“Try to be happy and positive.” Helping others is important for Madhu.
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Well, sure. It is very rewarding. Rewarding means that when you see the progress that the patient is making, right? Well, that’s very rewarding. Of course, it’s mainly on medication or the system, but [also] how the family or caregiver have helped the patient. You can see the signs on the patient’s face. Keeping them happy; if you could do that and, I think, you feel good that whatever we are doing we are doing right, right? It is rewarding, sure. I mean and as an end result, it will sum up of course unfortunately [that] the patient does not improve with certain kinds of sickness, but others of course with time they feel better, and so that makes you happy. And that’s what I feel.
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