Comment by ecshafer
> he recalled that when starting his residency at the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia in 1970, the survival rate for the sick children was only 30 percent
Jesus, 30 percent survival rate of children. I couldn't image working in that kind of situation and not be emotionally destroyed.
> Going from a 30 percent to an 80 percent cure rate, I'd say we are getting there
Your father is a literal hero.
Thank you.
What I love about that quote is that he knew that, some day, the cure rate would go even higher.