Why can't people hospitals be more like those for animals?

After decades of writing about medicine, I finally found the (nearly) perfect hospital. It was a gloomy Sunday afternoon last month. My little guy couldn't tell me what was wrong, but his breathing was labored, he wouldn't eat, and he could barely walk. (Full article: 1052 words)

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