The aftermath was filled with fear and despair. He knew the grim statistics, having used these in prior discussions. He broke it to her, hoping she would trust him as family and as a specialist.
Eventually, he had to leave.
Months passed.
Then, the phone rang.
On the other end was her startlingly normal voice…
The Fall, Literature by Sanjeev Raman, MBBS, MD
Sanjeev Raman, MBBS, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine
Sanjeev is a a Pulmonary and Critical Care physician specializing in lung transplants, and an attending physician since 2009. He has always had an interest in the humanities and humanistic side of his profession, and has developed this facet
of his character over the last few years. This
story is from a longer essay he wrote several years ago after having to straddle the role of physician and family member.
