The Moth

The Art of Medicine

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A surgeon treats a patient with almost no chance of recovery.

Tags Medicine Healthcare Art Teenagehood Family Serious Mature content Moving PG Sad Dramatic Uplifting Optimistic

Storyteller

Murat Gunel

Featured on

November 30, 2009

Recorded Date

June 16, 2004

“She starting begging me, 'Don't let my son die.'”

Photo by David Polenberg
Murat Gunel

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