02/01/2026 This week at the hospital… I had a patient with breast cancer. She wasn’t admitted for that, but it was a concern because she had plans for surgery to remove a lump in a few days, and there was tremendous anxiety around the fact that this hospitalization may change the timeline for that already […]
This week at the hospital… Someone died who wasn’t supposed to die. Let me explain…We have patients in the hospital in various situations. Some come in with a straightforward problem; we diagnose it, treat it, and they go home. Others come in after a long duration of illness, and our job is to prepare that […]