THE VOICE I have heard many times that medical personnel do hear incoherent voices and see some dead people, but I never believed it. My team just finished a kidney transplant and the patient didn't make it. The donour survived. It was really painful. What people do not know is that beyond being a doctor, we are also human. We feel the pains of losing patients as much as their families do, too. We just don't show it. The most painful ones are those we thought we've got everything right and all of a sudden, something happened, and before you know what is happening they are gone. Many times in our closet, we cry for those lost souls. We cry for their families. We may appear strong to you but beyond that smiling face or strong courageous and confident doctor, is a very gentle person that breaks down when you are not there. The thing is, losing a patient is a failure in one's job. Just that, we don't dwell much on it. There is none we don't give our best to save. ...