Op-Ed: More and more of my patients are captives of COVID, indefinitely tethered to machines

Nathan Gray
Nathan Gray Hospital Purgatory Op-Ed header for Sunday, Dec. 14, 2020.
(Nathan Gray)

Gray is an assistant professor of medicine and palliative care at Duke University School of Medicine and an artist who draws comics on medical topics. @NathanAGray

A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of nine Nathan Gray panels on medical purgatory in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic

(Nathan Gray / For The Times)

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.

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