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Diary

The hidden death toll of lockdown

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

10 April 2021

9:00 AM

The last patient I treated was 105 years old. She has lived through two world wars, a depression and at least five pandemics. It’s a real honour to treat centenarians. They teach me much about life: how it is and how it ends. I can also lighten the mood with my 80-year-old patients by telling them that they’re still young.

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