Scholarship Winner Hopes to ‘Never Turn Away a Patient’

Seven years ago, a doctor made a life-altering decision to withhold dialysis from Siddiqua Noor’s grandmother. She was uninsured, in declining health, and entrusted her life to a system that ended up failing her. Without dialysis, Siddiqua’s grandmother suffered a heart attack and was 95% braindead for eight months. The doctor was charged with negligence after her death.