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“I Don’t Want To Die”

The hardest thing with COVID-19 has been looking the patient in the eye before putting them on a ventilator

“Whatever happened to Ms. G?

“Oh…she died. She coded suddenly and died.”

I sighed in exasperation. She was the one patient who I thought was going to make it.

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Dr. Hesham A. Hassaballa

NY Times featured Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist | Physician Leader | Author and Blogger | His latest book is “Code Blue,” a medical thriller.