Once Ravindran had found the stretcher, he was asked to first complete formalities related to the admission of the patient before Khairnar could be treated. Since it was a medico-legal case, this included getting a policeman’s signature. All Ravindran had wanted to do was save a life, but the apathy and callousness that he encountered made Ravindran feel like he was almost being penalised instead. Still, Ravindran rushed to do all this, but there was no policeman to be found at his seat for 15 minutes. All this while, the accident victim lay there, untreated. “Later, after this CT scan was done, the hospital staff asked me to clean up the blood and urine of the victim,” remembered Ravindran. “He was very disoriented and had passed urine at the table itself.”