The Death of Compassion: How Modern Healthcare Has Lost Its Heart

There was a time when medicine was about healing—not just the body, but the spirit. A time when doctors looked patients in the eye, listened to their fears, and treated them as human beings, not numbers on a spreadsheet. But those days are gone. Today’s healthcare system has been stripped of its humanity, replaced by corporate efficiency, bottom-line decision-making, and a clinical detachment that leaves patients feeling more like burdens than people. I know this because I’ve lived it. The Personal Cost of a System Without Heart I’ve seen the inside of emergency rooms where patients are treated like cattle— rushed in, assessed in minutes, and discharged before real answers are found. I’ve felt the coldness of doctors who don’t bother to ask questions, who glance at a chart, make a snap judgment, and move on before you even have time to process what they’ve said. I’ve watched as nurses—overworked and exhausted—are forced to cut corners, not because they don’t care, but because the...