Begin on the sixth floor, third room from the end, swathed in fluorescence: a 60-year-old woman was having two toes sawed off. One floor up, corner room: a middle-aged man sprawled, recuperating from a kidney transplant. Next door: nerve damage. Eighth floor, first room to the left: stroke. Two doors down: more toes being removed. Next room: a flawed heart.Technorati Tags: Diabetes, New York Times, Montefiore Medical Center, New York City
Monday, January 9, 2006
Diabetes and Its Awful Toll Quietly Emerge as a Crisis
From The New York Times:
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