Friday, 25 January 2013

NHS

I am in hospital. In the bay next to mine there is a very old lady who is dying. Her family are here.

 One of the patients in the men's end is a guitarist. He is sitting in the corridor playing sentimental songs for her on an acoustic guitar, and I am crying.

This is medical care of an altogether extraordinary excellence.

2 comments:

Jean said...

That is wonderful, Jean (except for the news that you are in hospital). I thought only a hospice could provide that kind of care.

catdownunder said...

Just catching up here - having been sans computer for so long...hope you are fully recovered from whatever took you there!