by Dr Khan | May 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
Speediness, swiftness, rapidity, haste, hustle…. common buzzwords in an intensive care unit. A patient’s heart rate is 200 beats per minute. Ignored for a few seconds, this racing heart may degenerate into a rhythm that fails to pump blood into vital organs, leading...
by Dr Khan | Mar 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
COVID has been with us for two years. I have written my reflection during the pandemic, periodically, to vent, to share, to disseminate information. But I have felt at a loss for words in the last few months. I am exhausted, emotionally drained, and bereft. ...
by Dr Khan | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
The waves came and dissipated. We weathered the first four waves. It was tough, we lost many, but not unexpectedly. In the first wave, we were caught completely unawares, unprepared, like a deer frozen in headlights. We got through the mayhem. And we regrouped,...
by Dr Khan | Sep 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am a pretty ‘chill’ person. I respect personal choice and freedom. As an intensive care physician, during a global pandemic, I have witnessed suffering and death on a level that I could not have imagined. When the COVID vaccine was approved (albeit EUA),...
by Dr Khan | Sep 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
(This is my fictional perspective as a patient in the ICU) The awareness arises in surges. Sometimes, it afflicts me like a lightning bolt, and at other times caresses like a gentle nudge. I prefer unconsciousness to awareness. Awareness frightens me. It confuses...
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