Shaik proposed a programme through which healthcare providers could expense small items that help make patients feel more at ease during their hospital stay. Photo: Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS
Noor Shaik rushed to the bedside of a patient with severe diabetes complications, who had remained upbeat while undergoing surgery to address a foot infection.
The woman was now crying uncontrollably, but not due to pain from her operation that morning. What caused her outburst was that her only hair tie had been lost in the operating room.
