Gudda comes back home

Even though it took three whole weeks for Gudda in the hospital, his friends and family are happy that he’s finally out and up on his feet.
After Rohit Bal suffered a massive heart attack on Feb 23, the designer spent almost two weeks in the ICU till only recently when he was shifted to a private ward. While the family had been counting days as to when Gudda would be completely fit, their wait finally ended late last evening when doctors discharged him from the hospital.
Confirming the news, Dr RR Kasliwal, chairman of clinical cardiology at Medanta Medicity, Gurgaon, where Gudda was all this while, said, “Rohit’s condition is stable and his health has shown a lot of improvement. So there was no reason for us to hold him back in the hospital any longer. However, even though he’s going to be home now, we’ve advised him complete rest and care. Also, being a heart patient, his medicines and their timely dosage is going to be very important.”
But while doctors themselves have been talking about his lifestyle, and the fact that it could have triggered this heart attack, has Gudda been warned of it now? “Oh yes! He will definitely have to alter his lifestyle to avoid any further health problems. For now, most alterations that he’ll have to make will be in his diet intake. As for his going to work, I’ve asked him to come and see me in a week’s time. It’s only after that, that we’ll decide if he’s fit enough to get back to work.”
Meanwhile, Aruna Bal, Gudda’s sister, sounded more than happy and contented over brother’s homecoming. “We all are so relaxed! But his health care doesn’t end here. He’ll probably be on rest for at least a month before he gets back to being fit like before. If not a month, 15-20 days for sure. Otherwise, he’s walking around the house, as per doctors’ advice - which is to do a li’l walking and exercise everyday. For diet too, like any other heart patient, he’s been asked to follow a low-cholesterol diet.”
So would that mean no work and no meeting friends in the interim? “Since he’s been advised complete rest, we have no outsiders visiting him at all. In fact, family members are also meeting him rarely so that he gets most space to recover fast. Gudda knows that when he needs any of us, he just has to make a call, and we’ll be there. As for his work, he won’t be stepping out of the house anytime soon. But yes, he could definitely get on with sketching or designing, if he feels like. For like Gudda himself says, sketching is not work. That’s pleasure for him,” smiles Aruna.
arunima.srivastava@indiatimes.co.in
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