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Quarantine

Fever! In the days of this COVID-19  pandemic, fever meant quarantine—or fourteen days of being away from any patient, colleague, friend or even spouse and being away from the hospital.   The painful, lonely first few days gave way to walks, meditations, and detecting ducks, daffodils, daisies and dogwoods.  Life was different but also beautiful.

Paulette Mehta, M.D., is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine at UAMS.

Posted on March 31, 2020

Filed Under: 55 Words

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