Coronavirus: Doctor's 'heartbreak' at seeing COVID-19 patients die alone
It's heartbreaking, especially when you have patients who die alone. For instance I had a patient who I've known for 25 years. A sweet old gentleman. He died alone. His family couldn't come and see him.I've witnessed times when families call looking for their loved ones and unfortunately they passed away a day or two before and this family member didn't know. That's a hard call to take.
I can't sleep. Obviously I worry about my family, my daughter, my loved ones. I worry about having PTSD later on in life, when it's all over hopefully and I wake up from nightmares in the middle of the night. If you're not really in it you do not understand how bad it is. You can't understand the full breadth of what's going on. And it's better off that they don't.The devastation of families is unthinkable. This wipes out families. Wipes out cities. Every day is etched in my memory. It's heart-wrenching, it's devastating.
No one was ready for this. Everybody tries to throw politics into this. No politicians were ready for this, nobody across the world was ready for this.
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