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When we cannot cure or save a life, our patients can at least feel cared for. It should be a basic human right.

Abraham Verghese

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I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician.
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We are all fixing what is broken. It is the task of a lifetime. We’ll leave much unfinished for the next generation.
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