Scrubbing Away the Indian Way: Netizens Mock TV Show For Using Bathroom Scrubber to Revive Patient

New Delhi (Sputnik): Indian television soaps are hard to imagine without melodramatic scenes, elaborate makeup for their characters, and extravaganza in many forms. The series also have a reputation of defying the laws of physics and even medical science.

An Indian television series has been spotted by the audience using a bizarre prop, apparently a bathroom scrubber, to resuscitate a patient in hospital.

The Bengali-language show on the television channel Zee TV featured a doctor geared in personal protective equipment placing the scrubbers on the patient’s chest to give him chest compressions while trying to revive him. However, eagle-eyed netizens were bright enough to spot the “Scotch Brite Bathroom Scrubber”.

Screenshots and snippets of the serial have gone viral on social media, triggering a laugh riot on Twitter. 

I think that doctor scrubbed patient's chest hair with those to bring him back from coma. Such a genius.!

— Sunil Naik (@sunilinaik33) August 20, 2020

😐😑 pic.twitter.com/6aPkxDnBww

— Barsha (@ShreyaAddicted) August 21, 2020

Please start a medical training course for TV creatives... world needs to know some basics!!!! pic.twitter.com/2732DLuX3f

— Dr. Shruti Sharma , MD (@real_drshruti) August 21, 2020

Netizens also spotted a monitor which showed the patient’s vitals as normal.

Looks like all reading are good still need scotch brite 🤣

Who’s the director?? Hope he’s not the one belongs to Shaka 😂 pic.twitter.com/82BLLzgZUW

— Bhaskar (@Bhaskar8019) August 20, 2020

Look at the monitor, heart rate is 71 beats per minute, spo2 93% and respiratory rate 29 per minute. Doesnt even need CPR in the first place 🤦

— Azhar (@afskash) August 20, 2020

The serial is known as "Krishnakoli" and the doctors are shown frantically trying to revive the patient by saying: “I cannot say anything about him, we’re trying our level best”.

Earlier, people ridiculed a Hindi soap for kissing scenes as the characters were wearing face shields and showing matching masks with sarees as a new fashion statement.

zee news to side mein karo yeh dekho Star plus pe serial ata hai saath #nibhana #saathiya ki #gopi bahu #Laptop #clean karti hui 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤦🤦🤦🤦 pic.twitter.com/Wb4p0qYdxr

— Yugank Gupta (@yugank4) August 21, 2020

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai - A Contemporary Guide to Safer Sex Practices pic.twitter.com/Xag9YDsE3m

— Popodom (@prawncream) July 15, 2020