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 […]
This week at the hospital… I had a patient (in his 70s) who came in with lower extremity swelling, pain, and redness. He had scraped his shin on a piece of furniture and it had become inflamed and painful. He came to the hospital after being placed on antibiotics for the injury but it just […]