TY - JOUR PY - 2017// TI - A GP's experience of the Grenfell Tower fire JO - BMJ A1 - Kazmi, Ahmed SP - j2975 EP - j2975 VL - 357 IS - N2 -

Wednesday 14 June was a tragic day for so many and a very atypical day in our surgery. My clinic is less than 800 m from Grenfell Tower, and several of our patients were residents there. We spent the day trying to compile a list of our patients who had been dispossessed. We made comfort calls to those affected (especially the vulnerable ones), offered walk-in appointments to those who found themselves without their medication, and tried to offer some comfort. It is difficult, though. What do you say to someone who has just lost their home and everything they own? “I am …

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LA - en SN - 0959-535X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j2975 ID - ref1 ER -