sanjeev had to anticipate the most possible events that could've occurred with the help of Anand Ramdas' pattern of treating patients. Sanjeev immediately had made a suspicion and asked Ray what was going on. Dr. Ray said that the patient was undergoing surgery as atherosclerosis was suspected. "Who's the surgeon? And why is surgery going on without my consent?" questioned Sanjeev. "Uh.. Mohan" replied Ray. Sanjeev told Ray to have Mohan and the other surgeons to immediately stop and freeze wherever they were.

Dr. Sanjeev then speedily scrubbed his hands, put on his mask and gloves and entered the operation theatre. Mohan was having a hard time, as a leak in the coronary vein was suspected. CPR hadn't done anything. "It could be a heart attack" said Mohan. Sanjeev told him to silently watch and took over. He said there was no issue with any blood vessel, but it was with the efficiency of sterilizing the surgical equipment. Sanjeev sarcastically said, "The tools have been sterilized so neatly that there is no chance that the capillaries in the patient's skin could ever leak even a drop of blood". "Noradrenaline, norepinephrine" said Sanjeev, injecting the hormone He turned to Ramesh, "Charge up the defibrillator." "Starting at 250 volts" said Ramesh. Ramesh shocked the patient with no visible effect. "Electrocardiograph's still flat, charge to 340 volts" said Sanjeev. Ramesh and Mohan said it was too much. However, Sanjeev insisted that the hormone needed to dissolve quickly and would require a higher voltage.

Sanjeev instantly shocked the patient and the patient's heart started again. Meanwhile, back at the present, as Sanjeev and Seetha were going home in their car, Seetha inquired what was the final diagnosis given to the patient. Sanjeev replied that the patient was given some injections to dissolve a thrombus clot in an artery, which was the only cause of all the subsequent symptoms. The patient was discharged by Dr. Ray later that evening before everyone else left work.

Sanjeev suddenly received a phone call from Billadutta. He said that the police would interrogate Dr. Sanjeev's department and the other doctors the next week so as to find any more potential charges against Anand Ramdas. Billadutta also mentioned that Champa would be interrogated twice as she was revealed to be Anand's cousin, through some old records. Sanjeev instantly revealed that he had hired Dr. Anand only because the former was told to do so by Champa. Sanjeev also stated that he was told that Anand was allegedly interviewed previously, due to which he didn't need much questioning and was experienced enough to be hired spontaneously. Billadutta said that the interrogation at the hospital would go on for the next two weeks and would be a tedious procedure. Sanjeev then put the phone down and he and Seetha soon reached home.

Key Events

 * It is revealed that Champa was Anand Ramdas' distant cousin.
 * The flashback of the reason behind Anand Ramdas' firing and arrest is started.
 * Insurance officers arrive at the hospital stating that the costs for hospital equipment has increased due to more orders for drugs.
 * Billadutta plans to have the culprit captured within the next hour.
 * Sanjeev abruptly suspects Anand Ramdas to be the one prescribing harmful drugs to patients unnecessarily.
 * Sanjeev informs Billadutta, who calls the insurance officers immediately and has Anand Ramdas caught red-handed.
 * The Police, who had already been called, barge into the room and arrest Anand Ramdas for "unethical medical practice".

Trivia

 * Anand Ramdas does not appear later for a long time after this episode.