The diagnosis: A patient is up to his neck in water

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A man receives a shocking diagnosis. Thanks to modern therapies, he will soon feel better – and he will gain time.

Recorded by Constanze Löffler

I have this patient in my mind’s eye when I think of the “miracles” that medicine can perform today. The man in his late thirties had been brought to our clinic in an ambulance. He had collapsed from shortness of breath.

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