What is it about?
This memoir describes my experiences and impressions of the work and the people I cared for in an isolation ward at the National University Hospital, Singapore in March 2020 prior to the World Health Organization declaring the COVID-19 infection as a worldwide pandemic.
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Why is it important?
It shares the personal perspective of a seasoned physician who has to deal with the uncertainties and unknowns even as the pandemic was evolving in Singapore.
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Sharing my reflections and emotions as I grappled with how to be present in the many moments with patients and colleagues while covered in personal protective equipment, which got in the way of care, as I have always known it.
Anita Lim
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This page is a summary of: A Bittersweet Memoir, Asian Medicine, August 2021, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/15734218-12341486.
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