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SAN ANTONIO
MEDICINE

Rockstar

Ripped-Off

By Anjali Prasad

ARTIST NOTE: I met a star patient, she was so organized
with her medications and appointments, that management was
a breeze for me. The frayed red strings represent the contrasting
lack of control she has over her social struggles – legal issues
and financial scams. Even as her pills are neatly organized into
cases and her blood glucose meticulously recorded, she shows
me equally organized documents full of suspicious schemes and
promises that she has been convinced to trust. Her "healthcare"
teeters on an unsteady precipice as she is being drained of her
time, money and energy.

Anjali Prasad is a student at the UT Health San An-
tonio Long School of Medicine in the Class of 2023.

Cross-sections

of Care

By Joshua Sanchez

ARTIST NOTE: The shadow in this photograph represents
what we as healthcare providers are often limited to seeing during
our encounters - a cross-section of the struggles our patients en-
dure throughout their daily lives; the difficulties and severe costs
they bear with fighting for care; and the goals, relationships and
experiences that make up the life we’re trying to improve.
The barrage of mail, a stolen car, threatened loss of benefits, a
collection of artistic clocks, a nostalgia for one's childhood, a
love for nature - make up just a fraction beyond the cross-sec-
tions of those whom we meet for a moment.

Joshua Sanchez is a student at the UT Health San Antonio Long
School of Medicine in the Class of 2023.

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