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MOST doctors agree that music helps in calming the distraught nerves and diverting the mind from negativity. Several hospitals these days are playing soothing tunes in the ICU for the patients and in the waiting area for the relatives. However, the kind of music being played in the different wards of the hospital can make a major difference. Imagine while performing an open-heart surgery in an operation theatre, the surgeon starts shaking to the tunes of Sainya dil mein aana re, aake phir na jaana re or Dil cheez kya hai aap meri jaan leejeye…. An eye-surgeon would like to play while operating a cataract patient Teri ankhon ke siva dunia mein rakha kya hai. But if one is not careful, there are chances that some tunes might backlash. In a clinic where patients are consulting for hair loss or hair grafting if the background song is something like Yeh zulf agar khul ke bikhar Jaye to achcha hai, it can prove to be very risky. An old female patient suffering from severe arthritis may sue the hospital authorities if on reaching the OPD she is made to hear kaan mein jhumka, chaal mein thumka, lage pachasi jhatke. The next time music directors like Anu Malik or A. R. Rehman sit down to compose music for their next Bollywood film, they should keep this new audience in mind — the hospital audience. |