The collective will in the bay for this child to live, to survive, was so strong as to be almost palpable. It is the quieter, smaller things too – being held, heard and shown you matter – that make patients feel cherished, and hospitals humane. Is the injection we just gave you helping at all?” “Well, I don’t feel quite as bad,” he said doubtfully. But around half of our patients don’t die here. Prior to this news, a man of 74, he knew he would die one day, just not when exactly.

Source: The Guardian January 18, 2020 07:52 UTC