At the end of a long day I made a mistake at work. No patient was harmed and yet it weighs on me | Ranjana Srivastava

My patients’ needs are varied and complex. Each interaction leaves a residue until the individual concerns blur into a dense mass, most requiring medical oversight

The other day, I made a mistake at work.

It was the end of a long day. I had already run an outpatient cancer clinic with dozens of unwell patients and then moved on to inpatient rounds on a busy medical unit.