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Our Patient’s Requiem Mass Was Held Long In Advance

By symomash - Occasionally, a patient in our care in the Critical Care Unit (CCU) is expected to die imminently no matter what we do. Others may have had a good chance of recovery if admitted to the Critical Care Unit, but then no bed is available for this new patient. Limited resources impact on CCU admissions. Situations in the CCU are often fluid, the medical condition of each of the patients may be stable, changed or perhaps hopeless. The rapid pace of unchecked technological advances enables prolonging... Read More →