Defense is her thing. She even played as a defender in primary school football. As a guard in high school basketball, she did the same times without number. But that is not the line of defense in this scenario. Defense in terms of justice is. Seeing that no one is treated unfairly. Throwing herself into the lions claws to save a soul or two.
At times she dives into the deep end of the pool that is defense without tangible facts. Facts necessary to win the ‘case’. The blame for this she can only pin on her deficiency of knowledge in the field of law. And this she blames on her mother who was totally against her pursuing law at the university just cause she did not have tall relatives or that kinda thing. Anyways,it is what it is. Life goes on.
“What the hell is going on here?”She asked one of the persons in the crowd.”Why are they doing nothing to help the man in black?” “They claim they can’t force him into the ambulance. Apparently he has refused or so they say.”
By the mention of this she was getting agitated already.”What do you mean he has refused, the poor man can’t even communicate for crying out loud. These guys are joking.” And with this she headed to talk to one of the men.
She: Hi. I would like to inquire on why exactly you guys are doing nothing to help this man.
Man in Red 1: Hi. The man has refused to get into the ambulance.
She: What do you mean he has refused, the guy can’t even verbalize a word.
Man in Red 1: He has refused. We can’t force him into the ambulance. He was resisting.
She: I’m not saying you force him in. But you can’t say he has refused. I’m damn sure he has not said “No”. That is the only time you can say he refused treatment. My friend, this guy has been here since 11 Am. Now the society has noted he needs help, has called you guys but you guys just wanna sit in the vehicle. Seriously. (Now the guy was ignoring her and responding to some other gent instead. A gent mark you that was drunk and making no sense at all~Gender stereotype is real).
Drunk Guy: Just take his temperature, if it’s within the normal ranges you guys can go.
She:(To the drunk guy) What are you saying? What do you mean take his temp. and just leave? This man needs medical help. He’s obviously not well.
Man in Red 1: It just could be alcohol withdrawals.
She: Or not! Could also be a neurological problem that’s making him this stiff,while you guys are here claiming he’s resisting. (By this time the mans left hand was extended forward making a right-angle with his upper body. Then he maintained that position).
The guy was now claiming that they would be asked questions when they take him to the hospital. Questions they would not be able to answer and by so doing land themselves in trouble. That no treatment would be offered till they were answered.
She: That is ethically wrong and I don”t see that happening. The first priority of medics is to save life, the other issues will follow later. As the society what we also want is his life saved. ( The heat was now rising, the crowd was now becoming mad. Lashing insult at the two guys seated in the ambulance. Things were getting out of hand yet they two still claimed the guy had refused and they could not force him).
Red man 2:( After making calls to their superiors explaining the situation on the ground) (To her) Young lady, were you with this man the whole day. This could be alcohol. And you can’t say neurological problem, has he developed it acutely? Please if you don’t know what you saying get out of my sight.
She: (Getting mad) You also can’t exclusively say it’s alcohol withdrawals and leave it at that. What if it is not? Hence the need for him to be checked up to rule out any serious imminent dangers. (She heads to Red Man 1 as Red Man 2 decides to completely ignore her).
She: At least take his vitals, if they are within normal ranges you guys can take your leave.
Red Man 1: Miss, we can’t force him into the ambulance. (This was now becoming an irritating song)
She: (Totally pissed) What the hell. A thermometer is portable. So is the BP machine. The two ain’t drilled onto the ambulance!
(The entire place was now chaotic. The crowd was out of control. And the two still insisted that the man in black had refused and that was that. Feeling totally helpless, she retreated to talk to the man in black).
She: Please try communicate so that we can help you. I’ll ask you a few questions. Nod to mean Yes and shake your head to mean No. Can they check your temperature?
Man in Black: (Shakes head).
She: Can they check your Blood pressure? Can they take you to the hospital?
Man in Black: (Shakes head for both questions).
(She slowly retreats from him satisfied, this she understood. She knew he had the right to decline medication and nothing can be done beyond that. She wished she had talked to him first before arguing all this while aimlessly. She walked to the ambulance).
She:(To Man in Red 1) You guys can go, he has refused everything.
(She left the crowd behind her and the whole commotion and headed for her avocados. She began packing to wrap up for the day. Immediately the ambulance screeched past her, made a right turn and disappeared into the dark. Was now few minutes to 10 O’clock, the latest she has ever closed. Her buccal muscles were fatigued from all the talking. Her throat was totally dry. Her heart was also tachycardic. She needed to calm down and stabilize her vitals).
The next day she went for her morning run minutes past 5 Am. She passed by the barber shop to see whether the man in black was still on the bench. He was not there. “What happened to him?” She wondered as she run past the spot.
With soothing music in her ears, she ran. She recalled how it all went down that previous night.
Seated by her Kisii Golden Avocados, she noticed a mini-crowd form some few meters on her left, right in front of some barber shop. She ignored it for a while but her curiosity got the best of her. Leaving her neighbor (who sells sports shoes next to her) to watch her avocados, she headed for the crowd.
“What’s not happening her,” she asked an elderly lady with a baby on her back.
“Not so sure my dear but seems like the man over there is unwell. Apparently he’s been here since morning around 11 Am. We suspecting corona might be the issue.” She uttered a thank you to the lady for the information and smiled sarcastically internally on the mention of corona.
“Why must everything be associated with corona virus? The poor guy might just be suffering from some other illness totally unrelated to corona virus.” She thought to herself.
The dark-skinned, medium height man in a well-fitting black suit sat on a bench. He did not look good. He was profusely sweating, head bowed, lips dry and cracked up. She went and tried talking to him. He was not moving neither was he communicating. She gave up and went back to her avocados.
Good thing, some good Samaritans among the crowd had gotten some identification from his pocket and were making the necessary calls. Standing by the avocados waiting for customers, the medic in her took over.
“That guy is not doing well. The crowd around him is suffocating him. He’s definitely dehydrated. The first management action that will be done for him when he gets to a health center is re-hydration. I might as well commence the same from here.” She thought to herself. Immediately she left her avocados yet again and went to purchase some mineral water for the man in black.
She sequestrated herself through the crowd that had now grown in numbers and got to the man in black. He still did not want to communicate. All the same he managed to open his buccal cavity and gradually drink the water 3/4 way with her help. He could not move any of his limbs. A call was made for an ambulance. Confident that he was re-hydrated enough to wait for the ambulance she went to her designation.
The crowd perpetually increased in number till it could not no more. With time, the numbers began dwindling. By 8:30 Pm, the crowd had disappeared. The barber shop was being closed. She herself had just 30 minutes to her closure.
“Oh,No! This man is gonna end up sleeping out here?” She sadly thought to herself. “Wish there was extra space at home to host him for the night. But where the hell is the ambulance that was called for ages ago?” She angrily thought to herself. “The need for working services in this country is just immense!”
Few minutes to 9 Pm, sirens were heard from a far off distance and the ambulance came into sight. She smiled, better late than never they say. It made a left turn and headed to the man’s direction. Stopped for a while in front of him then drove ahead to make a U-turn back to the same spot. In a split second, the place was crowded again. It’s as though the ambulance summoned them from their houses.
Believing everything to be under control. She focused on her avocados. Out to make the last sales of the day before curfew kicks in. But time went by and she wasn’t seeing any progress at the site of the man in black. In fact the two gents each in a red t-shirt were actually comfortably seated in the ambulance.”What the hell!” She thought. She just could not stand there idly. Once again she left her avocados and headed for the man in black . This time round targeting the men in red.
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