The night I outran
my demons - The exorcism of a cancer-ward doctor
Posted on October 1, 2015 by Gertrude
by Dr John
Morrissey at the Catholic Herald
Dr John Morrissey is an NHS consultant specialising in care
of the critically ill. He is writing under a pseudonym
As a young doctor on a cancer ward, I consoled myself with drink
and New Age nonsense. Then one evening I stepped into a chamber of horrors
Looking back over my 29 years
as a medic, I think my year at the cancer hospital was the hardest. Every
fourth day and weekend without fail, I would cover the intensive care unit for
24 hours as the resident middle-grade doctor. In all my time there, not one
patient survived, though not for lack of trying. Not one. . .
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