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The one with the mother's look

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"Hey, any patient for me or I can leave for the day?" "Just one patient doc, waiting for you at examination room 710." Being an on call doctor at Ambani Hospital sure is very exhausting. For one, you have go to all sorts of different floors for all patients and only specific elevators take you to that specific floors. I go in to the room 710 and the patient is waiting there with her baby. We formally greet each other. Apparently she is having trouble in feeding her baby and some doctor recommended her to me, a lactation consultant. I helped her with the positions and explained all sorts of techniques in local dialect so she can easily understand. At the end of the session, she asks me whether she can go to work from next week. "But, you have just had your baby 2 months ago. Every company gives maternity leave for atleast 6 months I am sure." She was bit hesitant but later smiled and said," Doctor, I work in Red Light Area. I won...