I woke up this morning, to some funny sounds whose origin and meaning I could not comprehend.I am not the kind of a person who gets up early but today I had to. It is actually the last dream I had that woke me up.
I was walking along the corridors of a certain hospital when I accidentally spotted a lady patient receiving treatment in one of the wards. She was screaming in pain as the nurse continued to dress her wound on her left thigh.
To me, the whole thing appeared normal because that is exactly what one would expect in such areas. So I ignored and moved on. However, the more I kept moving away, the louder the noise became and the clearer I heard it. This caught my attention. I stopped for a few seconds and felt like it was necessary to go back and see the suffering woman.
I therefore walked back quickly and almost entered the ward when a security guard stopped me. He claimed that no stranger was allowed in before the official time of visiting patients, which was a few minutes later.
As I stood with the guard, the screaming was growing louder every second, to an extent of slightly disturbing the guard too. Soon the visiting bell rang but before I could make any move, I woke up!
Surprisingly, I could still hear the lady screaming. This really confused me because first, I was in my room not hospital and second, the hostel is for men only. I quickly raised my head, just to confirm that I was not still asleep. That is when I got a clue. The noise came from my neighbouring room.
For about two minutes, I tried to understand what was really happening in that particular room but found out that I would not. The sounds then began to fade and finally stopped.
Until now, I am still in darkness. The lady was screaming as if drowning in water or having some jiggers removed from her toes. What exactly was I hearing?
