No Team, No Dreams

No Team, No Dreams is an episode in the series Dr. Sanjeev Punyara. It is the second episode of the 1st season. It is the only appearance of Dr. Sanjeev's unnamed former employees. It follows the episode "" and precedes "Aftershocks of Immediate Hiring and firing".

Synopsis
Sanjeev fires every doctor in his team after a heated argument and the death of a man due to the wrong diagnosis. Champa is enraged, as Sanjeev says Seetha could accompany him with her department. He believes he needs only the cooperation of a few general surgeons, which eliminates the requirement of a team. Meanwhile, Seetha fires Dr. Monica R. Lal from her department after she finds out Monica tried to go behind Seetha's back in order to change her department, and get an increment in her salary.

Plot
Dr. Sanjeev Punyara is seen at the Billapur City Hospital, and asks Dr. Seetha, his sister, how his patient was. She replies that the man was critical and Sanjeev orders the patient to be downshifted from the ICU to the HDU. Sanjeev calls all of his 5 employees that afternoon at 2:00 PM to the meeting room. Dr. Sanjeev learns each one's role in giving the patient the wrong drug, which infected the patient's hepatic duct, and a contaminated needle of a syringe caused an infection to the patient, who is now about to die. Sanjeev is enraged and questions Champa, who is asking the nurse who used the contaminated syringe to pack up her things and leave. Champa had already fired the inefficient nurse and sent her away. However, Sanjeev isn't at all pacified. Sanjeev is then confronted by Champa in the evening, who found out Sanjeev had immediately fired ALL his employees.

Champa says that the decrease in taxes for new surgical equipment cannot be done if Dr. Sanjeev has no employees. Sanjeev, however, says that he can pay the taxes by partially utilizing the extra money his department has. Sanjeev then understands Champa had no issue with taxes, but only did not want Sanjeev to be the only member of the cardiology department, as she would be questionable by the other managers of the hospital (including the dean).

Dr. Sanjeev finds out the next day that Champa had moved the orthopedics department in front of Dr. Sanjeev's office on purpose that morning. She said it was temporary, for just a week. Dr. Sanjeev said, "I am a cat, not a peacock to hear infrasonic sound, especially my patients' heartbeats, when a "construction" is going on". The entire day, Champa intentionally has Sanjeev disturbed by the drilling of the orthopedics department. Dr. Sanjeev is helped by his sister, Seetha, who secretly finds about Champa's plans each time.

Meanwhile, back at the Pulmonology department, Dr. Seetha Punyara finds Monica is missing from her office. Seetha searches for her, while Monica is secretly observing Seetha. After Seetha left the her office, Monica quickly took a shortcut to the ENT's clinic. She talks to the ENT, and enquires about whether he could give her a job. The ENT says he couldn't, as he doesn't have good funding for his department. She then tries neurology, but then quickly realizes that the department was closed to mourn Dr. C. B. Rahul's death, and wouldn't open or see patients for a month. Monica finally goes to Champa, who was instructing Dr. Nageshwar, the orthopedics head, about multiple ways to disturb Dr. Sanjeev. She asks for a job, and Champa asks whether Monica had asked Seetha first about her plan to change her department. Monica says no, and then thinks of cancelling her plan, and returns to the pulmonology office.

Unknown to Monica, Dr. Seetha was secretly watching Champa to find out her plans to disturb Dr. Sanjeev, and had also seen and heard Monica's entire conversation with Champa. Seetha was waiting for Monica at her office and scolds the latter, and fires her, for being a "traitor" to her department and going behind Seetha's back. However, Seetha did not reveal how she found out about Monica's secret, as otherwise Champa would become alert and find out that Sanjeev was getting to know Champa's plans.

Sanjeev then hides an X-Ray machine, and Dr. Nageshwar steals a box of sterilized surgical equipment from operation room 11, to get even with Sanjeev. Nevertheless, Champa scolds him for ruining her plans by stealing the box from the operating room when Sanjeev had no surgery scheduled that day. Dr. Sanjeev, nevertheless, being an efficient cardiothoracic surgeon, treats his clinic patients properly to Champa's surprise. In the end, Champa accepts defeat and moves the orthopedics department back to their original place. All the doctors of the orthopedics department too say they failed in trying to irritate Dr. Sanjeev. Finally, with no choice, Champa pleads Sanjeev to get a new team.

Champa promises that none of Dr. Sanjeev's extra funds would be used, but only the Hospital's, like before, but Sanjeev should get at least 2 employees working under him. Sanjeev then agrees, as he finally reveals that he did need employees at the time of performing surgeries, but wanted to irritate Champa in the meantime. Sanjeev says he would have anyway hired new employees the next week, but wanted to enjoy in the meantime, irritating Champa. Sanjeev however, says he would need 4 employees. Champa agrees and helps Sanjeev and Seetha print posters saying that Dr. Sanjeev would be hiring 4 doctors for his department at the Billapur City Hospital.

On the way home, Sanjeev makes an idea and goes to the restaurant on Billa Street as he knew the owner. Sanjeev and Seetha tell him to put up their ad there, and the owner agrees and bids them farewell.

As it was a friday, at about 5:32 PM on Ramesh's clock, he receives a phone call from Dr. Raghunath, who tells Ramesh to reach the Hospital as there would be no one else the next day. Ramesh says he was free that day, so he takes his car keys and leaves.

Key Events

 * Dr. Sanjeev is enraged at his employees as each of them had a role in getting his patient killed.
 * The inefficient nurse responsible is fired instantly by Champa, shortly after which Dr. Sanjeev fires all his employees.
 * Champa tries to disturb Dr. Sanjeev the next day, to persuade him to hire new employees, by shifting the orthopedics department in front of his office, for 2 days.
 * Dr. Nageshwar, the head of the orthopedics department, tries to get even with Dr. Sanjeev, but his plan backfires.
 * Champa and the orthopedics department accept defeat and Dr. Sanjeev reveals he was going to hire new employees by himself, anyway.
 * Sanjeev and Seetha print posters that Sanjeev would hire 4 doctors, and put one of the posters at a restaurant.
 * Ramesh is at home and is suddenly called by Raghunath, who wishes to talk to him. Ramesh says he was free right then and leaves.

Trivia

 * This is the only appearance of Sanjeev's former 5 employees.
 * This is also the only appearance of Dr. Nageshwar, but not the orthopedics department.
 * It is later revealed in the next episode, that Ramesh was called by Raghunath to work as a general physician, to which Ramesh agrees.