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Pulm, Crit, Sleep MD. Silly dad, Sikh-American, serious reader, just trying to make a difference. Tweets my own.
Aug 4, 2022 10 tweets 8 min read
So the problem of MD shortages is so very real. ❤️ the timely article, agree with so much of it, but only partial solutions discussed here. A thread for some more color to this 🧵 1/8

time.com/6199666/physic… As the MD numbers don’t add up from supply-demand curves, we started a “fellowship/residency” for NP/PAs in critical care & then pulmonary @RKleinpell is a pioneer in this space.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Nov 25, 2021 16 tweets 8 min read
Today we cremated my father, who died this past weekend after suffering effects of #LongCovid accelerating his dementia & other health problems. He went from an adventurer to a cripple in a matter of months. A 🧵 1/ He got COVID spring of ‘21 before being fully immunized. Initially seemed like he recovered, but clearly more trouble with memory, weakness, motivation. thelancet.com/journals/lanps…