Nurses play cymbals while keeping step with the beat of dhols at JJ Hospital

Patients of JJ Hospital must still be nursing a splitting headache. On May 12, they were subjected to ear-splitting noisy celebrations by on-duty nurses - the caregivers who vow to prioritise their health above all. The revelry was marked right outside the nursing matron's office and bang opposite the maternity, psychiatry and tuberculosis departments, leaving vulnerable patients at risk. Hospitals are silence zones, and any violation attracts stringent punishment.