Farewell List
An Italian Doctor described how a dying grandmother had recently asked her to see her granddaughter. “I pulled out the phone and called her on video. They said goodbye. Soon after, she was gone. By now, I have a long list of video calls. I call it a Farewell List.’’ – Press. This article inspired me to publish this e-book. Sanitary personnel are on the front-line, waging the battle against the invisible enemy!
An Italian Doctor described how a dying grandmother had recently asked her to see her granddaughter. “I pulled out the phone and called her on video. They said goodbye. Soon after, she was gone. By now, I have a long list of video calls. I call it a Farewell List.’’ – Press. This article inspired me to publish this e-book. Sanitary personnel are on the front-line, waging the battle against the invisible enemy!
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Farewell List
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I kissed her front. I held back my tears so as
not to make her sadder. I waited for the doctor
in vain. At 13:45, after six hours, I was tired. I
promised my mother to come back as soon as
possible with something to eat. She did not
answer, as she was agonizing without my
knowledge. She was on the farewell list.
I bathed and rested for a while. I had to go
back to the hospital.
I looked at the third floor wondering how my
mother was. I imagined she was well.
While I was going upstairs, I had a different
feeling. I hurried towards her room. The nurse
called me to present her condolences. I burst
out crying. The two nurses gave me a chair. I
feared this moment for seven years.
- You did what you could, Mohamed! The
poor, she was to die eventually! She died a
quarter an hour after you left. It was 2 am.
Saturday, July 24, 1999 was a sad day. I
stayed six hours by the body that bore me for
nine months and withered after long years. No
relative came, but sadness. I wished they
buried me with her. After twenty years, I am
here to tell you the story.
Why do they build hospitals? Why do they pay
taxes? If only they paid taxes!
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