To the editor: As my expensive spouse lay at UCLA Medical Middle in Santa Monica, racked with the most cancers that will finish her life, she was given a thrill that she spoke of to the top (‘Show up and share’: How one UCLA ICU helps patients and staff live with dying,” March 20). It was our forty second wedding ceremony anniversary, and he or she actually tried to placed on a courageous and completely happy face, but it surely was so arduous. Then, to our delight, simply on the shift change, a bunch of nurses and aides walked into her room, adorned us with social gathering hats and sang “completely happy anniversary” to us. That introduced a smile to my darling lady that I’ll always remember.
That’s solely one of many myriad acts of kindness that we skilled at UCLA. Our household and I’ll always remember the humanity and respect with which we have been handled by that employees — from the individuals who empty the trash to the highest-ranking medical doctors, nurses, doctor assistants and different healthcare suppliers. There’s a lot extra to treating the sick than medication.
Barry Davis, Agoura Hills
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To the editor: I used to be so moved by this text and thought how fantastic it could be if different hospitals tailored one of these caregiving that enables sufferers dignity.
Melinda Perna, Westlake Village
