In sickness and health

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Backdrop : During our medicine posting we saw a patient with Parkinsonism. He told us about his life, family, hobbies, work and also about his current life with disability. He even asked us to watch a video of a song on youtube where he played instruments. During his stay we saw how his wife supported him it was really heartwarming. I was really sad to his condition and penned down a few words in that memory. 

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