![]() She slept as usual at 10 pm after watching TV and saying goodnight to her children, never to wake up again. She was hale and healthy and had no medical problems. For her own satisfaction she used to undergo routine medical check ups every six months. Since her medical history was clean she was not under medication and doctors also did not advice any medication for her. To tell you another incident, just last week the mother of an acquaintance of mine in Mumbai died all of a sudden at the age of 55. Maybe that is the only answer one could give because even expert doctors who went through his medical reports were astounded at the death of a young boy at a time when he was at the peak of his youth.ĭeaths like this scare us out of our wits and I can only say that this true incident is a living proof to show that death indeed comes like a thief. With such a clean medical history, when I began to wonder and asked him how it could happen he just said, "Perhaps it was a call from God." Just three weeks back he had undergone a complete medical check up and there was no complaint whatsoever and he was certified to be a healthy young man. But I was left dumbfounded when my friend confided that this young boy who was just 31, had no modern lifestyle diseases like cholesterol, diabetes or blood pressure. When I asked the cause of his sudden death, my friend told me, 'he collapsed all of a sudden while partying….' He confirmed that it was a massive heart attack that resulted in his instant death. Except in age-related sickness, many are able to overcome diseases or come to live with some common ones. A few others succumb to them.Īt this moment, I recall the death of a relative of a close friend of mine, who was in his early 30’s. Ill health quite often comes without any indication and all of a sudden a person who we often presume to be in good health may fall sick and perish. Here too, death is unexpected, except in instances of suicides where the person may contemplate the act for long or may commit it on the spur of the moment unable to control his own tumultuous feelings. Unexpected murders or suicides too perplex us to a great extent. A small mistake or an error of judgment may prove costly for self and for the lives of others. When death enfolds us in the form of accidents, I am sure, no one is prepared for it. But almost everyday we come across instances of precious lives being lost in accidents. People perish due to their own mistakes or pay with their lives for the mistakes of others. However, it is the unexpected or unforeseen deaths that cause inconceivable misery and pain to family members, close relatives and near and dear ones, many of who are unable to come to terms with such sudden loss and rebuild their lives. Constant improvements in the medical field have helped us to delay death upto a certain age in many cases. ![]() When it comes to death, old age is one of the factors which one cannot avoid. ![]() But ‘how death comes’ is a question that we human beings need to ponder over, especially when we come across instances of sudden or untimely deaths. It is said that “birth is accidental but death is certain,” which means that death is inevitable and we have to accept this well-known and universal fact. Despite our herculean efforts to unravel this mystery of death we are unable to come anywhere closer in finding a satisfactory answer to this. The Bible clearly says “Death comes like a thief”, which often makes us ponder over this aspect of death. There have been a spate of incidents within a span of this one month which made me contemplate a lot and finally compelled me to write. ![]()
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