An elderly woman comes to hospital every second day. It breaks my heart to send her home | Ranjana Srivastava
Briefly

When patients insist on the same symptoms, doctors owe them an open mind lest they miss a rare diagnosis through assumption, or worse, arrogance. But the diligent professionals before me have not missed a beat. Her diagnosis is loneliness.
With all these patients waiting for a ward bed, my job is to be judicious with hospitalization. Explaining that skilled doctors have found nothing dangerous, I politely suggest she go home.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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