Sandeep Jauhar

1 week ago | wsj.com | Sandeep Jauhar

As new construction declines and occupancy rates soar, experts warn that hospitals may soon cease to function properly because of overcrowding. In the television drama “The Pitt,” patients in a fictional emergency room in Pittsburgh are sometimes “boarded” in corridors for hours, even days, waiting for a hospital bed. Art, in this case, imitates real life.

Oct 2, 2024 | statnews.com | Sandeep Jauhar |Maria J. Avila |María Luisa Avila |María Pérez ávila

In 2023, Kentucky became the most recent state to pass a law prohibiting the denial of organ transplantation to patients solely because of their marijuana use. The legislation is scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1, 2025. Over the past 11 years, similar measures have been enacted in 21 other states. Though these laws overstep into medical decision-making, they are part of a rising trend.

May 12, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sandeep Jauhar

Not long ago, I took care of a middle-aged man at my hospital who had severe heart failure requiring life support. When he was disconnected from machines after a few days of treatment, he began to display psychotic symptoms, including delusional thinking, tangential speech and paranoia. He had a long history of untreated schizophrenia, I learned, which had estranged him from family members and friends, with whom he had virtually no contact. My patient demanded to leave the hospital.

Jan 13, 2024 | thedailynewsonline.com | Laurie Hertzel |Sandeep Jauhar

“My Father’s Brain,” Sandeep Jauhar’s memoir of his brilliant father’s descent into dementia, is poignant and illuminating. At 76, Prem Jauhar is becoming forgetful, but brushes off his son’s concerns. “Everyone forgets, son,” he says. “It happens with everyone.” And this is Sandeep’s conundrum: Forgetfulness does happen with everyone. At what point do you know that it’s something more?

Jan 6, 2024 | texarkanagazette.com | Laurie Hertzel |Sandeep Jauhar

My Father's Brainby Sandeep Jauhar; Farrar, Straus & Giroux (238 pages, $28)"My Father's Brain," Sandeep Jauhar's memoir of his brilliant father's descent into dementia, is poignant and illuminating. At 76, Prem Jauhar is becoming forgetful, but brushes off his son's concerns. "Everyone forgets, son," he says. "It happens with everyone." And this is Sandeep's conundrum: Forgetfulness does happen with everyone. At what point do you know that it's something more?