Fever came
And with it a sledgehammer
To my life
My life that still had
Time to run
But now there is no time to run
Instead I lie here alone,
Surrounded by an army
Of hospital staff who see me
Only through glass windows
Or the shield of PPE
Three thousand people
They say work here
But they won\u2019t see me
Until I run once more
In the news
No longer alone,
Surrounded by other
Elderly with underlying conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A poem written by Shane O\u2019Hanlon, who is a geriatrician in Dublin, Ireland.
He has a strong interest in the humanities in healthcare, and previously taught humanities at the Graduate Entry Medical School, University of Limerick. He now lectures on art in medicine and curates a humanities library for students and staff at University College Dublin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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