No one on their death bed ever says ‘you have to die of something’

By |2020-04-03T16:30:13+13:00February 26th, 2017|Blog|

Sure you have to die of something, but it doesn't have to be emphysema, cancer or a heart attack. In my 25 years of being an emergency department doctor not one person suffering these fatal conditions has ever said "you have to die of something". Mostly they're short of breath, pale, sweaty, frightened and often want their mum.