"Lost the Patient" by Martin Dunn – Oil on Canvas, Aluminum Panel
Image 23" x 18" – Framed 28" x 23"
The obvious pun of the title refers to the toll taken on our health care workers as they feel the lives slipping through their fingers.
It also refers to the dehumanization of having to gown, glove, and mask up for every patient encounter;
the barrage of machinery that has taken the place of simple touch, and the isolation of having your life in the balance
and your loved ones can't even visit.
We are in this profession because we care. When does the technology make caring impossible?
Apparently over half of the trained nurses in the US think we have already passed that point.
