Heart failure taught me that hospitals are built on people
A patient reflects on how human care, not just medical equipment, was crucial to their recovery from heart failure.
A personal account describes the role of people in healthcare, arguing that while machines can monitor vital functions like heartbeats, it is ultimately human connection and care that enables healing. The piece draws on experience with heart failure to highlight the importance of the human element in hospital treatment.
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Heart failure taught me that hospitals are built on people – Glenn Dwight
OPINION: Machines can monitor a heartbeat, but it’s people who help to heal one.