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Remember our Humanity!

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Until late last year, I was no fan of Doctors; I was practically on the other end of the scale. I'm sure all of us, doctors included, have suffered from medical incompetence in one form or another. But, like me, unless you get sick, you don't see the beauty of the competence and dedication of medical professionals.  Nobody, especially me, starts out in a profession solely to help others. I am sure all the doctors and surgeons and nursing staff carefully evaluated their strengths before deciding on their career paths. It simply is imperative that one has to fundamentally care for people, more than the rest of us do, in order to arrive at this trajectory of careers. I have always been a very good student, a good artist and curious about Biology and the sciences. Translated, I was a prime candidate for medical school. Luckily for me, I was self-aware enough even as a teenager to realize that I cannot interact with people that much, and pretend to like them for extended periods. No...