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My Patient Was a World-Famous HIV/AIDS Researcher Having a Massive Heart Attack

Under pressure in the emergency department

Michael Burg, MD (Satire Sommelier)
ILLUMINATION-Curated
18 min readApr 22, 2022
Doctor examining an EKG.
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash

It’s the real deal. I know it as soon as I’m handed the electrocardiogram. The lines traced across the delicate pink squares on the page form an ominous, threatening pattern. Danger lurks.

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