“We can’t abandon this lady.” One doctor’s struggle to keep fragile, non-Covid patients alive as the pandemic overwhelmed the healthcare system.
On Feb. 26, Christine Hancock thought Jaime Milton was about to die. Her 48-year-old patient had skipped the dialysis that kept him alive. The day before, she called him six times before he picked up. He was gasping for breath and unable to complete a full sentence.
Dr. Hancock told him he might not live until the next day. He promised to go to the hospital. When he failed to arrive at the emergency room, she called the police. He wouldn’t go with the paramedics who came to his house.
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