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The last one month of final year medicine postings was getting over.It was time for third practical internals.Avani and her friends prepared diligently for the next day's practicals.
As usual students made a note of diagnosis of patients admitted in their unit.Then they asked their postgraduate students which of these patients would be alloted to them for examination. It was not just history taking and getting the clinical details that made the students pass their examination. It was their ability to answer questions asked during viva by the examiner and convince their examiner about their "deep" knowledge that got them through. In Avani's angle it was just by God's grace as she landed up with a patient suffering from hemiplegia wherein she had to know details of elaborate examination of central nervous system and know the pathways of the reflexes next day they were being alloted their cases for examination. 
Everyone hoped that don't land up getting a stroke patient who had recovering  in the ward as they felt the testing of nervous system  was the most elaborate and difficult. They had to pick up the chits showing patients bed numbers.As one predicted, Avani ended up getting the examination of nervous system. Dr.Venkateshwara R C was given the responsibility to show the students their bed numbers and give the question papers asking them to examine a particular system. Avani walked towards bed number 32 having a feeling of doom as she read 'Examination of Nervous system '.Dr.Venkateshwara came close to her and whispered "Don't worry. Even I got CNS examination ."He strolled away before she could react.
Dr.Mahesh Murthy was absent that day.So Dr.Yashasvini examined Avani on his behalf.
'Avani why aren't you dressed as usual' asked Dr.Yashasvini.That reminded her that she hadn't put her kajal and lip gloss as she was in a hurry that day.All she did was to dab on some sunscreen as her mother fed her breakfast. 'Oh madam .I was in a hurry this morningshe blurted.She wondered if it was appropriate for her to have blurted to the examiner.
She then clearly answered Dr.Yashasvini and passed her exams.