Thursday , March 23 2023

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Doctor toys with patients and nurses

6:00 AM, Memorial Hospital. Physicians work long days, and my days are generally no exception. Sometimes mine started earlier than most, in the hospital wards. One reason I like to come in early is because it is quieter. Another reason is that the third shift nurses are still on duty. They are often newer and more vulnerable. Mr. Blodger, one of my patients, was eighty-two and looked it, but yesterday …

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