'In just [the] few short weeks I've been in the hospital, I've lost more patients and had difficult conversations with loved ones than [in] my combined training so far.'
"It's been surreal," Dr. Ashkay Kapoor told ABC News'"Pandemic: What You Need to Know.""It's one week we matched our residency programs. The following week we graduated and, the week after, we were in the hospital helping take care of our neighbors. So, it's been quite a whirlwind experience over the past few weeks, but we feel well prepared for it."Dr. Akshay Kapoor holds his certificate from University of Massachusetts Medical School.
Dr. Kapoor and two other students take their Hippocratic Oath using their cellphones after graduating from UMass Medical School.Despite the tight turnaround, Kapoor said the transition"was actually relatively smooth, believe it or not." Dr. Akshay Kapoor was on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic one week after graduating from University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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