Fasts and Starvation's
It is a time of fasting for the Muslim communities all over the world. Large numbers of patients who come to us, are from this community, and every day the discussions with patients and families in the ward has been, how can we get them out of the hospital as soon as possible since the fast is on, the festival is coming up. Staying on in the hospital is not something they want to during such a time like this. Someone recently send me a message – why are you not blogging – I did not realize that it has been a week since I wrote – I told that person – It is a season of fast, I am fasting from activities I enjoy, but I did also communicate that this was not an intentional fast from blogging but a forced upon fast due to confusion from too many issues I am hearing each day, but not sure what are behind these issues…Needed time for the confused brain to ramble… Though the fast I talked about in the communities around is physical, what we are observing in our practice of health care...