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Code 99204
June 2025 | Vol. 69, No. 2
Written by Richard Donze, DO, MPH
doc retired office referred me
30 years we got older together
he was done hated patient-talk
over computers then with virus
it was all computer couldn't get
it to work despite kids' help so
we did phone once told him he
could tell tele-health go to hell-
a-health he laughed what? No
never got it stayed in kids said
why take a chance got groc’ries
delivered only went out to get
the shot at church then back in-
side this is first time seeing any
doctor in four years haven't had
to thank God yeah sorry mask al-
ways slips off nose when talking
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Vertical Relief
February 2025 | Vol. 69, No. 1
Written by Richard Donze, DO
Every time I hear the
in-coming chopper
after wondering who
might be going out
what head bleed ven-
tricle fail blasting mar-
row slashed viscus ARDS
needing ECMO I recall
that township hearing
when the Hilltop Estates
Homeowners’ Associa-
tion contingent lined up
at the mike then unfurled
the developer’s original
drawings on the long
table in front of the
commissioners faded
but still clearly showing
the vertical relief lines
and argued that their
elevation brought them
closer to the hospital’s
roof and that much
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Shortage
February 2025 | Vol. 69, No. 1
Written by Aloki A. Mehta, LECOM OMS-III
Drip drip drip
The patient has E.coli
Symptomatic for 10 agonizing days
Severely dehydrated
With a potassium of 2.6
Drip drip drip
Only one bag, they reluctantly decide
They have to ration
The IV fluid supply
dwindling by the hour
Drip drip drip
Severe pain shoots through
Potassium chloride
Setting the veins ablaze
No buffer, no cushion
It burns
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