Let's keep it that way!

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Time : 0905 hours.
Venue : CCU
Thoughts : Empty 
Reason : Postcall
Its the twenty second of this month. Six more days of cardiology. Three more calls. So far so good.
Thoughts : still empty.
Everyone knows that I m in ICU next month except me.

Thoughts : still empty.
Lets keep it that way.















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