That smile…

Her voice was hoarse. Her arm swathed in a bandage. She herself in a wheelchair that I had never had to see her in. But, it was her - with a huge smile on her face and a sparkle in her eyes, with an aura of determination as her dear family stood holding guard.  Death…

Saving lives

We as physicians often struggle with failure. We struggle with its definition, its implications, its relevance. And most of all we struggle at times with the isolation of not many being able to comprehend our sense of failure from our perspective.  What is failure to us? And why do I say it is strangely isolating…