Cataract surgery

It has become a routine today. Last time I was wondering why it was taking this long.
The hospital tells you to be in between 7:30 and 8.
You come and they give you a room to be shared with some other patient.
The patient is told to get some drops, to be given 5 times in intervals of 5 minutes, in the eye that is to be operated.
After an hour someone will come check the patient's blood pressure.
Then an hour or two before they take the patient for the procedure.
After 30 minutes they will bring the patient back.
Another 30 minutes and a call to pay any outstanding amount that was not paid by the insurance company.
Post that, wait again.
In an hour a nurse will come with list of medicines.
Once that is purchased, they will discharge the patient usually after 3 hours of rest.
They will also give instructions of what the patient should not do and for how many days.

Today I am done till the 300 rupees payment, that was the amount not paid by insurance.
The rest is to follow.
I am targeting somewhere between 2 and 3, for a discharge.

And today there's the issue of getting a transport back home.

Bummer. Why did the strike have to happen now.