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“I’m done crying.” The eyes professed: to us, grandma, God -- everyone who failed him.

“Send your prayers. Tell the family these docs got no answers." Decades of broken promises mocking unbroken pain. The life Before is a stranger's.

He scorned ours and denied our touch: “Because you get to go home. And I’ll be here dying."

Gazi Rashid
Atlanta, Georgia

Encounters, our latest feature: Patients talk about their healthcare experiences and share stories about their lives outside the doctor's office.

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