Who do I treat first: a cancer patient or the woman with a bleed on her brain? Every time I tell a patient in intensive care their treatment is to be delayed, I’m angry and ashamed.
It’s a sunny Friday morning. I find a parking space easily, just as a song by my favourite band ends and I turn off the ignition. It’s 8.15am when I see the night consultant in the corridor: the past 13 hours caring for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) has taken its toll. Their long night is over. My long day is just beginning. The Guardian
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