The last girl

Authors

  • Dr Kamna Kakkar Postgraduate student, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, PGIMS, Rohtak

Keywords:

COVID-19, Coronavirus, Health humanities, Medical humanities, Anesthesiology, Critical care, Intubation, End of life

Abstract

This poem sums up my life as a doctor of anaesthesiology during the time of the Coronavirus pandemic. Anaesthesiologists stand at the forefront of this crisis because the sickest of the sick patients who test positive for Corona eventually require intubation and mechanical ventilation in the Intensive Care Unit. Some of them do not survive, making our job challenging not just medically, but even emotionally - heart-wrenchingly so.

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Abstract art by Himani Gupta depicting human bodies occupied in various activites in a community setting

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Published

2020-05-17

How to Cite

Kakkar, K. (2020). The last girl. Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 7, 98–99. Retrieved from https://www.rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/343

Issue

Vol. 7 (2020)

Section

Pandemic Virtuosity

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Copyright (c) 2020 Kamna Kakkar

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