Category: COVID-19

Jul 13 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Dawn and dusk: a tale of two deliveries

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After a few minutes, he started to breathe on his own. I breathed as well. A heavy breath, exaggerated under my mask.

Jul 09 2020

COVID-19, Patients' blog, Reflections

A patient’s experience of COVID-19

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The last breath a person takes before death is an exhalation, to expire. I was trying so hard. I was so tired of trying. I said to myself, “Could I...

Jul 03 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Phone call

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Their mother is not going to make it and I am the person who is sharing this information.

Jun 25 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Lessons from the bedside

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The hospital is on lockdown due to COVID-19, so visitors are not permitted. He has had no connection with the outside world other than health care personnel.

Jun 24 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

Pandemic therapy

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I began to imagine the birds as my co-therapists, conveying an implicit message of hope, continuity, and purpose, more potent than anything I could put into words.

Jun 19 2020

COVID-19, Reflections

How one small town tackled the COVID-19 pandemic and won

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One factor contributing to low acute care volumes was the lack of spread among our elderly population

May 29 2020

COVID-19, Reflections, Tara Kiran

Ramping up in-person office visits in primary care in the aftermath of COVID-19

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How do we balance benefits and risks? How can we assess the impact of decisions to ramp up in-person care so we know whether we need to pull back again?

May 28 2020

COVID-19, Reflections