Where are all the patients

Wow… that was a quiet day.

Started quietly then a two hour rush of ambulances – all slightly ominously from care homes – all elderly patients with COVID. Through the grapevine it sounds like some rest homes residents have been hit really hard – difficult to gauge whether the numbers get exaggerated like the game of Chinese whispers.

Always humbling to see this generation face unbelievable odds – despite the grim statistics confirming the various risk factors some of these folks just seem to float serenely above it all. Not confused and just accepting it all as part of the rich tapestry of life. Asked one of them what they made of all this – they simply mentioned that they did their best to live a life without regrets. Spend more time with your family, they tell me.

No one regrets having not done more work. Hmmm…. Think I just got schooled.

And then as soon as the rush seemed to start, the patient flow all dried up leaving us with more doctors than patients. Weird day.

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