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No Time for GOODBYES Dr. Brinda Desiraju can never forget the harrowing early months of the pandemic HEENA KAUSAR
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Dr Brinda Desiraju, a nephrologist who practices at New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
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few months after the death of one of her patients, New York-based Dr. Brinda Desiraju received a call. She heard sobs followed by questions. The caller was the mother of the patient, who died after getting Covid-19. The mother wanted answers – and closure. Desiraju, an Indian-American nephrologist, said she received more such calls from family members of patients, who sought details about the case and what had exactly transpired. Desiraju talked to them, to give them answers about the treatment, hear them cry, and try to comfort them.
