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After Code Blue, Komal Kinger
After Code Blue, Komal Kinger
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
Starting intern year comes with its own challenges and learning opportunities, especially in a pandemic. In this paper I reflect on one such situation. The code and passing of a particular patient earlier this year taught me many lessons and it has impacted the type of physician I aspire to be.
Heart Grows Fonder, Jasmine Saini
Heart Grows Fonder, Jasmine Saini
HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine
This painting was inspired by one patient’s mindfulness practice that he developed to cope with depression of a recent loved one’s death. Similar to my family of green thumbs, this patient found catharsis in cultivating his late wife’s garden of fruits and vegetables after her death. Through mental health practices such as meditation and exercise, a person has a chance to process and heal from difficult circumstances.